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We have not always my Lord Marquis in the Chair, to exert his influence. We have not Right Hon. individuals every where to address the assembly, like the present. We are obliged to do as we can, sometimes, and not as we would; and therefore, the collections on these annual occasions must depend, in some degree, upon contingencies; but let these ten thousand subscribers come down with their subscriptions, and then the Treasurers and Secretaries of the Committee will know what they have to depend upon. They will know they are on safe ground, and that there is plenty of money in the country. I do not wonder at my old friend, whom I happen to see here, [giving Mr. Guthrie a cordial shake of the hand,] I have often shared his hospitality under his own roof in the city of Edinburgh,-I do not wonder that he was struck with the carriages rolling along the streets of London, and at the splendid glass in the shops, which by the by was put there before it was so cheap as it is now. I say I do not wonder at his being struck with all these things, east and west, and north and south. Why, let a new line of railway be projected, and see what interest is excited! See what numbers crowd together; and, in a few days, all the shares are bought up, and people are almost ready to trample each other under foot to get shares. Talk of money! money! Why, hundreds and thousands and hundreds of thousands, and millions, can be forthcoming when a new line of railway is projected. I would, my Lord, and Christian friends, that each and all of you were as eager to come and propose a highway for the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. For you may take as many shares as ever you please. There are shares for all of you ;-your children, and your families, and your neighbours too: and no risk here. Come and take shares for the purpose of preparing a highway, upon which the chariot of the Gospel may travel, and travel at more than railway speed, so that it may carry the glad news of salvation to the end of the earth.

The REV. JOHN M'LEAN, of Edinburgh, moved,

"That this Meeting, recognising the duty of Christians to pray to the Lord of the harvest that he will send forth labourers into his harvest,' earnestly recommends unceasing prayer to God, that he will not only graciously prepare a succession of faithful men for the arduous work of preaching the Gospel to the Heathen, but also pour out more largely

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"That the cordial thanks of the Society are due, and are hereby presented, to the General Committee; to Thomas Farmer, Esq., and the Rev. John Scott, the General Treasurers; and to the Rev. John Beecham, the Rev. Dr. Alder, and the Rev. Elijah Hoole, the General Secretaries; for the valuable services which they have severally rendered to the Society, in the direction and management of its affairs during the past year."

JOHN BURTON, Esq., of Leeds, seconded this motion.

CHARLES HINDLEY, Esq., M.P., and the Rev. GEORGE OSBORN, of Manchester, supported the Resolution, which was then carried unanimously.

The REV. RICHARD REECE moved, "That the cordial thanks of the Society are due to the Rev. Jabez Bunting, D.D., President of the Wesleyan Conference; the Rev. Thomas Guthrie, of Edinburgh; the Rev. Francis A. West, of Leeds; and the Rev. John M'Lean, of Edinburgh, for their excellent sermons preached before the Society during this Anniversary; and also to the Rev. Dr. Newton, the Rev. Dr. Dixon, the Rev. Dr. Hannah, the Rev. Peter M'Owan, the Rev. William B. Boyce, and the Rev. George Osborn, for their very acceptable pulpit-services on the same occasion; to all other Ministers who have publicly advocated the cause of the Society during the past year; and to the Auxiliary and Branch Societies, the Ladies' Associations, the Juvenile Societies, and their respective Committees, Treasurers, Secretaries, and Collectors, both at home and abroad, for their very successful exertions on behalf of the funds of the institution, in which exertions they are most earnestly entreat ed to continue and abound."

GEORGE SMITH, Esq., of Cambourne, said,-Unexpectedly called upon to second this Resolution, I will only trespass some two or three minutes upon your time. I confess I would rather suffer some reflection upon my judgment, than that any living being should suppose my heart was cold to this great and glorious cause. The services of this day have brought vividly to my mind

the condition of the Israelites in their wanderings through the wilderness; and of all the peculiarities attaching to that interesting people, in that interesting journey, there is one to which I wish particularly to direct the attention of this Meeting. There, my Lord, were their thousands, their encampment, and their tabernacle; but, more than all, there was the cloud of the divine presence. It was no matter how short might have been their tarrying, no matter how long they might have been in their past journeyings; when that cloud raised itself from the sanctuary, and moved on towards the north or the south, the east or the west, the thousands of Israelites were at once ready to abandon their position, and to journey onwards, under the immediate blessing of the great Jehovah. I think that we stand in such a position to-day. I think we stand beneath the cloud of the divine presence; and although we exult in our past proceedings, although we may rejoice in having realized more than £100,000, the great question is, Are we immediately under the cloud of the presence of God? If that cloud is passing on before us, if that is leading the way, then it becomes our duty, however exercised in past years, however we have made sacrificial efforts to come up to our present position, we must remain, my Lord, under the cloud; and if there was ever a section of the Christian church upon the face of the earth, that had claims upon it to exert itself in this great and glorious career, it is the Wesleyan church. Honour and riches, elevated rank and strengthened intellect, have been brought to sustain the cause of God this day; but, it was not to this or any organization, or any scheme or plan of measures, that our great Founder trusted, when, upon his dying bed, he exclaimed, (and, with that exclamation, laid down a great principle for our church in all future generations,) "The best of all is, God

is with us."

THOMAS FARMER, Esq., then presented himself to the Meeting, and was greeted with immense cheers. He said, -Upon me has devolved the very agreeable duty of proposing thanks to the chair. I am satisfied his Lordship, who has so ably filled it, will excuse me if I refer to my Reverend Friend who will second this Resolution for the language in which those thanks ought to be couched. But I will take the opportunity of expressing the gratitude I feel, on seeing his Lordship here present. It is not because he bears so high a title, that we

rejoice to see him here; but because he belongs to that Church, the Free Church of Scotland, which has stood forward so nobly in the maintenance of conscientious Christian principles; and it is because we think we see inscribed on the coronet which adorns his brow, more of "holiness to the Lord" than is to be found on many others; and because we believe that he puts that coronet where it ought to be, at the foot of the Redeemer. We rejoice, my Lord, in seeing you here, and hope it will be an occasion to be remembered by yourself with pleasure, and that nothing which you have witnessed to-day will operate in any other way than to increase that attachment to us, which we are satisfied will be cordially reciprocated by ourselves.

The Rev. DR. ALDER seconded the Resolution.

The PRESIDENT OF THE CONFERENCE (Dr. Bunting).—It is with the greatest satisfaction that I am told, the duty devolves on me of taking the sense of the Meeting formally and regularly, upon this Resolution of thanks to our noble Chairman. I am quite sure that all the sense this Meeting has will go along with this Resolution. Your sense of respect for exalted rank, in connexion with known attachment to Christian truth,-your sense of justice, and your sense of gratitude;-if that be your sense, please to signify it by standing up.

The noble MARQUIS, in returning thanks, said, I can assure you, my Christian friends, that I consider no thanks are due to me on the contrary, if it be a question at all of thanks between us, in the sincerity of my heart I speak it, my thanks are due to you, for having made me an humble instrument, in some degree perhaps, in promoting this great and glorious cause, and spreading Christianity to distant lands, and to savage nations, and, with Christianity, of spreading also the blessings of worldly civilization and happiness, to those now entirely divested of those privileges. I can assure you again, that I consider the obligation is entirely on my part; and I can only regret that my powers have not been greater, and that I have so inadequately discharged the duty you were kind enough to allot me. (His Lordship resumed his seat amidst the most enthusiastic cheers.)

The PRESIDENT of the Conference pronounced the Benediction, and the immense assembly separated at twenty minutes past five o'clock.

WESLEYAN AUXILIARY MISSIONARY SOCIETY, FOR THE LONDON DISTRICT.

ON Monday evening, May 19th, the Annual Meeting of the London District Auxiliary to the Wesleyan Missionary Society was held in the City-Road chapel, which was filled with the most attentive and deeply-interested congregation. W. R. Ellis, Esq., Barrister-at-law, presided on the occasion. The principal speakers were Dr. Waller, Captain Maclean, late Governor of Cape-Coast Castle, J. B. Bennett, Esq., M.D., Edward Corderoy and Richard Matthews, Esqrs., and the Rev. Dr. Barth, of Wirtemberg, the Revs. Mr. Leyrer, S. R. Hall, Thomas Raston, Missionary from Sierra-Leone, &c. The Report was read by the Rev. Robert Young, embodying facts concerning the present state of the Missions of a most striking and important character, which were supplemented and enforced by the personal statements of Captain Maclean, and Mr. Raston. The Meeting closed a little before ten o'clock, leaving an impression on the minds of all present, of the high importance of Christian Missions, and the imperative duty of contributing to their extension and support.

DEPARTURE OF MISSIONARIES.

THE REV. Thomas Birch Freeman, accompanied by the Rev. Henry Wharton, proceeded to the Isle of Wight, on the 17th of May, to embark for Cape-Coast Castle. They were publicly commended to the providence and grace of God, in City-Road chapel, on the evening of May 15th, on which occasion also Mr. Wharton was solemnly ordained to the work and office of a Christian Missionary. They took leave of the General Committee on Friday, the 16th. We commend them and their arduous work to the prayerful remembrance of the friends of Missions.

DEATH OF THE REV. GEORGE HOLE, IN CEYLON.

THE account of this lamented event is contained in a letter from the Rev. Peter Percival, dated Jaffna, March 20th, 1845. The following is an extract:

SINCE the date of my last, death has removed from the field of labour Mr. Hole. On the occasion of my recent visit to Trincomalee, I found our late brother suffering under a very severe attack of fever; and was obliged, in obedience to medical advice, to procure a passage for him to Colombo, as the only thing likely to benefit him. Dr. Cameron, with whom I conferred on this case, expressed himself unfavourably as to the probable issue. He had examined Mr. Hole carefully, and found a considerable enlargement of the liver; which, with the fever under which he was then suffering, may be regarded as the immediate cause of his sudden death. Mr. Hole had embarked for Colombo, and

the vessel had reached Paremban, before the symptoms assumed a fatal aspect. There being no hope of recovery, Mrs. Hole deemed it expedient to debark at that place on the 26th ultimo; and Mr. Hole died at the house of Mr. Ebell, on the evening of the 27th. His remains were interred the following day, by Mr. Bayley, a gentleman belonging to the Ceylon Customs department, who was then passing through the passage on his way from Colombo to Trincomalee. Mrs. Hole left the same day, and arrived at Jaffna on the following Tuesday morning, and still remains with us, toge ther with her infant children: the eldest boy is two and a half years old, and the youngest only two months.

LONDON - PRINTED BY JAMES NICHOLS, HOXTON-SQUAre.

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