THE BOOK SOCIETY.-The Earl of Shaftesbury presided at the annual meeting and soirée, held at the Guildhall Coffee House. The society has for its object the promotion of religious knowledge among the poor, and the report read by Rev. I. Vale Mummery, F. R.A.S., showed an expenditure of £6,730. SpeakersRevs. J. H. Wilson, W. P. Tiddy, Dr. Doudney, J. De K. Williams, H. M. Baker, General Aylmer, and others.

YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. This meeting was held in Exeter Hall on April 25th. Lord Shaftesbury presided, and addresses were given by S. Morley, Esq., M.P.; E. Lewis, Esq., M.P.; S. D. Waddy, Esq., M.P.; Rev. Joshua C. Harrison, and Rev. Robert Maguire, M.A. Pieces were sung in the intervals by the Jubilee Singers. During the year thirty-seven associations have been formed or revived, and between £70,000 and £80,000 have been subscribed for new association buildings at Edinburgh, Dundee, Birmingham, Liver. pool, and Manchester.

CHRISTIAN EVIDENCE SOCIETY.-The sixth annual meeting was held at Willis's Rooms, May 10th: Bishop Claughton presided. The Rev. Peter Barker, M.A., read the report. Lectures on the evidences have been given in London and the provinces, and open-air addresses have been delivered. The expenses of the lectures in London have been borne by a lady in Scotland. Mr. Sanday's book on "The Gospels in the Second Century," has been published at the Society's expense. The receipts have been £1,620, and the expenditure £1,533. The Bishop of Carlisle, Rev. Dr. Angus,

Sir Thomas Chambers, M.P.; Rev. D. Moore, Lord Hatherley, and the Earl of Harrowby, addressed the meeting.

BRITISH SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL AMONG THE JEWS. -The thirty-third annual meeting was held on May 10, in the Conference Hall, Mildmay Park. Chairman, Rev. Professor McAll. The Rev. Josiah Miller, M.A., read the report. A station has been commenced during the year by a medical missionary at Odessa. Work has been continued in Warsaw, Rome, and Vienna. The Jews in Germany, Austria, Roumania, Turkey, and North Africa have had missionaries working among them with some good results, while the Israelites in Great Britain have not been forgotten. Income, £7,601 5s. 114d., and expenditure, £7,914 58. 9d. The speakers were the Revs. E. R. Conder, R. D. Wilson, Dr. Culross, W. Tyler, and R. Grant Brown, the latter of whom has been appointed secretary of the Society, in place of Rev. Josiah Miller, M.A., who had resigned.

HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY.-This Society held its annual meeting in the Memorial Hall, on Tuesday, May 10; S. Morley, Esq., M.P., in the chair. The report read by the Rev. J. H. Wilson stated that the agency during the year had been greatly blessed. The treasurer's report showed the income to have been £4,802 18s. 6d., and the expenditure £4,492 8s. 7d. The Rev. Dr. Brown, the Rev. Herber Evans, the Earl of Shaftesbury, the Rev. J. G. Rogers, B.A., and the Rev. J. P. Chown delivered earnest and interesting addresses.

REV. R. A. REDFORD, M.A., LL.B., has resigned his charge at Streatham Hill to undertake that of Union Church, Putney.

REV. J. W. BAKER has resigned his charge at Hayward's Heath, Sussex.

REV. D. INGLIS, B.A., of Lancashire College, is about to commence his ministry at Werneth, Oldham.

REV. W. A. BEVAN, of Wiveliscombe, has accepted the oversight of the church at Crediton.

REV. J. B. PARRY, of Lancashire College, has received an invitation to settle at Festiniog, North Wales.

REV. T. JARRATT, formerly a Baptist minister, recently pastor of the Free Church at Golden Hill, has accepted the pastorate of the church at Tunstall.

REV. J. B. JOHNSTONE, of Inverurie, is about to become minister of Great Hamilton Street Church, Glasgow.

REV. DORRALL LEE has, by the advice of his medical attendant, resigned his charge at Peazley Cross, St. Helen's.

REV. E. V. HORTON has accepted the pastorate at Therfield, Herts.

REV. H. E. RADBOURNE, of Cheshunt College, is about to commence his ministry at Newcastle-on-Tyne.

REV. P. T. FORSYTH, M.A., of New College, has accepted an invitation to Shipley, Bradford, Yorkshire.

REV. T. WICKHAM TOZER is leaving Carlisle Chapel, Kennington, to become pastor of Nicholas Street Chapel, Ipswich.

REV. T. G. HORTON, of Wolverhampton, is about to succeed Rev. J. G. Miall as minister of Salem Chapel, Bradford.

REV. T. R. DONALDSON, of Thornbury, has accepted an invitation to become minister of Dr. Wardlaw's Memorial Church, Glasgow.

REV. IRA BOSELEY, of Kidderminster, is removing to James Street Congregational Church, Blackburn.

REV. T. M. HERBERT, M.A., of Cheadle, has been appointed to the professorship in Lancashire College, vacant by the death of the Rev. Professor Newth.

ORDINATIONS AND RECOG

NITIONS.

REV. A. WARNER was recognised

on April 24th, as pastor of the church at Henfield. The Revs. C. Brake, R. Hamilton, A. Foyster, E. Storrow, and G. O. Frost, took part in the services. recognised

REV. W. FAITH was April 14th, as pastor of the church at Bicester. The Rev. J. Bagley gave an exposition of Congregational principles, and the Rev. F. W. Holmes preached the sermon to the people.

REV. W. EDWARDS received recognition on April 20th, as pastor of The the church, Bromley-by-Bow. Rev. D. M. Jenkins gave the charge, and the church was addressed by the Rev. J. S. Watts.

Rev. J. BRIERLY, B.A., was recognised pastor of the church at Leytonstone, on April 18th. The charge was given by the Rev. Dr. Newth, and the Revs. J. Knaggs, D. Davies, and H. Hurry took part in the proceedings.

REV. J. BLACKBURN was publicly recognised on April 17th, as pastor of the church at Brightlingsea, Essex, and the extinction of the chapel debt was at the same time celebrated. The Revs. T. W. Davids, T. Batty, J. Llewellyn, W. H. Cole, J. B. Dadd, and other ministers took part in the service.

REV. J. HEWETT, of Nottingham Institute, was ordained to the pastorate at Sleaford, April 11th. An exposition of Church principles was given by the Rev. E. Johnson, B.A.; the ordination prayer was offered by the Rev. A. Murray; the charge to the pastor was given by Rev. Professor F. S. Williams, and the charge to the church and congregation by the Rev. C. S. Slater, M.A.

REV. R. ROBINSON, late of Hull, received recognition as pastor of the church at Ashby-de-la-Zouch, on April 26th. The Revs. James Sibree, G. Snashall, C. Clark, J. Greggor, J. Hardy, and C. Haddon officiated.

REV. A. T. GILL was ordained at Rainhill, near Liverpool, on May 2nd. An exposition of Congregational principles was given by the Rev. S. Pearson, M.A. The prayer was offered by the father of the minister, the Rev. G. Gill, of Burnley, and the charge was delivered by the Rev. Professor Scott, of Lancashire College.

REV. H. IRVING was ordained, May 2nd, at Snow Hill Church, Wolverhampton. The Revs. Dr. Newth, Dr. Stoughton, R. W. Dale, M. A., and other gentlemen took part in the service.

NEW CHURCHES, CHAPELS, &c.

A NEW mission chapel was opened at Great Cornard in connection with Trinity Chapel, Sudbury, on Easter Monday, by the Rev. Dr. McAuslane.

A NEW Schoolroom was opened at Adderbury, on the 18th ult. The cause in this village is affiliated to the church at Banbury, and supplied by local brethren.

A MEMORIAL Schoolroom was opened at Axminster on April 18th. It is built on the site of a chapel built in 1698, and is designed to commemorate the faith and patience of the church during the days of persecution, and especially to perpetuate the memory of the Rev. B. Ashwood, M.A., the incumbent of the parish, who refused to comply with the Act of Uniformity.

THE memorial stone of a new mission chapel in connection with the Woodsley Road Congregational Mission Room, a branch of East Parade Church, Leeds, was laid, April 18th, by the Rev. E. R. Conder, M.A. The total cost of the building, including land, is to be £2,000.

NEW schools were opened at Mount Pleasant, Glossop, on April 14th. The Revs. R. Stainton, W. Lenwood, J. Wilson, and J. Hall took part in the proceedings.

THE memorial stone of a new church

at Southport was laid on April 10th, by E. B. Dawson, Esq., LL.B., J.P. An address on Congregationalism was delivered by the Rev. J. Wishart, M.A.

THE foundation stone of a memorial church at Barrow, near Clitheroe, was laid on April 14th, by T. Grime, Esq., of Darwen. The Rev. J. Stroyan gave the address.

THE foundation stone of a new chapel at Church, near Accrington, was laid on April 14th, by Miss Sandeman. The address was delivered by the Rev. Professor Scott.

A NEW church was opened at Westborough, Maidstone, on April 11th, by the Revs. Dr. Parker and J. C. Harrison. The building is in Gothic style, and is intended to seat 475 persons. It has a tower 85 feet high.

THE foundation stone of a new chapel was laid at Denton, near Manchester, by Miss Bradbury, of Southport. The Rev. Joseph Waddington, who has been pastor of the church for twenty-five years, gave an appropriate address.

THE Watts Memorial Hall and Schools, situated on the site of Rev. Dr. Watts' garden, at the back of Above Bar Chapel, Southampton, were opened on April 10th, when a sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Aveling. The building consists of a large assembly room, fourteen class-rooms, and spacious library.

A TEMPORARY chapel has been erected at New Chesterton, where the congregation of Emanuel Church, Cambridge, have long had a mission. Mr. Guttridge, B.A., of St. John's College, has undertaken the duties of pastor.

THE new church at Westgate, Cleckheaton, was opened April 25th, by the Revs. Dr. Parker and Dr. Mellor.

A NEW church at Newton Abbot was opened April 27th, by the Rev. Dr. Allon. A memorial tablet is erected in the building to the memory of the Rev. T. Yeo, M.A., who was ejected from the vicarage of Newton Abbot in 1662, and for some time met his sympathising