And also to the Executors of the following deceased Friends, for their prompt remittance of the subjoined Legacies: Late Rev. George Holder, Whitby, by Messrs. Fletcher and £. S. d. Richardson Rev. G. Baldwin, by Rev. W. Jenkins Mrs. M'Allum, North-Shields, by Mr. R. Burdekin... Mr. Whippey, Bristol Mr. Chatterton, Barrow Mrs. McCormack, Ireland, by Rev. W. Ferguson. Mrs. Deaves, ditto, by ditto.... Mrs. Gloyne, by Rev. John Mason.. Mrs. Lang, Market-Weighton, by Mr. Joseph Smith Mr. Fleming, Exeter, by Rev. Walter Lawry Also to the Executors of the late Rev. George Holder, Messrs. * 200 0 0 180 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 50 0 0 18 11 8 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 0 10 100 0 0 ** In order to show our benevolent Friends the pressing necessities of the Methodist Preachers' Annuitant Society, and to apprize them of the importance of bestowing a larger portion of their liberality in aid of its resources, it may not be improper to add that, as the Society's Fund is unable to meet the claims which are made upon it, by Supernumerary Preachers and Widows of deceased Preachers, the Members have agreed, not only to augment their Subscriptions severally from £5 58. to £6 68. per annum, but also to reduce the amount of annuities in the first or lowest class, from £19 19s. to £10 each, and on the other classes in just proportion. WESLEYAN THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTION. Q. XXI. What are the Resolutions of the Conference on the Report of the Committee of the WESLEYAN THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTION? A. 1. The Conference receives the present as well as the former Report of that Committee with satisfaction and gratitude, and rejoices in the undoubted signs of prosperity and usefulness with which the Institution continues to be favoured. 2. The thanks of the Conference are hereby presented to the REV. DR. BUNTING, the President of the Institution, and to the REV. JOSEPH ENTWISLE, SEN., the Governor of the InstitutionHouse, for their valuable counsels and services during the past year. 3. The thanks of the Conference are also presented to the REV. JOHN HANNAH, SEN., the Theological Tutor, and to the REV. SAMUEL JONES, A.M., the Classical and Mathematical Tutor, for their very satisfactory attention to the duties of their respective offices. 4. The thanks of the Conference are gratefully tendered to THOMAS FARMER, ESQ., the Treasurer of the Institution; to the REV. JOHN BOWERS and the REV. GEORGE CUBITT, the Secretaries; and to the Members of the Committee of Management; for their vigilant and unwearied care of the concerns of the Institution during the year. 5. The REV. DR. BUNTING, and the REV. JOSEPH ENTWISLE, are re-appointed to their respective offices for the ensuing year; MR. FARMER is also respectfully requested to continue in his office as Treasurer; and MESSRS. BOWERS and CUBITT are reappointed Secretaries. 6. The REV. JOHN HANNAH is re-appointed Theological Tutor, and the REV. SAMUEL JONES, A.M., Classical and Mathematical Tutor, according to the Regulations of the last Conference concerning the "appointment of certain Officers;" (see Minutes of 1836, Q. XXII., p. 84;) which regulations are now extended to the Tutors of the Institution. (See Miscellaneous Orders and Resolutions, Number 4, p. 224, of these Minutes.) 7. The Preachers are directed to collect the Donations and Subscriptions which have been promised in their respective Circuits, and any others which they may be able to procure, in aid of the Funds of the Institution, during the first and second weeks of the month of January in each year; and to remit them to the Treasurer, addressed, Wesleyan Theological Institution, Hoxton, London, not later than the end of January. 8. The second year which each Student may spend at the Institution shall be reckoned to him, when he is received on trial as a Preacher, as the first of the four years of probation now required by our rule;-provided that the Officers and the Committee of the Institution recommend such Student as having conducted himself with Christian propriety and diligence. 9. The object of the preparatory examination of Preachers on the List of Reserve by the London District-Meeting, as appointed in the Minutes of 1834, being, in the strictest sense, a connexional one, the expense which may be incurred by attending that examination shall be provided for by a connexional fund, at least in all those cases in which it cannot be defrayed by the Candidates themselves; the Conference regarding it as an equitable principle, that the funds of the Institution should not be chargeable with any expense, excepting for that select class of Candidates for our ministry who are, after the examination, finally taken under its care, nor even for them, until they become actually resident, as Students, in the Institution-House. 10. The Committee of Management for the ensuing year shall consist of the following persons; viz., The President and Secretary of the Conference; the President, House-Governor, Tutors, Treasurer, and Secretaries of the Institution; the Rev. John Scott, as one of the Treasurers of the Wesleyan Missionary Society, and the Secretaries of that Society; the Editor and Book-Steward;-with the following Ministers and Gentlemen, viz., Rev. William Atherton, London, Rev. William M. Bunting, London, J. J. Buttress, Esq., London, J. S. Elliott, Esq., London, Rev. Thomas Galland, A.M., Leeds, William Judd, Esq., London, Mr. Peter Kruse, London, Rev. Richard Treffry, London, Rev. Thomas Waugh, Bandon, REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. Q. XXII. What are the Resolutions of the Conference on the Report of the Committee appointed last year for the purpose of ascertaining the actual state of EDUCATION in immediate connexion with Methodism throughout Great Britain ? A. That Report having been read to the Conference, it was resolved, 1. That it be received and printed. 2. That the following Ministers and Gentlemen be appointed a Committee, for the ensuing year, for the purpose of carrying into effect, as far as practicable, the suggestions which it contains; viz., The President of the Conference, the Ex-President, the Rev. Messrs. Treffry, Atherton, T. Jackson, Mason, Cubitt, Beecham, Hoole, S. Jackson, and Illingworth; with Thomas Farmer, Esq., J. S. Elliott, Esq., J. Hunter, Esq., Messrs. Calder, Kruse, T. Frid, and Hoby. PUBLICATION OF GENERAL CIRCULARS. Q. XXIII. What is the judgment of the Conference concerning the publication of GENERAL CIRCULARS, addressed to our Preachers and others? A. That it is highly inexpedient, and perilous to the peace of the body, that any Preacher should, on his individual authority, issue General Circulars addressed to our Preachers, Stewards, or other Officers, as such; or to our People distinctively, in their religious character and capacity as Wesleyan Methodists; such Circulars being intended and calculated to engage their attention and activity, as Methodists distinctively, on any political subject which may be agitated at the time by the several parties in the State. DAY OF FASTING, HUMILIATION, AND PRAYER. Q. XXIV. What direction does the Conference give concerning the observance of a day of FASTING, HUMILIATION, and PRAYER for a revival of the work of God? A. The Preachers are earnestly requested to urge the observance of the next Quarterly Fast-day, by preaching with a special reference to that subject, and by striving to promote a spirit of humiliation among our people, with fervent supplication for a larger outpouring of the Holy Spirit on our Connexion, and on the church and world at large. MISCELLANEOUS ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS. 1. Address to Her Majesty the Queen. Resolved, at the opening of the Conference, That a dutiful and loyal Address be prepared, and presented to Her Majesty the Queen, on behalf of this Conference and the Societies which it represents, expressive of our unaffected condolence with her on the death of His late Majesty, of our sincere attachment to her person and Government, and of our fervent prayers to Almighty God for her personal happiness, and for the prosperity of her reign. 2. Return of Members in Society. The number of Members in Society, as taken at the March Quarterly Visitation in each year, and faithfully reported, by a presentation of the Circuit Schedules, at the District-Meetings, shall be the number returned on the Minutes of the following Conference.-N.B. For the next year, the Schedules shall contain a Report of the September, December, and March Quarters; but afterwards, of the June, September, December, and March Quarters. 3. Centenary of Methodism. A Committee, consisting of the following persons, is appointed to meet during the next Conference, -the precise time of meeting to be fixed by the President,-in order to make preparations and arrangements for holding a Centenary in commemoration of the first formation of the Methodist United Society in the year 1739; viz., the President and Secretary of the Conference, the Rev. R. Reece, G. Marsden, Dr. Bunting, T. Jackson, W. Atherton, J. Dixon, J. Beecham, and the Irish Representatives; with Messrs. J. Wood and Irving, of Bristol; J. Wood, of Manchester; T. Farmer, of London; J. Heald, of Stockport; T. Sands, of Liverpool; W. G. Scarth, of Leeds; Joseph Carne, of Penzance; and Samuel W. Smith, of Sheffield. 4. Appointments of Tutors in the Theological Institution. The appointments of the Tutors in the Theological Institution shall be placed on the same footing with the appointments of the Editors, Book-Steward, Missionary Secretaries, and Governors of our Schools, according to the Minutes of the last Conference, Q. XXII., p. 84. 5. District-Meetings. It is resolved that all the regular annual Meetings of the several District Committees shall be held in the third week of May in each year, with the exception of the London District, the North-Wales and Second South-Wales Districts, and the Scotch Districts. 6. Resolved unanimously, That the Ex-President, Dr. Bunting, be respectfully and earnestly requested to publish the excellent Charge which he delivered to the Preachers admitted this year into full connexion, on Wednesday, August 2d;—that the Rev. John Hannah be also requested to publish the Sermon which he preached, in Brunswick chapel, on Sunday Morning, July 30th; and the Rev. William M. Bunting, the Sermon which he preached, in the same chapel, on Thursday evening, August 3d. 7. Circuit Schedules. It is directed that a Volume of Schedules be kept in every Circuit, in which an account of the numbers in Society, and on Trial, the amount of subscriptions and collections, and other similar records, shall be regularly inserted. The Book-Committee shall prepare and forward to the Circuits blank Schedules for this purpose. 8. In order to bring the state and progress of the work of God in every Circuit distinctly and regularly under the examination of the District-Meetings, copies of the printed Circuit Schedules, |