portant truths which he preached to the consciences of his hearers. His death was caused by a severe cold, caught when actively engaged in discharging the duties of his office in the island of Dominica. He departed this life, in the full assurance of faith, January 19th, 1825. Q. V. Are there any OBJECTIONS to any of our Preachers? A. They were exanined, one by one. Q. VI. What Preachers have desisted from travelling? A. 1. ROBERT JONES, 1st. 2. ROBERT JACKSON, SEN., and JAMES PRIESTLEY, have withdrawn from our Connexion. N. B. Certain legal proceedings at the Assizes recently held in York, in the case of THOMAS HILL, (charged with writing various letters, alleged to be libellous,) having been made known to the Conference, the following Resolutions were adopted :— I. With respect to the anonymous letters: Considering, first, that it appears to be the decided opinion of many respectable persons, who have inspected the said letters, that they are not in the hand-writing of Mr. Hill; and that a considerable number of those persons were prepared to have stated that opinion upon oath, as witnesses for the defendant, if Mr. Hill's Counsel had not judged it more expedient, on the whole, for professional reasons, to refrain from calling them before the jury : Considering, secondly, that Mr. Hill most solemnly protests, as he has uniformly protested, that the anonymous letters were neither written by himself, nor with his knowledge or connivance; which protestation does not appear, from the information now before the Conference, to have been disproved by any evidence hitherto adduced: : It is, for these reasons, resolved, that the Conference do not feel themselves called, at present, to subject Mr. Hill to any act of ecclesiastical discipline, on account of the anonymous letters referred to in the proceedings at York. II. With respect to the letters acknowledged by Mr. Hill own, the Conference resolve as follows: as his 1. That, however justified Mr. Hill might have been, in consequence of the pressing application made to him for his frank opinion on the case, in giving that opinion to the person who confidentially requested it, had it been conveyed in a proper manner, and in terms of suitable caution and moderation,—there are, in the letters which have recently appeared, a vehemence of spirit, and an intemperance of expression, highly unbecoming the charac ter of a Christian Minister, and deserving of the severe censure of this body. 2. That Mr. Hill shall therefore receive a severe reproof from the PRESIDENT, in the presence of the Conference; and that he shall also be declared ineligible to fill the office of a Superintendent, in any of our Circuits, for the four years next ensuing. III. It was further resolved, that the Conference do unanimously protest against an opinion which has on this occasion been insinuated in certain quarters, viz., that the system of discipline peculiar to Wesleyan Methodism directs or requires an official interference, on the part of its Ministers and Pastors, in such cases as that which led to the recent proceedings at York. The Conference, on the contrary, solemnly declares, that Mr. Thomas Hill, through the whole of this business, has acted on his own individual responsibility, and had no sanction or authority whatever from the religious Society to which he belongs, or from the rules and usages by which that Society is governed. Q. VII. How are our Preachers STATIONED for the ensuing year? A. As follows: viz., GREAT BRITAIN. I. THE FIRST LONDON DISTRICT. 1 London, North, (City-Road, &c.,) Henry Moore, Adam Clarke, Joseph Taylor, jun., John James, Abraham E. Farrar; Richard Bonner, Welsh Preacher; Thomas Vasey, Charles Atmore, John Brown, sen., Supernumeraries. Thomas Jackson is our Editor; John Kershaw is our Book-Steward; George Morley, Richard Watson, and John Mason, jun., are the Secretaries for our Missions; Thomas Edwards is the Agent of our Missionary Committee for the Irish Schools. N. B. Jabez Bunting and Richard Watson are requested to give such assistance as their other engagements will allow in the general management of our Magazine. 2 London, Fast, (Spitalfields, &c.,) John Gaulter, William Martin, Peter M'Owan. 3 Waltham-Abbey, Ambrose Freeman, James Cooke, Jonathan 4 Deptford, 5 Chelmsford, 6 Colchester, 7 Manningtree, 8 Ipswich, Cadman. John Burdsall, Samuel Warren, W. B. Fox. John Fordred, William Bytheway, George John Bell, William D. Goy. Miles C. Dixon, John Burgess, Thomas N. B. Each of the junior Preachers of the 9 Brighthelmstone, Jonathan Barker, William W. Stamp. 10 Lewes, 11 Hastings, 12 Chichester, Thomas Ludlam, who shall change, one Sabbath in every month, with the Preacher at Rye. John Crowe, John H. Faull. HENRY MOORE, Chairman of the District. II. THE SECOND LONDON DISTRICT. 13 London, West, (Queen-Street, &c.,) John Stephens, William Henshaw, David M'Nicoll, John Anderson; William Jenkins, Supernumerary. Hampstead, Highgate, and their Vicinity, Francis A. West, who shall change regularly with the Preachers of the London West Circuit. 14 London, South, 15 Hammersmith, 16 St. Alban's, 17 Windsor, 18 High-Wycomb, 19 Huntingdon, 20 St. Neot's, (Southwark, &c.,) Richard Reece, John Knowles, Thomas Rowland, Richard Boot. Aaron Floyd, William Hales, Richard Ray. Richard Cooper, who shall change once in every month, on the Lord's day, with the Preachers at Luton. Alexander Strachan, who shall change with Richard Gower, George Rowe; William Thomas Pollard, Robert Morton. 21 Biggleswade, James Baker, William Orson. 22 Bedford and Ampthill, Daniel Campbell, Aquila Barber. 23 Leighton-Buzzard, John Furness, Richard Eland. 24 Luton, 25 Reading, 26 Sevenoaks, 27 Canterbury, 28 Rochester, 29 Gravesend, 30 Sheerness, 34 Rye, 35 Tenterden, 36 Sandhurst, 37 Maidstone, 38 Ashford, 39 Norwich, 40 Bungay, Joseph Walker, John Piggott. Arthur G. Jewitt, Alfred Bourne, John John Bustard, Peter Wilkinson; James RICHARD REECE, Chairman of the District. III. THE KENT DISTRICT. Joseph Cusworth, Philip Jameson. Frederick Calder, William M. Harvard. Owen Rees, who shall change with the Joseph Robinson, who shall change with the Preachers at Sandhurst one Sabbath in every month. Joseph Wilson, John Roberts, sen. Edward Oakes, William Lavers. William W. Annetts, who shall change once in six weeks, on the Lord's day, with the Preachers at Canterbury. JACOB STANLEY, Chairman of the District. IV. THE NORWICH DISTRICT. William Gilpin, Samuel Hope, Charles Thomas Heywood, who shall change once in 41 North-Walsham, William Breedon, Henry Wilkinson. William Welborne, Abraham Watmough. William Kaye, Henry Jackson. 42 Yarmouth, 43 Lowestoft, 44 Framlingham, James Penman, William Vipond. 45 Diss, Ebenezer Stewart, Thomas Osborne. William Pearson, jun., John Saunders. 49 Lynn, 50 Swaffham, 51 Walsingham, 52 Wisbeach. 53 Thetford, 54 Ely, 55 Cambridge, 56 Oxford, 57 Watlington, 58 Aylesbury, V. THE LYNN DISTRICT. Thomas Rowe, Wilkinson Stephenson. Robert Bryant, Thomas Catterick. JOHN C. LEPPINGTON, Chairman of the District. VI. THE OXFORD DISTRICT. James Methley, Thomas Powell. N. B. Brother Jennings shall devote one half Corbet Cooke, William Hunt. 60 Chipping-Norton, Solomon Whitworth, Robert Manwaring. 59 Witney, 61 Banbury 62 Brackley, 63 Newbury, 64 Wantage, Robert Wheeler, John Brown, jun., William Thomas Hewitt, John Wesley Thomas. Richard Tabraham, who shall change one 65 Hungerford, John Radford, John Jackson. Swindon, Francis Burgess, who shall change regularly with Brother Jackson, under the direction of the Superintendent. ROBERT WHEELER, Chairman of the District. VII. THE NORTHAMPTON DISTRICT. 66 Northampton and Towcester, William Towers, John Smith, 1st, John Bond. 67 Daventry, Luke Barlow, Edward Norwood. 68 Newport-Pagnell, John Stevens, Joseph Floyd. Olney, Thomas Steel, who shall change with the Preachers at Newport-Pagnell, under the direction of the Superintendent. 69 Higham-Ferrers, John Cullen, Jonathan James Bates; William Dixon, Supernumerary. |