451 Tadcaster, Thomas Stokoe, William Wilson (c), Thomas Dickin (Boston-Spa); Robert Newstead (Boston-Spa), Supernumerary. 452 Pocklington, William Shearman, John Mackintosh, Walter S. Nichol (MarketWeighton). 453 Malton, John Walters, David Williams, Charles Pickering. 454 Easingwold, Joseph Garrett, William H. Cave. Helmsley, Jarvis Cheesman, who shall change on one Sunday in every four weeks with the Ministers of the Easingwold and Pickering Circuits alternately. 455 Scarborough, Joseph Hargreaves, Joseph Willis, George W. Olver, B.A., Wesley Hurt; Robert Jackson (Ayton), Supernumerary. 456 Filey, Edward Day, who shall change on one Sunday in every six weeks with the Ministers of the Scarborough Circuit. 457 Pickering, William Stevinson, Malvern, John Brown (c). John 458 Thirsk, John M. Joll, John S. Vickers, George T. Dixon (Northallerton); John Parry, Supernumerary. 459 Ripon, George Greenwood, Thomas H. Hill; William Lord (Boroughbridge, near York), Supernumerary. 460 Selby, John D. Julian, George Abbott, John Rhodes (A). XXVII. WHITBY AND DARLINGTON DISTRICT.-John H. Beech, Chairman. Joseph Portrey, Financial Secretary. 461 Whitby, John H. Beech, George E. Allen. 462 Danby, Richard Petch (Grosmont, York shire), who shall change on one Sunday in every six weeks with the Ministers of the Whitby Circuit. 463 Stokesley, Thomas Green, William M. Kid man. 464 Guisborough, William Fern, Edward Barber (Redcar); Aquila Barber (Redcar), Supernumerary. 465 Darlington, Robert Cooke, Henry W. Jackson, B.A., Thomas Brighouse. 466 Stockton, Henry Hine, Joseph Bailey. 467 Middlesborough, James Nance, Samuel Abell. 468 Hartlepool, William Crookes, Joseph Cranswick (West-Hartlepool). 469 Barnard-Castle, Joseph Portrey, William D. Johnson; James Rosser (Barningham), Supernumerary. 470 Bishop-Auckland, Henry Hayman, Benjamin N. Haworth (Crook), Thomas Barr, William S. Caldecott. 471 Middleham, Uriah Butters, Joseph Williams. 472 Hawes and Sedbergh, John L. Britten, (Hawes), who shall change on one Sunday in every six weeks with the Ministers of the Middleham Circuit. 473 Richmond, Thomas Jones (A), Frederick Hart. 474 Reeth, John Ward, William Hare. 475 Bedale, John Booth, Thomas W. Blanshard (Masham); William Shackleton, Supernumerary. XXVIIL NEWCASTLE DISTRICT.-Georg Scott (A), Chairman. William F. Slater, Financial Secretary. 476 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, George Scott (A), Samuel Wilkinson, Peter Featherstone, Henry W. Holland, George Kennedy; John P. Haswell, Supernumerary. 477 Gateshead, Joseph Moorhouse, Edward Stokes, Thomas Close (Birtley). 478 North-Shields, Peter Samuel, Thomas Wilkinson. 479 South-Shields, John P. Sumner, Thomas Trethewey. One asked. 430 Blyth, Robert Haworth. Morpeth, George H. Chambers, who shall change on one Sunday in each month with the Minister of the Blyth Circuit. 481 Sunderland, George Turner (A), William F. Slater, Robert Davidson, M.A., Willisa Spensley, James F. Reynolds. 482 Houghton-le-Spring, Thomas M. Rodham, Francis Hewitt. 483 Durham, James Kendall, Joseph Hirst, Henry Beeson (Chester-le-Street). 484 Wolsingham, William Drewett, Mark Davenport (St. John's, Weardale), Harrison Fenwick. 485 Hexham, Edmund B. Warters, Thomas Henwood. 486 Shotley-Bridge, Elijah Toyne, George E. Startup. 487 Alston, William Satchell, David Jones (A). 488 Allendale-Town, William Slack, John T. Harwood (Limestone-Brae, Haydon Bridge). 489 Alnwick, Thomas Hepton. 490 Berwick, William Wilson (A), who shall change on one Sunday in every six weeks with the Minister of the Alnwick Circuit; Robert Totherick, Supernumerary. XXIX. CARLISLE DISTRICT.—William Bond, Chairman. Thomas T. Dilks, Financial Secretary. 491 Carlisle, William Bond, John R. Bennett, James E. Hargreaves. 492 Brampton, Francis Barker, who shall change on one Sunday in every six weeks with the Ministers of the Carlisle and Alstan Circuits, alternately. 493 Whitehaven and Workington, George Patterson, William Fox (Workington), George G. S. Thomas. 494 Cockermouth and Keswick, Thomas S. Raby, John Meek (Keswick). 495 Appleby, William Sinclair, John Tesseyman (Kirkby-Stephen). 496 Penrith, Thomas T. Dilks, Thomas Ratcliffe, William Cullum. 497 Wigton and Maryport, Thomas G. Keeling, Henry Gibson (Maryport). 498 Kendal, Samuel Atkinson (8), William H. Toplis (Kirkby-Lonsdale), Henry Marchbank (Bowness). 499 Ulverstone, Harry Pedley, John Pollitt (Barrow-in-Furness); Richard Allen (A), Supernumerary. XXXI. EDINBURGH AND ABERDEEN DISTRICT.-William Willan, Chairman. John Drake, Financial Secretary. 505 Edinburgh, Alexander T. James, George Hobson (Bathgate). 506 Leith, Robert N. Barritt, who shall change on one Sunday in every six weeks with the Ministers of the Edinburgh Circuit. 507 Dunbar and Haddington, William H. Wall, who shall change on one Sunday in every quarter with the Ministers of the Edinburgh Circuit. B08 Greenock, John Burgess, who shall change on one Sunday in every six weeks with the Minister of the Glasgow South Circuit. 609 Glasgow, West, Edward A. Telfer, William Ainsworth. 510 Glasgow, East, William Willan, who shall change on one Sunday in every six weeks with the Ministers of the Glasgow West Circuit. 511 Glasgow, South, William Maltby. 512 Dumbarton, Robert Starr, who shall change on one Sunday in every six weeks with the Ministers of the Glasgow West Circuit. 513 Airdrie, Edward Abraham (Redding-byFalkirk), George Burgess (Airdrie), Alfred Beer (Kilsyth). 514 Stirling and Doune, James Cuthbertson, who shall preach at Wallaceton on one Sunday in every six weeks. 515 Ayr, Thomas Stephenson. 516 Aberdeen, Thomas L. Parker, Thomas Rodgers (Inverury), Amos Cleaver (Peterhead). 517 Dundee, John Holmes, George Barlow. 518 Perth, Jonathan Henshall, who shall change on one Sunday in every six weeks with the Ministers of the Dundee Circuit. 519 Arbroath and Montrose, William Pritchard, John W. Crake (Montrose); Ninian Barr, Supernumerary. 320 Banff, Major F. Peet, Thomas Major (Portessie). 521 Inverness, John Drake. 522 Lerwick, Edward Baylis, Joseph Hewitson. N.B. The Ministers in the Zetland-Isles shall change regularly with each other, under the direction of the Chairman. VOL. X.-FIFTH SERIES. IRELAND. I. DUBLIN DISTRICT.-Robert Wallace, 527 Dublin, (Centenary Chapel, &c.,) Robert Wallace, James Robertson; John F. Mathews, Supernumerary. Missions and Schools, Gibson M'Millen, Connexional School, Thomas A. M'Kee, New Educational Institution, Robinson The Dublin Garrison, Samuel Patterson. The Camp at the Curragh, William Lough. N.B. Robert G. Cather, LL.D., is, by permission of the Conference, employed in England in the service of a religious Society. 528 Dublin, (Abbey-street, &c.,) Robert G. Jones, William Nicholas; John Nelson, Supernumerary. 529 Dublin, (Rathmines, &c.,) Thomas T. N. Hull, who shall change once in three weeks with the Ministers of the Centenary Chapel Circuit. 530 Dublin, (Cork-street and Richmond,) James Oliver, who shall change once in three weeks, alternately, with the Ministers of the Centenary Chapel and Abbey-street, &c., Circuits. 531 Dublin, (Blackhall-place, &c.,) George Alley, who shall change once in three weeks with the Ministers of the Abbey-street, &c., Circuit. 532 Kingstown, John D. Powell, John J. Landers (Blackrock). 533 Drogheda, James C. Bass, Charles Robertson (Dundalk); John Carey, Supernumerary. 534 Wicklow, John Saul. 535 Rathdrum, William Quaile, John Green. 536 Tullamore, George W. Patchell, Edward Guard. 537 Maryborough, William Burnside (Abbeyleix), Thomas Pearson. 538 Longford, Charles Wood, Thomas Greer. II. WATERFORD DISTRICT.-Henry J. Giles, Chairman. 539 Waterford, Charles Lynn Grant. 540 Clonmel, Robert Hazleton. 541 Carlow, Robert J. Meyer, John M'William. 542 Newtownbarry, Thomas C. Laurance, William R. Starkey; John Foster (Gorey), John Bates, Supernumeraries. 543 Wexford, Henry J. Giles, George G. Ballard. III. CORK DISTRICT.-George Vance, Chairman. 544 Cork, Wallace M'Mullen, James B. Gilman. 545 Passage West and Queenstown, Edward Harte; William Reilly (Queenstown), Supernumerary. 546 Bandon, George Vance, William G. Price; Thomas Waugh, Supernumerary. 547 Clonakilty, Richard Maxwell. 548 Skibbereen, Oliver M'Cutcheon, Charles H. Crookshank; William Swanton, Supernumerary. 3 н IV. LIMERICK DISTRICT.-John Greer, Chairman. 549 Limerick, John Greer. 550 Adare and Rathkeale, Robert Fitzhenry, who shall change one Sunday in six weeks with the Minister in Limerick. 551 Roscrea, James Tobias, Samuel Cowdy (B). V. SLIGO DISTRICT.-William Crook, 554 Sligo, William Crook, Charles Baskin. 557 Boyle, Joseph Johnston (Drumshambo), Robert Boyd (Drumshambo). 558 Manorhamilton, Robert Hewitt, George Donaldson. VI. ENNISKILLEN DISTRICT.-Thomas Meredith, Chairman. 559 Enniskillen, Edward M. Banks, Henry Evans. 560 Brookborough, Spence. 561 Irvinestown, Thomas Meredith, James Edwards (Trillick); John R. Porter, Supernumerary. Robert Collier, Joseph 562 Ballyshannon, Irvine Johnston, Gabriel Clarke. 563 Clones, John Hazleton, James Lang. 564 Cootehill, William Christie, Andrew Rutledge. 565 Cavan, John C. Storey, James Carey (Killeshandra). VII. LONDONDERRY DISTRICT.-Hugh Moore, Chairman. 566 Londonderry, John Oliver, John W. Jones. 567 Moville, William B. Monahan; James Donald, Supernumerary. 568 Coleraine, Hugh Moore. 569 Ballycastle, William C. Doonan. 571 Strabane, Thomas Baker, William Woodhouse. 572 Omagh, William Mulloy, Wesley Guard. VIII. BELFAST DISTRICT.-Henry Price, Chairman. 573 Belfast, (Donegall-square, &c.,) Joseph W. M'Kay, William Gorman; Thomas Ballard (Hollywood), Daniel Macafee, William Hoey, (A), Supernumeraries. 574 Belfast, (Frederick-street, &c.,) James Donnelly, Samuel Dunlop. 575 Belfast, (Fall's-road,) William Cather, who shall change once a month with the Ministers of the Donegall-square, &c., Circuit; Nathaniel Hobart, Supernumerary. 576 Belfast, (Agnes-street,) William Hoey, (B), who shall change once a month with the Ministers of the Frederick-street, &c., Circuit. 577 Ballyclare, Wilson J. Storey, Thomas Knox. 518 Donaghadee, Jeremiah Wilson (Newtownards), Frederick Elliott; John Hill, Supernumerary. 579 Carrickfergus, Henry Price, Thomas Moran (Larne). 580 Magherafelt, Thomas Cooke, George Barnes (Cookstown). 581 Lisburn, John Hughes, John Wilson; James Johnston, Supernumerary. 582 Downpatrick, Francis Douglas, George Kirkpatrick. 583 Dromore, James Black; Edward Harpur, Supernumerary. IX. PORTADOWN DISTRICT.-William P. Appelbe, LL.D., Chairman. 584 Portadown, William P. Appelbe, LLD., John Gilcriest, Robert M. Morrison; Robert Masaroon, Supernumerary. 585 Newry, John Higgins, Thomas M'Lorinan. 586 Dungannon, John Dwyer, William Dow. ling; Robert Hamilton (Moy), Super numerary. 587 Armagh, Edward Best, James B. Atkins. 588 Lurgan, John Donald, Hugh C. Walsh; John Armstrong, Supernumerary. 189 Moira, Jolin W. Ballard, John W. F. Cobain. 590 Tanderagce, Robert A. Devers, Hugh M'Gahie; Robert II. Lindsay (Banbridge), Supernumerary. 591 Monaghan and Castleblayney, Robert Black, Robert Knowles. 592 Aughnacloy, John Gilbert. IRISH AND FOREIGN MIS- IRELAND. 1 Lucan, Trim, and Celbridge, James Hughes (Trim), John Moore. 2 Bray, Henry E. Henry. 3 Kilkenny, Robert Huston, John Carson. 4 Youghal, John Nash. 5 Fermoy, Benjamin Bayly. Kinsale, Thomas Hickey, Supernumerary. 6 Berehaven Mines, Robert Geale. 7 Tralee, William H. Quarry. Killarney, John Liddy, Supernumerary. 8 Ballinasloe, James Murdock. 9 Nenagh, &c., Colin M'Kay. 10 Kilrush, Robert Bell. Ennis, Richard T. Tracy, Supernumerary. 11 Galway, John Duncan; Samuel Cowdy, (A), Supernumerary. ་ Clifden, Robert Beauchamp, Supernumerary, 12 Oughterard, James Henry. 13 Westport, Andrew Armstrong. 14 Killala, Samuel Weir. 15 Rathmelton, James Collier. 16 Donegal, Edward Johnston, who shall change on one Sunday in every six weeks with the Ministers in Dunkeneely. 17 Dunkencely and Ardara, John S. M'Dade, Alexander Fullarton. 18 Ballymena, Henry Geddes (Antrim), Mortlock Long. 19 Ballymacarret, John Walker. (To be concluded.) THE ANNUAL ADDRESS OF THE CONFERENCE TO THE METHODIST SOCIETIES. DEARLY BELOVED BRETHREN :Once again, "through the tender mercy of our God," we send you, from our annual Conference, our greetings and counsels. Receive them as a renewed assurance of the unfeigned love which we cherish for your souls, and of our earnest solicitude that you should always increase "with the increase of God." The pastoral office, which has been committed to us by "the great Shepherd of the sheep," is invested with unspeakable importance, and surrounded with oppressive responsibilities: "For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: to the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things? And, moreover, in "the ministry which we have received of the Lord Jesus," we cannot forget that we are the successors of men who were pre-eminent for the sanctity of their character, and for the unexampled success of their labours; and we tremble lest we should in any wise dishonour their precious memories, or betray the deposit of holy privileges which they have bequeathed to us. "Brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified," as it was in the days of our fathers,--in those memorable " years of the right hand of the Most High." Our holiest enjoyments for both worlds are inseparably blended with yours. "We live, if ye stand fast in the Lord." "For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye, in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, at His coming? For ye are our glory and joy." we are greatly encouraged by the large attendance of representative friends at the preparatory Committees of the Conference; by the unshaken confidence which they have farkly avowed in the old institutions of Methodism; and by the cheerful readiness with which they have resolved to join us in more combined and vigorous endeavours to spread scriptural holiness through the land. The annual review of the several departments of our evangelical work has yielded us much satisfaction, and calls for thankfulness to Almighty God, who graciously condescends to employ us in His blessed service. The gratifying progress which has, of late, been made in the erection and enlargement of Chapels, and in the extinction or reduction of Chapel debts, has not sustained any abatement. To those large-hearted friends who have built houses of prayer at their own cost, and secured them to the Connexion, the acknowledgments of the Conference have been given; and we earnestly pray that the donors may be long spared to see their zeal rewarded by the conversion of many souls in the habitations which they have thus generously devoted to "the mighty God of Jacob." Our Day-schools continue to flourish and increase. The thorough soundness and efficiency of the system of education pursued in them, have commended them to public confidence and approval, wherever established; and we trust the day is not distant, when in every Circuit there shall be found at least one school in connexion with our Education Committee. Our Sabbathschools have grown into great importance and influence. We cannot value too highly, or commend too strongly, the selfdenial, the diligence, the patience, and perseverance of those who labour in this department of Christian usefulness. But when we remember that there are upwards of ninety thousand teachers engaged in them, and more than five hundred thousand scholars attending them, it may be doubted whether we are realizing such an amount of spiritual results to the Society as might fairly be expected. This matter has often engaged the anxious deliberation of the Conference; and in accordance with a resolution of the Education Committee, and of a large number of Ministers and gentlemen at the Committee appointed to review our Educational affairs, we have sct apart a Minister for the purpose of inquiring more thoroughly are We would give thanks, as is most meet, to "the God of all grace, who hath called us unto His eternal glory by Christ Jesus," for cur common fellowship in the glorious Gospel. We would never forget the rock whence " 66 we hewn," and "the hole of the pit whence digged." "Who are we, O Lord God? and what is our house, that Thou hast brought us hitherto ?" "We are not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which Thou hast showed unto Thy servants." We would gratefully recognise the vital union by which we are bound together as "members in particular" of the "one body; and would devoutly rejoice in the practical manifestation of that union, which, during the last few weeks, we have been permitted to witness. We have been into the condition of these schools, and of facilitating the adoption of such plans as may be found needful for their more efficient working. The Theological Institution, in both its branches, is answering the purposes for which it was founded. The necessity of extending its accommodation, so as to admit the whole of the candidates to its advantages, is strongly felt; and measures to meet this necessity will be adopted with as little delay as possible. We commend the pecuniary claims of the Institution to the continued and augmented liberality of our friends. Several Quarterly Meetings and Trustees' Meetings have, during the year, forwarded handsome subscriptions; and we hope their example will be extensively imitated. Among the brightest features in the retrospect of the year must be noted the celebration of the Jubilee of the Wesleyan-Methodist Missionary Society. This event was most favourably inaugurated at the last Conference; and the hallowed influence which attended its commencement has increased with the spread of the movement. It has brought together the well-known and long-tried friends of evangelical Missions; it has elicited a widely-diffused manifestation of Christian benevolence; it has recalled the godly virtues and sanctified devotedness of faithful men, and faithful women, who, in foreign lands, served their generation according to the will of God, and who will "shine as the stars for ever and ever; " it has reminded us of the progress and victories of the Gospel of Christ during the last fifty years, and inspired us with renewed confidence as to an ultimate and universal triumph; and it has, above all, been the means of improving the spirituality and stimulating the activity of our churches. Who can forget the Jubilee Lovefeasts ? Never was this old and cherished institution of Methodism marked by more signal tokens of the Divine presence, and never was it more richly enjoyed by God's people, than when we listened to beloved and honoured brethren, who have served Christ in the Mission-field, while they gave a narrative of their conversion, of their call to the ministry, of their arduous labours, of their manifold trials, and of their widespread success. The memorial objects contemplated by the Jubilee Fund have already commended themselves to your approval. You will join with us, dear brethren, in renewed and unceasing prayer on behalf of our Missionary Society, a Society which, in its origin, was, like Methodism itself, most manifestly a work of God; which, in its consolidation and growth, has had the advantage of the oversight and direction of men whose memory will be ever sacred to us; which, during fifty years, "the Lord of the harvest "has furnished with a succession of faithful labourers; and the prospects of which for extension and development were never more numerous and promising than at present. Pray for it, that all its agencies may be accompanied and invigorated by the power of the Holy Ghost; and that, in common with kindred institutions, it may contribute more and more effectually to hasten the spiritual and universal reign of Christ. But, while our sympathies and efforts have been so conspicuously enlisted on behalf of Missions abroad, we have by no means overlooked the necessity of sus taining and multiplying Missions at home. These are two departments of the one great MISSION OF THE CHURCH, and must languish or flourish together. There are now sixty-four Home-Mission stations, and these, for the most part, in the midst of the dense masses of our great towns and cities. In addition to these stations, there are the appointments for the benefit of Methodists in the army. In all this work seventy-six Missionary ministers are employed; and the result of their varied labours, as exhibited in the Report, is such as to demand our devout gratitude, and to prompt us to redoubled efforts. You will rejoice to know that the spiritual wants of the Metropolis have engaged the earnest attention of the Home-Missionary Committee, and that vigorous measures will be at once adopted with a view to contribute toward meeting those wants. London is, in a very important sense, an epitome of England. There is hardly a village or a hamlet in the kingdom which is not constantly sending its youth, of both sexes, to this great centre of commercial activity and national life; and there is not a colony of the empire which is not constantly receiving accessions from the families, artisans, tradesmen, and merchants of London. These are some, among the numerous reasons, why the churches of the land should bring their evangelical agencies to bear with more concentrated power on London. It would be most pleasant and welcome to prolong the strain of gratulation and thankfulness which the review of multiplied and extending aggressive agencies is calculated to awaken. We cannot, however, disguise the fact, that the spiritua state of our Societies oppresses us with an amount of perplexing anxiety, which no language can adequately express. We would not, indeed, overlook the encouraging |