the educational movement, or whom it may be desirable to interest therein.

The Committee have only to add the expression of their hope, and, if permitted, their strong entreaty, that the Conference will take up the whole question of our Denominational education with Christian earnestness, and, going beyond high-sounding resolutions, which lead to no prac tical result, will commence a course of vigorous action, which will make the New Connexion the worthy rival of the noble enterprize of other bodies; and, what is more to be desired, will bring it up to the full measure of its duty and interests. Then will this field, which consists of the thousands of our children, become the Lord's chosen heritage, yielding, by His benediction upon our labours, a plentiful and peren

THE INCREASE IN CANADA.-When the statistics of our Connexion were prepared by the Conference for publication in the Minutes, the returns for the Canadian Mission were incomplete, and the increase was taken at 246; but since then a communication has been received which completes the returns, and shows that the real increase is 328, being 82 more than was supposed. For this let us thank God; and let us so labour and pray that our Connexion at home may this year be favoured with a state of great enlargement and prosperity.

SAFE ARRIVAL OF THE REV. J. H. ROBINSON.-It will afford satisfaction and thankfulness to our friends to know that the Rev. J. H. Robinson and family have safely arrived in America. The intelligence was telegraphed from Philadelphia, where he landed, to New York. Let our prayers continue to ascend to heaven that his health may be preserved, and that his labours as the General Superintendent of our Mission in Canada may be rendered eminently successful.

DIPLOMA OF D.D. CONFERRED ON THE REV. H. O. CROFTS.-We have received a letter from our esteemed friend, R. H. Brett, Esq., of Toronto, dated June 27th, in which he states-"By the United States mail, of yesterday, I received a letter inclosing a diploma from the University of the Emory and Henry College, conferring the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity on Mr. Crofts, and requesting that the same be transmitted to him immediately. The diploma bears date the 13th inst., and is signed, Charles

Collins, President of the Faculty." We sincerely wish our beloved brother the enjoyment of every blessing personally, and abundant usefulness in his ministerial labours; and we are sure we express a wish to which all who know him will heartily respond.

A LIBERAL AND ACCEPTABLE DONATION.-Sir,-The Rev. W. Innocent has received an anonymous note, inclosing £5 towards a small chapel now building at Midgley, in the Barnsley Circuit, to the donor of which the friends beg to express their grateful acknow. ledgments. The following is a copy of the note:

"Mr. Innocent,-Sir,-It will be taken as a kind favour, if you will lay this money out in the way this informs you, that is, to buy a good, plain, substantial Bible and Hymn Book, suitable for the pulpit at Midgley, as they are going to have a place to worship in, and the remainder of the money towards the erection of the building; and tell them to exert themselves in the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour,

"And you will oblige yours truly, "£5." May the Lord dispose many more to to help our poor but deserving friends at Midgley, to the same extent.

W. J.

LAYING THE FOUNDATION-STONE OF A SMALL CHAPEL AT MIDGLEY.-Upwards of fifty years the Methodist New Connexion have had a small interest in the village of Midgley, in the Barnsley Circuit, during the whole of which time

they have had only a private house in which to worship. While we would refer this subject with thankfulness to the Giver of all Good, and to the persons who have, during the whole of the above period, kindly lent their dwellings for the inhabitants to assemble in and worship God, we must, nevertheless, admit that the want of a suitable house entirely set apart for his service has been the chief preventive of our pros perity in that neighbourhood. When I came into this Circuit at the Conference of 1850, I saw and deplored this state of things; and by conversations with the friends an earnest desire was expressed for a chapel, to be occupied both as a place of worship and a Sabbath-school; for hitherto the village has not had either the one or the other, and most of the children have, for several generations, remained almost entirely untaught. A tea-party was projected as a first step, and held in August last, 1850, and very many of our Barnsley friends went to that tea (eight miles distant), to encourage the Midgley friends. The tables were laid out in Brother Wm. Stringer's barn, which had been prepared and tastefully decorated for the occasion. After tea addresses were delivered by our own friends, assisted by the Independent Minister of Flockton, and the Baptist Minister at Crigglestone. The proceeds of the tea amounted to £8 10s. 6d., which sum was deposited in the Barnsley Savings' Bank, until further efforts could be made, and the building commenced. Early in the present year estimates for the masons' and joiners' portions were given in, and on the 30th of April the good work commenced, when our old and true friend, Mr. John Ramsden, of Halifax, laid the foundation-stone. A collection was made on the ground, and addresses were delivered to the people assembled by Mr. Ramsden and Mr. Innocent, after which the company sang through the village to the preaching-house, when they were again addressed. The whole of the service was highly profitable. During the present month several of the female friends have gone by two together in different directions round the neighbourhood, as far as Dewsbury and Batley, soliciting donations; and, upon the whole, they have met with good success. The amount already obtained, including the tea-party and the above £5, is about £40.

The building is to be ten yards by eight inside. Half of it will contain pews, and the other half forms for the

Sabbath-school; and it is estimated to cost about £90, the whole of which sum our indefatigable and persevering female friends at Midgley intend to beg, and so have the chapel clear of debt at the beginning. We mention this especially that those to whom they may apply for help may take the hint, and help so good a cause to the very utmost; for it should be stated that our congregation and society at Midgley are very poor, and withal but few in number; and if any debt be left upon the building they have not wherewith to meet it. May the Lord of Hosts, "whose is all the gold and silver," dispose our friends to assist liberally in this good and necessary work!

It is intended to open the chapel in the last week of July or the first week of August next. May 30th.

W. INNOCENT.

N.B. The above account was intended for the preceding month, and was in type, but was omitted by the printer. -ED.

PRESENTATION OF A TESTIMONIAL TO THE REV. J. STOKOE.-On Wednesday, June 18th, a farewell meeting was given to the Rev. J. Stokoe, at Scotland-street Chapel, at which a testimonial was presented to him as a memorial of affection and tribute of esteem, for the manner in which he had laboured as a minister during a residence of two years in Sheffield. The meeting commenced at seven o'clock, and was opened by singing and prayer. The Rev. J. Poxon, superintendent of the Circuit, was called upon to preside. The meeting was addressed by several gentlemen, who expressed their warmest approbation of Mr. Stokoe's conduct, both as a minister and a private member of society. Amongst them were Mr. Walker and Mr. Fox, the Conference delegate. Mr. J. Gledhill, in a kind and affectionate manner, presented to Mr. Stokoe a gold watch and guard, which contained the following inscription:" Presented to the Rev. J. Stokoe, as a token of esteem, by the congregation and friends of the Methodist New Connexion Chapel, Scotlandstreet, Sheffield, June 18th, 1851." After the presentation, Mr. Stokoe replied in a brilliant and animated speech of some length, in which he expressed his gratitude for the kindness and affection which had been shown him. He reviewed his ministerial history, his motives for joining the New Connexion, and after some able remarks on Church government, he resumed his seat amid loud and continued applause. The meeting was characterized by the great

est good feeling and enthusiasm, and, after a vote of thanks to the chairman for the able manner in which he had conducted the business of the evening, it broke up a little before ten o'clock. CHESTER

MISSIONARY SERVICES, CIRCUIT.-Public meetings on behalf of our missions were held as follows-viz., at Shocklach, May 12th, 1851; at Holt and Gresford the two following evenings; at Oscroft on May 19th; and at Great Saughall, in the Primitive Methodist chapel, kindly lent for the occasion, on the 21st. At the first three meetings the ministers of the Circuit were very kindly assisted by the Rev. S. Smith, of Hawarden.

At Holt, Mr. Rushby (Wesleyan) occupied the chair, and gave an excellent speech.

At Oscroft and Saughall, our longtried friend, Mr. T. Lowe, of Chester, presided, and made a few but very appropriate remarks. In addition to the chairman and the ministers of the Circuit, the former meeting was addressed by Messrs. Dutton (Baptist) and J. Lyon, and the latter by Mr. W. Whitehouse (Wesleyan).

The attendance was, on the whole, good; an excellent feeling pervaded the meetings, and the amount realized was, at some of the places, an improvement on that of last year. T. RIDGE.

A Juvenile Missionary Meeting was held at Chester in the afternoon of May 25th. The writer was called to the chair. An interesting report was read by Mr. Chas. Williams, and the meeting afterwards addressed by the Rev. D. Sheldon and Mr. H. T. Rawlinson. Many of the scholars showed a deep interest in the good cause, and exerted themselves to obtain subscriptions for the funds. May the God of missions prosper us T. R. more and more.

THE JUBILEE COMMITTEE.-We are requested to state that the members of the Jubilee Committee, intended by resolution 49 of the printed Minutes, are

the following brethren :-The Revs. the President; T. Allin, secretary; P. T. Gllton, S. Hulme, James Henshaw, G. Goodall, J. Hudston, T. W. Ridley; with Messrs. J. Ridgway, treasurer; James Jackson, G. L. Robinson, E. W. Makinson, M. A.; J. Teale, Jas. Dean, B. Fowler, D. Oldham, W. Jenkinson, and E. Lumby. Friends are requested to correct the resolution in conformity with the names new given.

HUDDERSFIELD JUBILEE CONTRIBUTORS.-The following detailed statement has been sent to us, with a request that it should be published :

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THE HISTORY OF MODERN EUROPE, from the Commencement of the Sixteenth Century to the Year 1850. By ROBERT STEWART, A. M. 12mo, pp. 332.

The author has selected an important period on which to exercise his talent as an historian, but the work by no means accords with our view of what a history

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For instance, the glorious Reformation, in the sixteenth century, is scarcely noticed. The names of British martyrs have no place, and their noble struggles no commendation. Positive

the

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To

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The scenes are laid in the romantic and picturesque valleys of Piedmont, where a persecuted peasantry kept alive the lamp of truth, when the rest of Christendom almost was enveloped in the grossest darkness; and which maintained its fidelity against the intrigues, the sword, and the faggots of Rome. The incidents introduced are very affecting. The beauty of the Alpine valleys, the pious simplicity of the inhabitants, their invincible constancy and unparalleled sufferings, contrasting with the perfidy and bloody cruelty of Rome, impart to the volume a thrilling interest. We cordially recommend it to our readers.

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A well-digested manual on a subject an acquaintance with which the times demand from every Englishman. Numerous as are the Jesuits in this country, incessant and successful as their intrigues, their history, character, and objects are as yet but little known by the masses of British subjects. It is high time, however, that both our ignorance and our credulity as to the plots and purposes of Rome were at an end. The volume before us is well adapted to answer this design. It faithfully unfolds the true history, character, and purposes of the Jesuits. It exposes their monstrous system, partly from their own writings and partly from other authentic and indisputable testimonies in the archives of the Church of Rome. Never was truth so perverted, never was morality so outraged, never was Christianity so caricatured by her worst enemies, as by the Jesuits. It is here shown, by incontrovertible evidence, that lying, perfidy, perjury, uncleanness, and even murder itself, are sanctioned by the Jesuits, to accomplish the purposes of Rome; that crimes the most revolting in themselves, and the most dangerous to society, are good and virtuous deeds if performed to further the interests of Rome. We could wish that a copy of this volume might be in every family in the realm; it would do something towards awakening our countrymen from their slumbers.

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