Vice-Patron and President, RIGHT HON. LORD GAMBIER, G.C.B. Vice-Patrons, RIGHT HON. EARL FERRERS. HON. AND RIGHT REV. LORD BISHOP OF GLOUCESTER. RT. HON. AND VERY REV. VISCOUNT LIFFORD, DEAN OF ARMAGH, RIGHT HON. LORD CALTHORPE. Vice-Patron of the Association for the Town, County, and University of RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF HARDWICKE. Patron of the Chester und Cheshire Association, RIGHT HON. EARL GROSVENOR. Patron of the Devon and Exeter Association, RIGHT HON. LORD VISCOUNT EXMOUTH, G. C. B. Patron of the Pontefract Association, RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF MEXBOROUGH. Patron of the Preston Association, RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF DERBY. President of the Edinburgh Auxiliary Society, RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF ROSEBERRY. Vice-Patron and President of the Hibernian Auxiliary Society, RIGHT HON. LORD VISCOUNT LORTON. (HAVING RENDERED VERY ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO THE SOCIETY.) Rev. Thomas Tregenna Biddulph, M.A. Minister of St. James's Church, Bristol. Rev. Edward Burn, M.A. Minister of St. Mary's and St. James's, Birmingham. Rev. Daniel Corrie, LL.B. Hon. E. I. Company's Chaplain on the Bengal Establishment. Rev. Fountain Elwin, Minister of Temple Church, Bristol. Rev. John Janicke, Head of the Missionary Seminary at Berlin. Rev. Leigh Richmond, M.A. Rector of Turvey, Bedfordshire. Rev. Thomas Scott, Rector of Aston Sandford, Berks. Hon. and Rev. Gerard Thomas Noel, M.A. Vicar of Rainham, Kent. Rev. Charles Simeon, M. A. Fellow of King's College, Cambridge. Rev. Thomas T. Thomason, M.A. Hon. E. I. Company's Chaplain on the Bengal Establishment. Rev. Marmaduke Thompson, M.A. Ditto on the Madras Establishment. Rev. Daniel Wilson, M A. Minister of St. John's Chapel, Bedford-row. Rev. Basil Woodd, M.A. Rector of Drayton Beauchamp, Bucks. London. LIFE GOVERNORS. (BY DONATION OF FIFTY POUNDS, OR UPWARD.) Bristol. Baring, Rev. George Buckinghamshire. Cheshire. Allix, Rev. R. W. Allix, Miss M. A. Allix, Miss C. A. Devonshire. Hodson, Thomas, Esq. Hampshire. Rolleston, Sam. Esq.Jun. Herefordshire Prosser, Walter, Esq. Lancashire. Diggles, Robert, Esq. Kelsal, Mrs. ANNUAL GOVERNORS. (BY ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION OF FIVE GUINEAS, OR UPWARD.) At the Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the Church Missionary Society, for Africa and the East, held in Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen Street, on Tuesday, May 4, 1819. The Right Hon. LORD GAMBIER, Vice-Patron and President, in the Chair, The Report of the Committee having been read by the Secretary, and the On a Motion by the Rev. William Dealtry, seconded by the Rev. B. W. RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY, That the Report now read be received, and printed under the direction of the Committee: and that this Meeting desires humbly to express its thankfulness to Almighty God for the manifestations contained therein of His continued favour, in the midst of various trials; and feels thereby encouraged, in dependence on the Divine Blessing, to proceed in its labours-rejoicing, more particularly, to witness evidences of a revival of pure religion in several Ancient Christian Churches; and, among the Heathen, the wide extension of Education, the rapid increase of the use of the Press in the diffusion of Christian Knowledge, and the multiplication of Native Christian Teuchers. On a Motion by William Wilberforce, Esq. M. P. V. P. seconded by the RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY That this Meeting, while it sincerely regrets the baneful Influence of the revived Slave Trade on the Susoo and Bullom Missions of the Society, rejoices in the opportu nity of benefiting the multitudes of Liberated Negroes assembled in Sierra Leone under the paternal care of His Excellency Governor Mac Carthy; and, though it cannot but mourn over the loss of valuable lives in this service, yet feels encouraged to proceed therein with vigour, by the manifest blessing of God on the efforts of the society's labourers, in bringing numbers of Negroes to the knowledge and Enjoyment of true Religion. On a Motion by the Rev. Henry Davies, seconded by the Rev. Dr. Hamilton, it was LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF THE CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY FOR AFRICA AND THE EAST. I. THIS Institution shall be designated "The Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East;" and shall be conducted by Patrons, VicePatrons, a President, Vice-Presidents, a Committee, and such Officers as may be deemed necessary, all being Members of the Established Church. II. The office of PATRONS of the Society shall be reserved for such Members of the Royal Family as may honour it with their Protection. VICEPATRONS shall be appointed exclusively from among the Peers, Spiritual and Temporal. The PRESIDENT shall be such Peer or Commoner, and the VICE-PRESIDENTS such Commoners, as may be appointed thereto. or by any Thirteen Members, on addressing a Letter to the Secretary, specifying the object of the Meeting. Ten days notice shall be given in three public Newspapers, of any such intended Meeting, and of the purpose for which it is called; which shall be deemed sufficient publicity. IX. None of the Rules of the Institution shall be repealed or altered, nor any new ones established, but at the Annual Meeting, or at a Special Meeting called for that purpose. X. An Anniversary Sermon shall be preached at some Church in London by a Clergyman appointed by the General Committee. An Annual Report of the Society shall be printed for the use of its Members. OF MEMBERS AND GOVERNORS. III. Annual Subscribers of One Guinea and upwards, and if Clergymen, Half a Guinea, with Collectors of Fifty-two Shillings and upwards per Annum, shall be Members of the Society during the continuance of such Subscriptions or Collections. Benefactors of Ten Guineas and upwards, Clergymen making Congregational Collections to the amount of Twenty Guineas, and Executors paying to the amount of Fifty Pounds, shall be Members for Life. IV. Annual Subscribers of Five Guineas shall be Governors during the continuance of such Subscription; and Benefactors of Fifty Pounds and upwards shall be Governors for Life. V. Members and Governors of Associations who contribute the above sums shall be considered as Members and Governors of the Parent Society. VI. The Committee shall have the power of appointing such persons as have rendered essential services to the Society, either Members for Life, or Governors for Life." OF GENERAL MEETINGS. VII. An Annual Meeting of the Members of the Society shall be held in London, on the First Tuesday in May; unless that day shall fall on the 7th of May, in which case the Annual Meeting shall be held, for that year, on Tuesday the 30th of April. To such Meeting those Members of the Society shall be summoned by Letter who reside within ten miles of the Metropolis: when the Proeeedings of the foregoing year shall be reported, the Accounts presented, and a Treasurer and Committee chosen. VIII. A Special General Meeting of the Membors of the Society, at which not less than Thirty shall constitute a quorum, shall be called at any simo, at the requisition of the General Committee: ON THE COMMITTEE. XI. The Committee shall consist of Twenty-four Lay Members of the Established Church; and of all such Clergymen as are Members of the Society. Eighteen Members shall be annually appointed from the Old Committee, and Six from the General Body. XII. The COMMITTEE shall elect, at their First Meeting in every year, either from among themselves, or from the other Members of the Society, a Committee of Patronage, a Committee of Funds, a Committee of Correspondence, and a Committee of Accounts. Each of the said Committees shall keep minutes of its Proceedings, and shall report the same to the General Committee. XIII. The Office of the Committee of Patronage, is, to procure patronage and support to the Society; and to nominate, to the General Committee, proper persons as Patrons, Vice-Patrons, and VicePresidents of the Society. XIV. The Office of the Committee of Funds, is, to circulate information respecting the Institution; to adopt proper means of augmenting the Subscriptions and Benefactions; to obtain Collections in Churches and Chapels; and to nominate, from time to time, to the General Committee, suitable persons to act as agents for the Society in the principal towns throughout the Empire. XV. The Office of the Committee of Correspondence, is, to seek for proper Missionaries, to superintend their instruction, and to correspond with them when sent out. XVI. The Office of the Committee of Accounts, is, to see that the Subscriptions are duly received, regulate the accounts, and undertake the charge of fitting out and conveying the Missionaries to their places of destination. |