Article of the "Laws and Regulations of the Wesleyan Missionary Society;" viz., the Rev. Messrs. George Marsden, John Burdsall, James Dixon, Alexander Bell, Richard Waddy, George Morley, Thomas Galland, John Anderson, sen., and William Vevers; with James Musgrave and Francis Marris, Esquires, of Leeds, John Sutcliffe, Esq., of Willow-Hall, Isaac Crowther, Esq., of Morley, Mr. William Dawson, of Barnbow, Samuel Stocks, Esq., of Wakefield, William Dyson, Esq., of Howden, Mr. T. P. Bunting, of Manchester, and James Henwood, Esq., of Hull.-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 1836-7.

Districts.
London,

To be appointed by the District-Meeting in
September, from the Preachers stationed in
that District.

Bedford and Northampton, Joseph Cusworth, Samuel Jackson,
William Box, Edward Walker.
George Cubitt, John Farrar, jun.

Kent,

Norwich and Lynn, William Clegg, Robert Pilter, William L. Thornton.

Oxford,

William Naylor, Charles Prest.

Richard Reece, Edward Ford.
William B. Stephenson.

Wiliam Lord, John P. Haswell.

Portsmouth,

Guernsey,

Devonport,

Cornwall,

Exeter,

Robert Newton, A. E. Farrar, Samuel Young.
Thomas Squance, Timothy Ingle.

Bristol,

Bath,

Joseph Taylor, Josiah Hill, Theophilus
Lessey.

John Waterhouse, Henry B. Britten.

First South Wales, Henry Davies, W. M. Bunting.

North Wales,

Edward Jones, 1st, William Davies, 1st,
Thomas Aubrey.

Birmingham and Shrewsbury, John Anderson, sen., James

Macclesfield,

Liverpool,

Dixon, Stephen Kaye, Samuel D. Waddy. Joseph Fowler, James Methley.

John Bowers, William Barton.

Manchester and Bolton, John Burdsall, John Scott, John

Lomas, John S. Stamp.

Halifax and Bradford, Thomas H. Walker, John Nelson, G.
B. M'Donald, Thomas Dove.
Thomas Waugh, Jonathan Crowther.

Leeds,

Districts.

Sheffield,

John Hannah, Francis A. West.

Nottingham and Derby, Thomas Martin, John H. Adams,

Lincoln,

Hull,

York,

John Smith, 3d. Henry Fish.
Thomas Galland, John H. Bumby.
Joseph Beaumont, Peter Duncan.
George Marsden, John C. Pengelly.

Whitby and Darlington, Isaac Keeling, James Everett.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Robert Wood, William Smith, Alexander
Bell, George Steward.

Carlisle,
SCOTLAND,

IRELAND, North,

Thomas Murray, Israel Holgate.

William Atherton, Robert Alder.
Edmund Grindrod, Robert Young.

IRELAND, South, Philip C. Turner, Joseph Roberts, jun.

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 appointed the General Treasurers, and the REV. GEORGE OSBORN, 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. Messrs. Atherton, Clegg, Grindrod, T. Jackson, Lessey, Mason, Pilter, Reece, Scott, Slater, Stanley, J. Taylor, Treffry, and Waterhouse; Messrs. J. Sykes, W. Smith, W. Dove, and Spink, of Leeds; Mr. J. Swallow, of Wakefield; Mr. Agar, and Mr. Chadwick, of York; Mr. Lofthouse, of Hull; Mr. Nussey, of Birstal; Messrs. Longdon, S. H. Smith, and W. Staley, of Sheffield; Mr. Wilton, of Doncaster; Mr. T. Walker, and Mr. W. Skinner, of Stockton; and such Gentlemen of the Local Committees as can make it convenient to attend on the Friday preceding the next Conference.

3. The following are the Local Committees for the ensuing year:

KINGSWOOD SCHOOL.-The Rev. Thomas Martin, Chairman; Rev. Robert Smith, Local Treasurer; Rev. William B. Stephenson, Secretary; Rev. Messrs. J. Wood, Lord, Roberts, Prest, Fowler, J. Smith, 3d, Ford, Dowty, Brandreth, Lusher, and Jennings ;—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. Wil

liam Barton, Secretary; Rev. Messrs. Vevers, William Smith, Anderson, Galland, Learoyd, Blackett, C. Radcliffe, Garrett, Leach, Hamer, Walton, Hinson, Prescott, S. Robinson, and J. Ward, jun. ;-with Messrs. Calvert, Beaumont, Cheeseborough, and Blackburn, of Bradford; Messrs. Scarth, John Burton, Joshua Burton, Marris, James Hargrave, C. Dove, B. Beverley, Musgrave, and Howard, of Leeds; Messrs. Swale and Suter, of Halifax; Mr. Stocks, of Wakefield; Mr. Shaw, of Huddersfield; and Mr. Sutcliffe, of Willow-Hall.

4. The Private Subscriptions and Public Collections for the School-Fund are to be made in every Circuit in the month of October. The sums allowed to Preachers, stationed in Circuits, for the education of their daughters, and of such of their sons as cannot obtain admission into the Schools, may be paid out of the amount raised in the Circuits where they are stationed, if sufficient for that purpose. In other cases, we repeat our Minute made in 1820: "The allowances for education do not become due until the next Conference, and are not to be paid in advance, except so far as the Collections and Subscriptions to the Fund in any Circuit will meet the claims of that Circuit. But when the Governors of the Schools have been fully enabled to provide for their current expenditure, if a surplus remain in the hands of the Treasurers, they may make such remittances in advance to Circuits in which the claims are large, and the contributions very small, as may suit their convenience."

5. The usual allowance for the education of the children of Deceased and of Supernumerary Preachers, instead of being claimed, as formerly, by the Treasurers of the School-Fund, and received by them in a gross amount from the Treasurer of the Auxiliary Fund, shall in future, when the claim has been sanctioned by the District-Meeting, be received directly from the Auxiliary Fund; the Treasurers of the School-Fund, however, being still allowed to claim such a sum for each boy educated and supported at either of the Schools as lfe actually costs the Institu

tion.

6. The Vacation at both the Schools, instead of commencing, as at present, in the beginning of May, shall hereafter commence in the last week of May, or the first week of June.

7. The Conference determines, that if any boy, having left either of our Schools at the time of the annual vacation, be detained more than a week after the vacation ends, unless a satisfactory reason be sent to the Governor, such boy's place shall be immediately filled up by the Governor from the list of boys who are waiting for admission.

8. Every Superintendent is required to send to the General Treasurers a particular account of the sums contributed in his

Circuit to the Fund, and of the claims made upon it; stating distinctly the names of the children for whose education the usual allowance has been paid, and the exact number of years during which the allowance has been received: and it is further expressly required, that such accounts, with any balance then in hand due to the Fund, shall be sent not later than the 15th of November. All communications are to be addressed to the REV. PHILIP C. TURNER, Methodist Chapel, Southwark.

9. The Accounts for the year shall be closed on the 24th of June, and audited before they are presented to the General Committee at the next Conference; and, in order to this, every Superintendent is required, at the May District-Meeting, finally to correct his List of Contributions sent in November, and to pay at the same time all additional Subscriptions or Collections; and the Financial Secretary shall send to the Treasurers such corrections, with an extract from his District-Minutes of every thing which relates to the School-Fund. This communication shall be made not later than the 31st of May.

10. At every District-Meeting, on the day on which the Circuit Stewards are in attendance during the transaction of the financial business of the District, the Chairman is directed to inquire particularly into the amount of the Subscriptions and Collections raised for the School-Fund in each Circuit, and to compare them with the lists of the preceding year. Where any material deficiency, or want of due exertion, shall appear, the case shall be specially reported in the District-Minutes, and be brought by the Chairman before the ensuing Conference.

11. The thanks of the Conference are hereby presented to John IRVING, ESQ., and the REV. JOHN SCOTT, the late General Treasurers, and to the REV. JOHN SMITH, 3d, the late General Secretary, for their efficient discharge of the duties of their offices in the past year.

12. The thanks of the Conference are presented to the late Local Committees and Secretaries of the Schools, for their faithful and able attention to the affairs of the Schools during the year; and also to the Governors and Governesses of the Schools, for their affectionate attention to the children committed to their care, and for their able management of the concerns of the Schools.

13. The cordial thanks of the Conference are hereby presented to the following contributors of five pounds and upwards, for their liberal aid to the Fund :

Q. XIII. What are the Resolutions of the Conference in reference to the affairs of our BOOK-ROOM?

A. 1. The REV. JOHN FARRAR, JUN., is appointed the Secretary to the London Book-Committee for the year ensuing.

2. The REV. JOHN BROWN, SEN., of Maidstone, is re-appointed the Editor of the Child's Magazine. Communications intended for this department should be addressed to him, at No. 14, CityRoad, London.

3. The REV. WILLIAM L. THORNTON is appointed the Secretary to the Methodist Tract-Committee. Communications intended for this department should be addressed to him, at No. 14, City-Road, London.

4. The General Book-Committee, which is appointed to meet on the Thursday evening previous to the next Conference, shall consist of our President and Secretary, and all the members of the London Book-Committee who shall be duly authorized to attend the Conference; with the Rev. Messrs. John Anderson, sen., Leach, Burdsall, R. Wood, Waddy, Grindrod, J. Fowler, G. Marsden, Dixon, Lessey, B. Slater, Galland, Morley, H. Hughes, John Davis, Pilter, Rigg, F. A. West, R. Smith, C. Cooke, W. Smith, A. Bell, W. P. Burgess, I. Keeling, D. Evans, W. Naylor, J. Taylor, James Gill, Martin, Lord, J. Sumner, Haswell, W. Fowler, Cusworth, J. S. Stamp, Kershaw, Clegg, Lawry, Blackett, W. Vevers, Dr. Andrews, and the Representatives of the Irish Conference.

5. The cordial thanks of the Conference are hereby unanimously presented to the REV. THOMAS JACKSON, for the very able and satisfactory manner in which he has performed the arduous and important duties of his office as our Editor during the past year.

6. The thanks of the Conference are cordially and unanimously tendered to the REV. JOHN MASON, our Book-Steward, for his vigilant, skilful, and efficient management of the business of his office during the past year;—to the REV. JOHN BROWN, SEN., for his acceptable and successful services as Editor of the Child's Magazine ;-to the REV. PETER M'OWAN, for his services as Secretary to the London Book-Committee;-to the REV. ABRAHAM E. FARRAR, for his services as Secretary to the Methodist Tract