Q. IX. Who is appointed the PRESIDENT OF THE NEXT CONFERENCE IN IRELAND, to be held in Dublin, on Friday, the 22d of June, 1838 ? A. Our PRESIDENT, the REV. EDMUND GRINDROD; who, if unavoidably prevented, has authority to nominate a substitute. N.B. 1. The REV. ROBERT NEWTON, and one of the Missionary Secretaries, are appointed to accompany the President to the next Irish Conference. 2. The PRESIDENT is requested to visit Scotland, at whatever time of the year shall be most agreeable to him; and as many of the Preachers stationed in Scotland as conveniently can are directed to meet him at such times and places as he shall appoint. The Secretary is desired to accompany the President on his visit to Scotland. 3. The PRESIDENT is requested to attend the next Annual Meeting of the North Wales District, to be held at Ruthin, in the spring of 1838, and the Second South Wales District-Meeting, to be held at Carmarthen, at the same period of the year. The REV. THEOPHILUS LESSEY is appointed to accompany the President to the North Wales District-Meeting, and the EX-PRESIDENT and the REV. WILLIAM CLEGG are appointed to accompany him to the Second South Wales District-Meeting. If the President should be unable to attend the North Wales DistrictMeeting, Mr. Lessey is authorized to preside at that Meeting in his place. Two of the English Preachers stationed in Wales shall attend the District-Meetings of the Welsh Preachers, and two of the Welsh brethren shall attend the District-Meeting of the English Preachers in Wales. Q. X. Who are the COMMITTEE FOR GUARDING OUR PRIVILEGES during the ensuing year? A. The PRESIDENT and SECRETARY of the CONFERENCE; all the Preachers appointed for the six London Circuits; the Superintendents of the Deptford and Hammersmith Circuits; and all those Preachers, now living, who have filled the office of PRESIDENT of the Conference; together with the following Gentle men : Thomas Allan, Esq., London; Richard Matthews, Esq., London; Joseph Carne, Esq., Penzance; G. W. Longridge, Esq., Sunderland; N.B. The REV. ABRAHAM E. FARRAR is appointed the Secretary of the Committee of Privileges for the ensuing year. Letters are to be addressed to him, (post paid,) at No. 23, Bedford-Square, Commercial-Road, London. MISSIONS. Q. XI. What are the Resolutions of the Conference in reference to our MISSIONS? A. 1. The thanks of the Conference are hereby presented to the General Committee for their very faithful and able direction of the affairs of our Missions during the past year. 2. The following persons are appointed the General Committee of Management for the ensuing year; viz., the PRESIDENT and SECRETARY of the CONFERENCE; the GENERAL TREASURERS; the Treasurer of the London District Auxiliary Society, J. J. Buttress, Esq.; Sixteen of the Preachers appointed to the London Circuits, viz., The Rev. Robert Alder, William Atherton, John Bowers, Dr. Bunting, W. M. Bunting, John Davis, Jos. Entwisle, sen., The Rev. Abraham E. Farrar, The sixteen following gentlemen of London, viz.,— James Ashley, Esq., Mr. Birt, George Bowes, Esq., William Judd, Esq., 3. The cordial thanks of the Conference are hereby presented to THOMAS FARMER, ESQ., and the REV. JOHN SCOTT, for their important services as General Treasurers of the Wesleyan Missionary Society, during the last year; and they are respectfully requested to accept that office for the year ensuing. 4. The cordial thanks of the Conference are hereby presented to the REV. DR. BUNTING, late President of the Conference, for his constant attention to the interest of the Missions during the year; and to the REV. JOHN BEECHAM, the REV. ROBERT ALDER, and the REV. ELIJAH HOOLE, the General Secretaries, for their very acceptable and useful services to our Missions during the past year. 5. At the several Financial District-Meetings, which shall be held in September, arrangements shall be made for holding Missionary Meetings throughout the respective Districts, especially those in the Circuit-Towns, during the ensuing year; so that such Meetings may be held at the least possible expense: and the District Treasurers and Secretaries shall be invited to attend the said District-Meetings when such arrangements are under consideration. The Plan for each District, thus provisionally arranged, shall be immediately transmitted by the Chairman to the several Preachers who form the Deputation for that District, as appointed in the List of Deputations hereafter subjoined. The said Preachers are required to correspond with the Chairman on the subject forthwith ;-in order that such final arrangements be adopted, by mutual consent, as to the exact time of holding the Missionary Meetings for the Circuits of each District, as will prevent in future the great inconvenience which has resulted from the absence, on any Missionary Deputation, of more than one Preacher from the same Circuit at the same time. It is also recommended, that one of the usual Quarterly Meetings of each District Auxiliary Missionary Committee be summoned during the sitting of the Annual District-Meeting, for the purpose of investigating the expenses incurred at Anniversaries, &c. may 6. The following Preachers and other Friends are particularly invited to attend the Special Meeting of the Missionary Committee, which will be held in Bristol, at nine o'clock in the forenoon of Tuesday, July 24th, 1838, according to the Seventeenth Article of the "Laws and Regulations of the Wesleyan Missionary Society;" viz., the Rev. Messrs. George Morley, James Dixon, John Rigg, Joseph Beaumont, Philip C. Turner, Thomas Martin, Robert Smith, John Anderson, sen., and William Lord;-with James Wood, Esq., of Bristol, William B. Cross, Esq., of Bristol, Robert Curtis, Esq., of Bath, Mr. George Bagnall, of Carmarthen, Joseph Agar, Esq., of York, John Sutcliffe, Esq., of Willow-Hall, Mr. Pike, of Oxford, and Mr. Bush, of Hungerford.-N.B. This Meeting is open to the Treasurers and Secretaries of the different Auxiliary and Branch Societies in the vicinity, and to such other leading country friends of the Methodist Missions as can conveniently attend; and their presence is respectfully requested. MISSIONARY DEPUTATIONS FOR 1837-8. Districts. Bedford and Northampton, Robert Newstead, William Illingworth. Kent, Samuel Jackson, Everett Vigis, F. J. Jobson. Norwich and Lynn, John Waterhouse, John Haigh, John Oxford, Portsmouth, Guernsey, Devonport, Cornwall, Exeter, Bristol, Bath, Farrar, jun., J. F. England. A. E. Farrar, John Lomas. Henry Davies, Benjamin Gartside. John P. Haswell, Charles Prest. First South Wales, Thomas Martin, Joseph Roberts. Hugh Carter, Richard Bonner, Griffith Hughes, Edward Anwyl. John Scott, Abraham Stead. North Wales, Birmingham, Shrewsbury, Macclesfield, Liverpool, Robert Newton, Peter Duncan. Manchester, Bolton, William Horton, J. C. Leppington. Thomas Waugh, W. M. Bunting. Halifax and Bradford, J. S. Stamp, S. D. Waddy, Stephen Kay. Leeds, Theophilus Lessey, George Roebuck. Nottingham and Derby, Alexander Bell, Thomas Murray, Wil Lincoln, Hull, York, liam Smith, John Nelson. Timothy C. Ingle, W. B. Stephenson. George Cubitt, Robert Young. James Everett, John Callaway. Whitby and Darlington, George Marsden, Samuel Leigh, Richard Felvus. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Richard Reece, G. B. M'Donald, Philip Hardcastle, W. L. Thornton. Carlisle, Ireland, North, Samuel Dunn, Willson Brailsford. James Dixon, Matthew Banks. Ireland, South, John Anderson, Barnabas Shaw. SCHOOLS. Q. XII. What are the Resolutions of the Conference respecting the affairs of our SCHOOLS ? A. 1. JOHN IRVING, ESQ., of Bristol, and the REV. PHILIP C. TURNER, are re-appointed the General Treasurers, and the REV. WILLIAM P. BURGESS is appointed the General Secretary, for the ensuing year. 2. The following persons are appointed as the General Committee for the ensuing year :-The President and Secretary of the Conference, the General Treasurers and Secretary of the School-Fund, the Rev. Dr. Bunting, Messrs. R. Waddy, G. Marsden, C. Cooke, Dowty, J. Fowler, Eastwood, Scott, T. Jackson, Lessey, Waterhouse, Naylor, R. Wood, and Pilter; Messrs. Rees, Copp, Rogers, and Billing, of Bristol; Middleton and Jerram, of Cheltenham; Parsons and Hollway, of MidsummerNorton; Fussell, of Frome; Palmer, of Bath; Carne, of Penzance; J. C. Seccomb, of Exeter; and Budgett, of Kingswood; and such Gentlemen of the Local Committees as can make it convenient to attend on the Friday preceding the next Confer ence. 3. The following are the Local Committees for the ensuing year : KINGSWOOD SCHOOL.-The Rev. Thomas Martin, Chairman; Rev. Robert Smith, Local Treasurer; Rev. Henry Fish, Secretary; Rev. Messrs. J. Wood, Lord, Clegg, Roberts, Davies, J. Smith, 3d, Sherwell, and Brandreth ;-with Messrs. Capel, Exley, John W. Hall, A. Harper, T. Harris, Irving, Westcott, and J. Wood, of Bristol; and Messrs. Liddiard and Fort, of Bath. WOODHOUSE-GROVE SCHOOL.-The Rev. Robert Newton, Chairman; Rev. George Morley, Local Treasurer; Rev. |