one side of the main entrance are the waiting-rooms ani board-room; and at the other, the hall and staircase leading to the study and apartments of the Principal. Behind the entrance-hall a corridor leads right and left to the school-rooms and lecture-hall, which occupy the front projecting wings, and are each fifty-three feet by twenty-seven feet in the clear. A distinct entrance is provided for the admission of the public on special occasions. The school-room is twenty-two feet high, with a large dormitory over it. The rear projecting wings at each side contain the class-rooms, and the library of each department, with sleeping-rooms over. The students' bed-rooms also occupy a portion of the second floor of the front, a separate room being given to each. The rear central building contains, nearest the front hall, a central staircase, with two side-passages to the dining-hall, which is fifty feet by twenty-three in the clear, with an open roof. Altogether, the arrangements are perfect in their way, and reflect the highest credit upon the talented architect, William Fogarty, Esq., of Dublin; and also upon the builder, Mr. James Henry, of Belfast.

The College is designed to embrace the three following objects. 1. To afford a theological training for two or more years to young men who have been accepted by the Conference as candidates for the Methodist ministry. Here, in addition to a training in Methodist theology, they may have the advantage of attendance at the various classes in the Queen's College, and of taking out a degree, if they feel so disposed. 2. To provide a collegiate department, in which the Methodist students from all parts of the land, who may be attending lectures on medicine, &c., in the Queen's College, will be provided with a residence and home; together with the advantages of a library, reading-room, and select companionship, under the direction of experienced tutors; so that their habits, studies, and amusements may contribute to thorough moral training, proficiency in scholarship, and physical development. 3. A boarding and day seminary, taking rank with the first of its class in the kingdom; under competent masters qualified to prepare pupils for mercantile pursuits, entrauce into the Queen's College, and competitive examinations in science and art; open to the youth of all Protestant denominations. The Con

ference of 1867 sent an urgent request to the British Conference for the release of Mr. Arthur from the Mission-House, in order to fill the office of Principal of the College. The request, we are happy to say, was granted, for a period of three years; and called forth the following Resolution, unanimously adopted by the late Conference:

"That the very grateful and respectful thanks of the Conference be presented to the British Conference for their generous sacrifice in designating, at our request, the Rev. William Arthur, M.A., ExPresident, as Priucipal of our Collegiate Institution at Belfast; and that we regard this action on their part as an additional proof of their deep interest in our work in Ireland.” *

The theological department has been placed under the care of the Rev. Dr. Scott, one of the originators of the College; and who has been long and favourably known by his brethren, and who shares their affectionate confidence. The school department is under the official management of the Rev. Robert Crook, LL.D., of Trinity College, Dublin; known for many years as the able and successful head-master of our Connexional School in Dublin; who has a most efficient staff of assistants in the several departments, and who will in due time win for the new College a position, we doubt not, not inferior to that previously won by the Connexional School, the pupils of which have, for many years past, taken some of the highest honours of the Dublin University. But rarely has any similar institution been opened under more auspicious circumstances. We are not surprised at the deliberate judgment of Dr. M'Cosh, as expressed in his speech ou the day of the opening. "I have great doubts whether, looking at the mere building, or the Priscipal, or the staff of preceptors attached to it, the Methodist body has any instite tion equal to it in any country. I am sure that it has no superior." May the faith and patience which have culminated in the opening of this College have ther appropriate reward in its great and widening influence for good in Irish Me thodism from year to year! May ear Church date the inauguration of a new and brighter era in its history, in every department of Christian enterprise, from the day signalized by the inauguration of the new College at Belfast! W. C.

ble success, in my Mission-work during the year. I have had the joy of seeing many saved, by grace through faith, who are now walking worthy of their Christian profession; whilst others have been built up in love and in obedience. Last September there were twenty-eight churchmembers connected with the Mission; there are now fifty-three, with eighteen on trial. Several who have been converted among us have joined regular Circuit classes, and some have gone to other churches. The new Home-Mission chapel will be opened in October, and I believe that a prosperous future is before us.

5. CARDIFF. From the Rev. W. Andrews.-May, 1868.-This Mission has improved during the year, and the congregations and church-members have increased in number. The debt on the Mission chapel, which twelve months ago was £600, has been reduced to £200. A new field of Mission-labour has been recently entered at Grange, a village near Cardiff, where there is a population of six hundred, almost destitute of religious worship. We have obtained a room which will accommodate about ninety persons; a congregation has been gathered; a class of church-members formed; and a Sunday-school commenced, with sixty children in attendance.

6. SHEFFIELD. (Norfolk-street.)-Encouraged by the success attending earnest Home-Missionary labour, in past years, at Attercliffe, and, more recently, at Elesmere-road, at which latter place good school-buildings have been erected, in which there are day-schools containing five hundred children, and where a commodious and handsome chapel is now being built, a further effort has this year been made by the friends and supporters of this good work. In the neighbourhood of Princesstreet, on the road to Attercliffe, and near to the large works of Sir John Brown, there is a district, in which there are seven thousand inhabitants, with little or no provision for public worship. It has been ascertained, by house-to-house visitation, that but one person in twenty of this large number attend either church or chapel. A room, both small and inconvenient, has been for some time used for preaching. Now a good school-chapel has been erected in an eligible situation, which will seat four hundred persons. There is a lofty room, under the chapel, well ventilated and lighted. It is intended to erect a large place of worship in this neighbourhood, in due time; when the present

building will be devoted to day and Sunday-school purposes. The openingservices, conducted by the Revs. John Bedford, Charles Prest, R. Felvus, Joseph Hargreaves, and the ministers of the Circuit, awakened considerable interest in the neighbourhood. No debt will remain on the premises. The seats are being let to an encouraging extent, and some remarkable changes in the habits of the people have already taken place. Our churchmembers have increased lately from twenty to sixty, and among these are men who have given, and who will now more fally give, valuable aid to this necessary Mission-work.

7. LIVERPOOL, (Pitt-street).—From the Journal of the Rev. Joseph Dizon.June, 1868.-We have been favoured with great success in our Mission-work during the past quarter. The members of our church have manifested great love and unity, as also self-sacrificing efforts to promote the cause of God. Reviving influences have led to a more regular attendance at the various opportunities for worship and spiritual improvement. This has been felt beyond the church itself, and we rejoice in witnessing a goodly number of persons converted to God. Seldom has a Sabbath passed without our seeing some immediate and direct results of our labours. Many of the elder scholars in our Sunday-school have been brought to a saving knowledge of the truth. Two new classes have been formed especially for these young people; and it is delightful to hear the clear and simple testimony which they give to the power and blessedness of godliness. We have had some striking instances of conversion among the sailors; for Pitt-street chapel is, to a good extent, used as a Missionchapel for seameu. Among others, a mate of a vessel was passing the chapel a few Sunday evenings ago, when he was induced, by the request of one of our friends, (some of whom stand in the street with tracts, for this laudable purpose,) to attend our service. Thoroughly awakened, and deeply convinced of sin, he attended all our services and class-meetings for a week, in great distress, and obtained peace with God. He then desired to know more of the truth, got rid of his books of light reading, and procured Wesley's Sermons, and other volumes of a similar kind, for perusal on his voyages; desiring above all things to be brought nearer to God, and to be useful to his fellow-men. He was enrolled a member of our church, and requested his quarterly tickets to be kept for

him till he returns from the voyage on which he has just entered. He and other seamen who have been brought to the enjoyment of religion here, are followed by the devout and earnest prayers of our people. [This Mission is, for the future, to be carried on principally for the benefit of seamen.]

8. LLANDUDNO.--From the Rev. E. Lightwood.-May, 1868.-During the last summer there was a large attendance of visiters at the Llandudno chapel, who evidently appreciated the provision which had been made for their accommodation. The regular congregations, although at present small, have steadily improved from the time of the opening of the chapel, and there is encouraging prospect of yet further increase. In the interval of the regular seasons, we are also seldom without some visiters in the congregation; and among them are sometimes found members of other Christian churches, who speak in grateful terms of the benefit they derive from our services. The week-evening attendance has presented a very gratifying improvement, and the thoughtful and devont spirit of the congregations generally indicates a degree of religious earnestness which gives promise of yet more decided and satisfactory spiritual results.

Efforts have been made to quicken the sympathy of our people on behalf of the spread of the Gospel both at home and abroad. Collectors have been appointed for our Foreign Missious, and we have succeeded in obtaining monthly and quarterly subscriptions from most of the members of Society, and from several persons in the congregation. A Juvenile Home and Foreign Mission Association has also been formed.

9. MANCHESTER. (Rooden-lane).— From the Journal of the Rev. E. Mosscrop.-August, 1868-The moral tone of this village is improved, and less intemperance is observable among the people. At certain periods "clog-races" are held here, when the uproar and dissipation are most distressing. This evil is principally supported by those who come from a distance, rather than by the inhabitants. Most of the residents here have been connected with our Sunday-schools. We have firm hold upon many, unaccompanied however by present apparent spiritual results. We have recently built a new chapel and schools in the main street, and our Mission is in a prosperous condition. The school is in a satisfactory state. We have held several open-air services with good

effect. Our visits to the sick and dying have been much blessed; and we are full of hope.

10. MANCHESTER. (Cheetham-Hill.)From the Rev. John Martin.-May, 1868. -[This Mission District comprises Rooden-lane, Bladeley, Crumpsall, and Halfacre, the population of the whole being about eight thousand.]-Roodenlane, the centre of the Mission, has had the principal part of Mr. Mosscrop's labours. Though drunkenness, Sabbath-breaking, and sin in various forms, prevail to a lamentable extent, yet there are signs of improvement.

The Missionary, who regularly visits the people from house to house, is treated with uniform respect and kinduess. His out-door services on the weekday evenings have been attended by scores, who were never before found in a place of worship. The congregation in the chapel has improved, the number of sittings let has gradually increased, and a Branch Missionary Society has been formed. The prospects are hopeful.

Halfacre, a small village, with a population of about four hundred and fifty, had, previous to our visiting it, no place of worship. A few months since Sabbathevening preaching was commenced, in a cottage taken for the purpose, which is now crowded by children and adults. A Sundayschool has been opened, having an average great change is visible in the manner in attendance of nearly thirty. Already a which the people spend their Sabbaths. We hope for better things.

11. MOSSLEY.-From the Rev. T. T. Dilks.-May, 1808.-The chief matter of interest in the Mossley Home-Mission this year, is the completion of the excellent new chapel and school, which afford ample and comfortable accommodation for the congregation. The opening-services, commenced by the late venerable Dr. Hannah, were hallowed by the Divine blessing; and the liberal offerings of the people amounted to three hundred pounds. The congregation, composed chiefly of the working class, has since then gradually increased; and we offer devout thanksgiving for God's signal blessing upon the Mission, from its commencement to its close. The work at Mossley is now merged in the general work of the Circuit. Our friends are encouraged to hope, that the same kind of Connexional aid may be afforded to other parts of the Circuit with the same blessed results.

12. DONCASTER.-From Rev. Joseph Floyd.-May 12th, 1868.-Our HomeMissionary minister has been employed in preaching and visiting from house to house. Besides preaching in the two Mission chapels at Balby and Carr-Mills, he has held cottage-services in six places, and paid about two thousand visits since the Conference. He is also preparing the way for the erection of a large chapel in New-Doncaster, in the heart of the railway "plant" population, at a cost of five thousand pounds. Methodism has for twenty years been weakened for want of chapel-accommodation. Numerous families have been unable to obtain pews in Priory-place; and the population, arising from the "plant," so far as we are concerned, has been neglected. But the reproach is now to be rolled away; and the object we have in view will be attained. Good fruit has also been yielded in the conversion of sinners.

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13. BARNSLEY. (Worsborough-Dale.)— From the Rev. John Roberts.-May, 1868. -The population of the District in which the Home-Missionary minister is located numbers several thousands, of whom by far the larger part are living in the utter neglect of the ordinances of religion. Among these his work has been prosecuted with faithfulness during the year. addition to a regular system of visitation, and the holding of several public services weekly, he has established a class for young men which promises to be of great and permanent use. At present, however, the work of the Mission is chiefly preparatory. Steps are being taken for the erection of a new place of worship, which will be more conveniently situated for the bulk of the population. In the mean while, the foundations of an important work are being laid, and an impression is being made, particularly upon the young men of the place, from which much may be expected.

14. JARROW.-From the Rev. William Bond.-May, 1868.—The Home-Mission at Jarrow, in the midst of a dense population and abounding ungodliness, furnishes a most important sphere of Missionary work. During the past year Mr. Morgan has laboured with great diligence and perseverance, and God has crowned his efforts

with encouraging success. The congregations at the chapels have steadily increased. A large new day and Sunday school has been erected. The day-school was opened at the beginning of this year. A trained and certificated master has been secured, and already we have upwards of two hundred scholars. We have no doubt that this school will prove a great blessing to the population, and a means of enlargement and prosperity to our cause here in future years.

At the Mission-room, between which and the chapel the labours of the HomeMissionary are divided, the congregations are good, particularly on Sunday evenings, and several persons during the year have been converted to God. The Sundayschool continues to prosper, and three Society classes have been formed.

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Besides the Mission-work carried on at Jarrow, at Hebburn New-Town, about mile from Jarrow, where an tirely new population has recently sprung up, a new school-chapel has been completed and opened during the past year, chiefly through the enterprising zeal and perseverance of Mr. Toyne. With the aid of a small building-grant from the Chapel Committee, this will be entirely free from debt. An encouraging congregation has been gathered, and a Sundayschool has been commenced. The dayschool was opened, with a trained master from Westminster, at the beginning of the year. It has succeeded beyond all our expectations, having already upwards of one hundred and twenty scholars.

15. CARLISLE. From the Journal of the Rev. J. F. Reynolds.-May 30th, 1868. -Our week-evening services are well attended, and are seasons of great spiritual profit. The condition of many of the poor here is wretched in the extreme. There is a large Roman Catholic population in this locality; and I invariably find that their presence and example tends to the debasement of those with whom they associate.

June 25th.-We held the first HomeMissionary meeting, at our Mission chapel, this evening, the Mayor in the chair. The attendance, addresses, and spirit, were all good; and a respectable collection was obtained from our poor people assembled. We have now seventy-six church-members at this station.

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