SECOND ANNIVERSARY of the sHROPSHIRE ASSOCIATION. On Sunday, the 26th of September, Sermons were preached, by the Assistant Secretary of the Society, at Weston, at Battlefield, and at St. Alkmond's in Shrewsbury -by the Rev. Henry Davies, at Withington, at Wrockwardine, and at Wellington-and by the Rev. Thomas Morris, going out as a Missionary to India, at Shawbury, and at Stanton. Mr. Davies preached also at Madeley on Monday Even ing; and, on Tuesday Morning, preparatory to the Annual Meeting, at St. Chad's in Shrewsbury. On Tuesday, the 28th, after Mr. Davies's Sermon, the Second Annual Meeting of the Association was held in the County Hall; William Cludde, Esq. in the Chair. The Report was read by the Rev. Edward Bather, and stated that 8501. had been raised in the course of the year. The Meeting was addressed by the Assistant Secretary, Robert Burton, Esq. Thomas Whitmore, Esq. M. P. Jonathan Scott, Esq. and the Chairman; and by the Rev. Messrs. Pugh, Cameron, Oswell, Williams, Morris, Richards, Bather, Mayor, Langley, and Davies. The Collections amounted to nearly 2001. SIXTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SUFFOLK ASSOCIATION. On Sunday, Sept. 26th, Sermons were preached in Ipswichat St. Helen's and St. Margaret's, by the Rev. John Perowne, proceeding as a Missionary to India; at St. Stephen's and St. Mary Key, by the Rev. Francis Cunningham, M. A. Rector of Pakefield; at St. Clement's, by the Rev. Joseph Julian, B. A. Rector of Hasketon; and at St. Peter's, by the Rev. John Wilcox, M. A. Rector of Stonham. On Monday, a Sermon was preached in the Church of Little Stonham, preparatory to the Annual Meeting of the Stowmarket Branch, by the Rev. William Hurn, Vicar of Debenham; and the Fifth Annual Meeting was held, in the Evening, at Stowmarket. On Tuesday Evening, the Rev. William Marsh, of Colchester, preached at St. Peter's Church, Ipswich. On Wednesday, at twelve o'clock, the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Suffolk Association was held in the Shire Hall, in Ipswich; and, in the Evening, the Rev. Francis Cunningham preached at St. Peter's Church. On Thursday, Sermons were preached in the Church of Debenthe Rev. John Wilcox. The Fifth ham, by the Rev. W. Marsh and Annual Meeting of the Debenham Branch was held, in the Church, between the Morning and Evening Services. ed at Little Stonham, by the Rev. On Friday, Sermons were preachEdward Griffin and the Rev. W. Marsh. The Third Annual Meet ing of the Stonham Branch was held, in the Church, after the Evening Service. At the Annual Meeting of the Association, the Rev. Thomas Cobbold having been called to the Chair, the Rev. Joseph Julian, one of the Secretaries, read the Report. The Meeting was addressed by the Rev. Messrs. Griffin, Charlesworth, Bull, Nottidge, Perowne, Marsh, Cunningham, Tiffin, Henry Bull, Pemberton, Julian, and Reynolds, and by Captain Bentley. At this Meeting, and at those of the several Branch Associations, the Rev. William Johnson, from Sierra Leone, detailed the circumstances of his establishment and success at Regent's Town, to the great encouragement and edification of the numerous Members of the Society who heard him. FORMATION OF THE CHESTER AND CHE SHIRE ASSOCIATION, A very promising Association for the City and County of Chester has been formed, under circumstances which did not appear at all favourable. Some zealous and active friends of the Society have, by persevering exertions, procured a highly respectable Patronage, with every prospect of extensive support. Upward of 1951. was contributed soon after the Meeting; and there is good reason to hope that very considerable aid will be annually given to the Society's Funds by this Association. The Officers already appointed are as follows: Patron, The Right Hon. Earl Grosvenor. The Assistant Secretary, the The Right Hon. the Earl of Rocksavage. Rev. Henry Davies, and the Rev. John Langley, having proceeded from Shrewsbury, and assisted at the Meeting of the Cheshire Auxiliary Bible Society on Wednesday Evening, September 29th, attended the Meeting for the establishment of the Church Missionary Association on Thursday the 30th. The Right Honourable the Earl of Rocksavage was in the Chair. The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Chester moved à Resolution, approving of the object and design of the Society; which was seconded by W. H. Folliott, Esq. who introduced the Assistant Secretary, to detail its proceedings more fully. Mr. Alderman Larden moved a Resolution for forming the Association, which was seconded by the Rev. John Langley. Mr. Alderman Newell, and G.B.Granville, Esq.; Mr. Alderman Rogers, and the Rev. Henry Davies; G. Harrison, Esq. and Mr. J. Fletcher; the Rev. R. W. Allix, and the Rev. R. Gell; J. Fluitt, Esq. and the Rev. R. Kenney; moved and seconded, respectively, the subsequent Resolutions. A motion of thanks to the Noble Chairman was made by Mr. Granville, and seconded by Mr. Folliott. His Lordship, in reply, remarked, that he had . listened with great pleasure to the speeches which had been delivered; and considered that the talents of those who had spoken could not be consecrated to a better purpose, than the advocating of the cause of such an Institution as that which they had met to form. Vice-Presidents : Sir John Grey Egerton, Bart. William Egerton,. Esq. G. B. Granville, Esq. Committee. The Worshipful the Mayor of Chester, Mr. Alderman Francis, John Broster, O. Foulkes, B. Brassey, Secretaries: Rev. R. Kenney, Mr. John Walker. LIVERPOOL LADIES' MEETING, On Friday, the 1st of October, the Assistant Secretary and the Rev. Henry Davies proceeded from Chester to Liverpool; and attended there a Meeting of the Ladies' As- FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MANCHES- The Annual Sermons were preached on Sunday the 3d of October, at St. James's and St. Clement's, by the Rev. Henry Davies; and at St. Stephen's, by the Assistant Secretary of the Society. On the following day, Monday the 4th of October, the Fourth Annual Meeting took place in the Exchange Dining Room; the Rev. Melville Horne in the Chair. The Rev. Messrs. Hollist, Bickersteth, Davies, Nunn, and Burton, and Messrs. Moxon, Gardner, Townend, Keeling, Scarr, and Deane, addressed the Meeting, which was much more numerously attended than last year. The Report, which was read by Mr. Burton, stated that above 6001. had been raised during the year. Nearly 100l. was collected after the Sermons and Meeting. The Chairman was congratulated on hearing, many years after he had laboured as Chaplain in the Colony of Sierra Leone, of the great blessing of God on the labours of the Missionaries in that quarter. FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE NORTH STAF- The Rev. Henry Davies preached at Burslem, on Sunday Morning, October 10th; and, in the Afternoon, at Newcastle-under-Line. In the Town Hall of Newcastle, the First Anniversary of the North Staffordshire Association was held, Davies preached again at Newcastle amounted to about 157.; and those FORMATION OF MELBOURNE BRANCH ASSOCIATION. From Newcastle, Mr. Davies proceeded to Melbourne, and assisted at the formation, in that place, of a Branch of the Derbyshire Association, on the Evening of October the 14th; the Vicar, the Rev. John Middleton, in the Chair. Mr. Davies having explained the nature and objects of the Society, and given some detail of the Idolatries of the Heathen, and the blessing and comfort which Missionaries had already been enabled to convey to them, was followed by the Rev. James Bagge and the Rev. Mr. Malpas. FURTHER PROCEEDINGS OF THE REV. October the 15th, Mr. Davies was accompanied to Lenton, in Nottinghamshire, by the Rev. James Bagge; and attended a Meeting of the Friends of the Society in that village and neighbourhood. The Rev. Edward Creswell, the Vicar, was in the Chair, and addressed the Meeting at some length; and was followed by Mr. Davies. The Rev. E. T. M. Phillipps, Rector of Hathern, with Mr. Bagge, assisted on this occasion. On Sunday, Oct. 17th, Mr. Davies preached, in the Morning, at Barrow, in Derbyshire; and, in the Afternoon, at Swarkstone, in the same County. The Collections were 261.9s. 7d. THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEVON AND EXETER ASSOCIATION. The Third Annual Meeting was held on Wednesday, the 13th of October, in the Egyptian Hall, at the Hotel, Exeter; Colonel Macdonald in the Chair. The motions, as is now usual, referred to the various circumstances of the Society's Missions. They were severally made and seconded, by H. Cornish, Esq. and the Assistant Secretary of the Society; by the Rev. James Mules, and the Rev. W. B. Johnson; by the Rev. S. C. Wilks, and Samuel Codner, Esq.; by the Rev. John Marriott, and Colonel Young; by Daniel Mackinnon, Esq. and the Rev. John Perowne; by General Baynes, and the Rev. Mr. Cox; by John Bacon, Esq. and the Rev. John Bradford; and by the Rev. Robert Jarratt, and Mr. Adams. The Collection, at the close, amounted to upward of 201. Those for the year had exceeded 3001. FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE TEIGNMOUTH BRANCH. The Rev. Messrs. Bickersteth, Johnson, and Perowne, accompanied by the Rev. Messrs. Marriott and Wilks, proceeded to Teignmouth; where the First Annual Meeting of that Branch of the Devon and Exeter Association was held, on Thursday the 14th; Thomas Roworth, Esq. in the Chair. The Public Rooms were quite filled. The Clergymen just mentioned, and the Rev. Messrs. Cox, Whish, and Mules, with R. Jordan and J. B. Bartlett, Esqrs. addressed the Meeting. The spirit awakened on this occasion was evidenced by a Collection of above 191. The sum of 2601. has been contributed, in this town and neighbourhood, since the year 1816; chiefly through the zealous exertions of the Treasurer. FORMATION OF THE TORQUAY BRANCH On Friday the 15th of October, the Rev. Messrs. Bickersteth, Perowne, and Johnson, proceeded to Torquay,with the intention of meeting a few friends to the Society at a private dwelling. When, however, they arrived, they found some of the inhabitants so desirous of a Public Meeting, in order to form a Branch of the Devon and Exeter Association, that it was determined to hold one, the same evening, at the London Inn. George Grenfell, Esq. was called to the Chair. Motions for the forming of an Association were severally made and seconded, by the Rev. J. K. Whish, and the Assistant Secretary; by Samuel Codner, Esq. and Percival White, Esq.; by the Rev. W. G. B. Johnson, and Thomas Stabb, Esq.; and by the Rev. John Perowne, and W. Codner, Esq. The Collections and names put down amounted to nearly 301. The following Gentlemen were requested to act as the Officers of the Association: President, Vice-Presidents: FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PLYMOUTHDOCK AND STONEHOUSE ASSOCIATION. The Assistant Secretary preached,. on Sunday Morning, October the 17th, at Stonehouse Chapel; and, in the Evening, at St.John's Chapel, Plymouth-Dock. The Rev. John Perowne preached, the same Evening, at Stonehouse Chapel. The Fifth Annual Meeting was held the next Evening, at Six o'Clock, in the Philosophical Lecture Rooms, in Plymouth; the Rev. T. M. Hitchins, in the Chair. The Meeting was addressed by the Rev. Messrs. Bickersteth, Richards, Johnson, Perowne, Tucker, Glubb, Davie, and Rawlings, and by Lieutenant Rhind and Captain Thicknesse. The Collections amounted to about 30%. FORMATION Of the stʊneHOUSE LADIES' ASSOCIATION. On Monday Morning, Oct. 18th, a Meeting took place in the Adult School Room, for the purpose of forming an Association of Ladies in aid of the Society. President, Rev. P. S. Davie. ANNIVERSARY OF THE HATHERLEIGH The Rev. Messrs. Bickersteth, Johnson, and Perowne proceeded from Plymouth-Dock to Hatherleigh; where they attended a Meeting of that Branch of the Devon and Exeter Association, on Tuesday night, Oct. 19th, in the Parish Church. The Church was quite filled. The Vicar, the Rev. Cradock Glascott, introduced the proceedings; and the Rev. Mr. Kingdon closed them with some practical remarks. FORMATION OF THE WELLINGTON The day after the Hatherleigh Anniversary, a Meeting was held, at the School Room, in Millway, at Wellington in Somersetshire, for the purpose of forming an Association; the Rev. Robert Jarratt, Vicar, in the Chair. After Messrs. Bickersteth, Johnson, and Perowne had spoken, the Rev. James Mules proposed the usual Regulations. The Assistant Secretary preached, in Wellington Church, in the Even ing. The Collection and Subscriptions amounted to nearly 50%. President, Rev. Robert Jarratt, M.A. FORMATION OF THE WEYMOUTH AND MEL- On Friday, the 22d of October, at a Meeting assembled in the School Room at Weymouth, an Association in aid of the Society was formed for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis. Wm. Williams, Esq. one of the Representatives of these places in Parliament, was in the Chair; and had, in the most friendly manner, travelled from a great distance to assist on this occasion. Some opposition had been publickly manifested. opposition had the effect of bringing together a larger assemblage of persons than would have otherwise met; and it is known, from the result, that the arguments and stateing had a very happy influence, in ments brought forward at the Meetthe removal of misconceptions_respecting the Society. Contribu This tions to the amount of about 100/ are expected. Resolutions were moved or seconded, by R. Williams, Esq. M.P. the Assistant Secretary, the Rev. W. B. Johnson, the Rev. John Davies, the Rev. John Perowne, the Rev. H. J. Richman, Edmund Henning, Esq. and the Rev. O. Piers. |