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directed and from the treasures of every age he drew to his aid the invaluable elucidations of divine truth, which have been so amply furnished by the piety and wisdom of the church The public ministry of Mr M Nicoll was uniformly experimental and practical and when he fully devoted himself to the task of preparation, his preaching exemplified the highest qualities of sacred eloquence. In his discourses, copiousness, energy, and beauty of illustration, were happily combined with profound views of divine truth; and while, in his ordinary ministry, he was an edifying Preacher, his occasional and extraordinary efforts raised him to the rank of a deserved and almost universal popularity in our Connexion. Whilst he cherished a most benevolent and catholic spirit, he also displayed through life a decided attachment to Wesleyan Methodism. In some very trying circumstances, in the course of his itinerancy, he manifested great decision in support of the discipline of the Body. He held no compromise with faction, but firmly maintained the whole economy of our Societies, an economy which, in common with all other Methodist Preachers, he believed that we have providentially received as a sacred deposit from the Head of the church. He was persuaded that it rests on the great principles of the New Testament, and is eminently useful in extending the triumphs of saving grace amongst men. He considered it as a sacrilege to disturb its order, or obstruct its course; and he boldly stood forth to maintain its integrity in the hour of trial. The character of his personal piety was simplicity and happiness. He trusted exclusively in the atonement of Christ for acceptance with God, maintained the divine life by seeking and cherishing the influences of the Holy Spirit, and lived in constant intercourse with the spiritual world. In the bosom of his family he exhibited, in an attractive manner, the qualities of a Christian husband and father; whilst in the church and the pastoral relation he maintained the sanctity, the dignity, and the affection, which became a servant of Christ. Towards the close of life these principles and graces ripened into maturity. His intercourse with his friends, his general deportment and conversation, and his public ministry, partook largely of this hallowing spirit; and the event shows that God was preparing him for the heaven of purity and love. His death was awfully sudden. He had spent a week in advocating the cause of the perishing Heathen in a distant part of the country, and returned home on Saturday evening, June 4th. He had the pleasure of meeting his family of eleven children; he conversed with his accustomed ease and animation, prayed distinctly for their separate interests, then retired to rest, and in a few moments expired! Thus terminated, in the fifty-fifth year of his age, the life and ministerial course of another of the bright luminaries of our Con

nexion, under circumstances which show the sovereignty of the divine will in union with the riches of grace, and the necessity of prayer, that He who possesses "the residue of the Spirit," would exert his power and love in raising up a succession of faithful Ministers, to accomplish his merciful designs in the salvation of a ruined world.

(17.) ROBERT ROBERTS, a native of North Wales. He was called into our itinerant work by the last Conference; and was faithful and diligent in the ministration of the word, until a few months previous to his death, when he was obliged by affliction to desist. He died of consumption, June 8th, 1836, in the twentyeighth year of his age. He was a young man of promising talents. Some of his last words were, "I enjoy peace as a river. My body is weak, my affliction heavy; but religion is now the support of my body and soul."

2. In Ireland, two, viz.,—

(1.) FRANCIS ARMSTRONG, a native of the county of Fermanagh. He was awakened and brought to God, in his youth, by the ministry of the Methodists. A short time after his conversion, he began to call sinners to repentance in his native place, where his labours were owned of God. In the year 1787 he was called into the public ministry, in which he continued to labour, with short interruptions, until the year 1822. When he became a Supernumerary, he settled at Rathmullen, in the Rathmelton Mission, where he exerted himself, as far as his health permitted, in holding prayer-meetings, conducting Sunday-schools, and preaching occasionally; by which means he rendered himself both beloved and useful. In him was united great sweetness of temper, with firmness and decision of character. He was regular in his attention to every part of his work; his sermons were plain, experimental, and useful; his piety was sincere and uniform; his friendship discriminating and unshaken. In old age he exemplified the purity and power of that religion which he had so long professed; and after a short but severe illness he died truly happy in God, June 3d, 1836, aged eighty years.

(2.) ROBERT CRANSTON; who was born in the county of Cavan, August 1st, 1785. He was deeply convinced of sin in very early life; and in his fifteenth year received a sense of the pardoning mercy of God by the Spirit of adoption, which he happily retained until his death. He became a Class-Leader when he was eighteen years of age, and shortly afterwards a Local Preacher. In 1811 he commenced his itinerancy among us, and laboriously and faithfully discharged its duties for sixteen years; when, in consequence of bodily affliction, he was compelled to retire as a Supernumerary: still, however, he preached as often as his state of weakness per

mitted. He was a man of sound understanding and deep piety, and an acceptable and profitable Preacher. His last sufferings were so severe that he was prevented from speaking to his friends who visited him; but he was evidently very happy, and before he breathed his last was able to pronounce a blessing on each member of his family. He then, in the full triumph of faith, resigned his spirit into the hands of his Redeemer. He died July 12th, 1836.

3. In our Foreign Missions, seven have died, viz.,—

(1.) JOSEPH R. DUNWELL; a young man whose deep piety, amiable manners, and consistent conduct, secured for him the affection and esteem of those who knew him. He sailed for CapeCoast Castle in the autumn of the year 1834, and finished his short but successful Missionary career at that place, June 24th, 1835, after an illness of a few days. In him were manifested, in an eminent degree, zeal for the cause of Christ, and a yearning pity for the souls of the Heathen. In a letter, addressed to a friend, which was found in his room after his decease, he expressed his readiness to lay down his life in Africa; and remarked, that it grieved him most of all that his utmost exertions were so inadequate to meet the spiritual wants of the multitudes to whom he had access. The last entries which he made in his journal show that he was graciously supported in his affliction, when in prospect of death. On the 14th of June, after observing that he had been attacked that day with the "seasoning" fever, which often proves fatal, he wrote, "I cannot describe the peace of mind that I feel. I am a most worthless sinner, and have no hope, no plea, but, 'Jesus died for me." On the following day he added, "I passed an exceedingly restless night, having great pain of body. Yet, O the composure of my mind! I believe I can say, 'In life, or in death, I am the Lord's.""

(2.) JOHN PRICE; who died at Nassau, New-Providence, Bahamas, July 10th, 1835, after an illness of seven days. He was a young man of an amiable disposition, deep piety, and promising talents. During the whole course of his illness, he was happy in God, and free from the tormenting fear of dying. He said, with considerable emphasis, "I do not know what my heavenly Father is about to do with me; but I do not feel the smallest alarm or anxiety. To me, to live is Christ, to die is gain." A short time before he expired, he said, "O happy! happy! happy! though I die, I shall live."

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(3.) JOHN WALTERS; who was a native of South Wales, and in early life, through the instrumentality of the Wesleyan Methodists, was converted to God. In 1830 he was recommended for the Mission work, and appointed to the island of Jamaica;

which place he reached in January, 1831. Love to his brethren, compassionate regard for the poor, diligence in visiting the sick, and fervent zeal for God, were his leading characteristics. He was attacked by fever, and after an illness of a few days sank beneath his disease. He was graciously supported as he saw his end approaching; his confidence in Christ was unshaken; he was filled with holy triumph; and on July 11th, 1835, resigned his spirit into the hands of God.

(4.) DANIEL BARR; who, having given satisfactory proof of a scriptural conversion, and of his call to the Christian ministry, was sent as a Missionary to the island of Jamaica, where he arrived in 1831. In the different Circuits in which he travelled, he laboured with acceptance and success. The nature of his last affliction, and the effect of the medicines taken, incapacitated him for saying much as to the state of his mind; but his deep and habitual piety precludes all doubt of his final triumph. He died in peace at Morant-Bay, October 17th, 1835. As a man and a Christian, Mr. Barr was affectionate, upright, and consistent; and as a Preacher, zealous and faithful.

(5.) EDMUND GORDON; who departed this life December 23d, 1835, in the twenty-ninth year of his age. He was brought to a saving knowledge of God in the year 1830. Being persuaded that he was moved by the Holy Ghost" to preach the Gospel in "the regions beyond," and having that persuasion confirmed by the call and appointment of the church, he left his native land as a Missionary to the West Indies in the latter end of the year 1833. He began and closed his Missionary course at St. Christopher's, within the brief space of twenty-one months. He was a Missionary of great promise. His piety was deep; his zeal was ardent, and prompted him to such diligence in his sacred calling as is not often surpassed. His ministrations were owned of God; and he greatly endeared himself to the Society among whom he laboured, by his affectionate pastoral superintendence and care. He was seized with a malignant fever, December 17th, 1835, which, after six days, terminated in death. He gave satisfactory evidence that he was prepared for his change, and died in peace.

(6.) THOMAS H. OSBORNE. In the days of his youth he devoted himself to the service of God; and having given proof that the Great Head of the church had called him to preach the Gospel, he was appointed by the Conference of 1833 to a station in the West Indies. In that interesting field of Missionary labour he was successful in winning souls to Christ; and by his amiable temper, unaffected piety, and ardent zeal, greatly endeared himself to his brethren in the ministry, and to the Societies over which he was placed in the Lord. His death was sudden; but he was prepared for that solemn event. He arrived on the island of

St. Christopher, to attend the District-Meeting, apparently in good health; and on the evening of the second day of its sittings he was attacked by fever, which in less than thirty hours terminated his valuable life. He died on the 10th of February, 1836, in the twenty-fourth year of his age.

(7.) THOMAS CROSTHWAITE; who, having obtained the knowledge of salvation through faith in Christ, was led deeply to feel on account of the perishing state of sinners, and offered himself as a Christian Missionary. While he sustained this character, (a period of about six years, part of which was spent in Nova-Scotia, and part in the West Indies,) he gave full proof of his ministry. The love of Christ constrained him to devote all his powers to the service of his Divine Master; and he had the pleasure of knowing that his labour was not in vain, and that the Gospel which he preached was made to several the savour of life unto life. He died of consumption, May 1st, 1836, in the thirty-first year of his age, and the sixth of his itinerancy, assuring all around him, that he relied upon the atonement of Christ for acceptance and eternal life.

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 TRAVELLING?
A. Robert Watkin and Daniel Shoebotham.

Q. VII. How are our Preachers STATIONED for the ensuing year?

A. As follows; viz.,

[N.B. Each of the Places mentioned in these Stations, and numbered consecutively from 1 to 380, is the head of a Circuit.

The Preacher or Preachers stationed in, or appointed to, the several Circuits undermentioned, is and are appointed by the Conference to preach, and to perform all acts of religious worship and Methodist discipline, in each and every of the Wesleyan-Methodist 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 Preachers.]

GREAT BRITAIN.

I. THE LONDON DISTRICT.

JABEZ BUNTING, D.D., PRESIDENT OF THE CONFERENCE. 1 First London, (City-Road, &c.,) Richard Treffry, sen., Jacob Stanley, sen., John Bowers, Peter

M'Owan, William M. Bunting, William