PUBLISHED BY JOHN MASON,,

AT THE WESLEYAN CONFERENCE OFFICE, 14, CITY-ROAD;

AND SOLD AT 66, PATERNOSTER-ROW.

MINUTES

OF

THE METHODIST CONFERENCES.

No. CIX.

SHEFFIELD, July 28, 1852.

Q. I. WHO are now ADMITTED as Ministers INTO FULL CONNEXION WITH THE CONFERENCE?

A. 1. In Great Britain,

(1.) James Ford and James Hargreaves, who have travelled five years, and who were continued on trial last year solely on account of the state of their health;

(2.) George Abbott, Thomas Chope, James M. Cranswick, Thomas Derry, Richard Evans, Frederick Hart, Henry W. Holland, David Jones, 2d, Robert Jones, 2d, Samuel Lord, Joshua Mottram, Henry Pollinger, Richard Smetham, Benjamin Smith, William Spencer, Henry J. Staley, Mark Symons, Thomas Timms, Francis T. Tranmer ;

2. In our Foreign Missions, Elias Brettle, John S. Ellison, Walter Garry, Alexander Reid, John Wood, 2d;

Also, William C. Currey, George H. Decker, Ebenezer D. Hepburn, Benjamin Latuselu, Joseph May, John G. Millard, Richard Watson, Assistant Missionaries;

3. And, in Ireland, Edward Best, James Carey, George Chambers, William Christie, William Crook, jun., John Dwyer, Colin M'Kay.

Q. II. What Preachers REMAIN ON TRIAL?

A. 1. In Great Britain, Thomas Akroyd, John Baker, John Bate, Richard Bell, Henry Cattle, Joseph R. Cleminson, Jonathan Dent, James D. Dodgson, Joshua Duffill, John T. Duncan, William Fern, Charles Garrett, John Gilbert, Samuel T. Greathead, Francis W. Greeves, Frederick C. Haime, William Harley, Robert W. Horsfield, Robert Horwood, John Hutchings, Henry W. Jackson, B.A., John Jeffreys, Isaac Jones, William Lees, Joshua Mason, James F. Masters, Marmaduke C.

Osborn, Jabez Overton, Thomas Pearson, 4th, Miles B. Pickering, Joseph Posnet, John Poulton, Whitfield Raw, John Reacher, John V. B. Shrewsbury, Joseph Simpson, James Smith, John S. Vickers, Thomas Vinson, John Walter, William Watson, John Webb, Joseph Willis, George E. Young;

[Henry Edwards and George Moone have retired for want of health;

2. In our Foreign Missions, Walter J. Davis, William Hill, 2d, Joseph Rippon;

Also, William Byrnes, James Elliott, Joseph D. M. Ludorf, John W. Pemell, James Somerville, R. Alder Temple, Assistant Missionaries ;

3. And, in Ireland, Robert Collier, Robert Johnston, James Shaw;

These have travelled THREE YEARS:

1. In Great Britain, George E. Allen, Samuel Atkinson, 2d, Benjamin Browne, John Dixon, David Evans, 2d, George Follows, Joseph W. Frankland, Edward Guest, Thomas Haslam, George P. Hester, John Hughes, 2d, John Knowles, 3d, George Lough, Alfred Mewton, Charles Nuttall, Henry Parry, John Pogson, James L. Posnet, Thomas S. Raby, Francis J. Sharr, Samuel S. Taylor, William J. Tweddle, Thomas Wilde, Charles J. Williams, William L. Wingell, Robert M. Woodward, William Woollam ;

[James H. Bryant has retired for want of health;-]

2. In our Foreign Missions, William Beach, Charles H. Bishop, Thomas Cannell, Robert W. Clegg, Emile F. Cook, B.A., George Douglas, 2d, Aaron Edman, Richard Fletcher, Ebenezer A. Gardiner, Joseph Gaskin, Robert Gilbert, Theophilus S. Gregory, Henry Hirst, John Polglase, Richard Ridyard, William Rotherham, William P. Wells, Joseph Williams, Henry P. Wilson;

Also, John Armstrong, 3d, William Holdsworth, James Kerr, William Moore, Paul Rodrigo, John C. Symons, George W. Tuttle, Joseph Waterhouse, Charles White, Assistant Missionaries;

3. And, in Ireland, John Gilcriest, Robert Hazelton, Thomas A. M'Kee, Thomas Pearson, John R. Porter, William Quaile ;— These have travelled Two YEARS:

1. In Great Britain, William Beattie, George Bowden, William H. Cave, James Chalmers, M.A., John Cope, William W. Duke, George B. Gaskell, Isaac Gould, William Hamar, Edwin Hirst, John Hooton, Walter P. Johns, Robert Jones, 3d, John Longden, Albert H. M'Tier, George W. Olver, B.A., Theophilus Pearson, John Rhodes, Robert Stephenson, B.A.,