1 Vice-Patron and President, RIGHT HON. LORD GAMBIER, G.C.B. Vice-Patrons, MOST REV. THE LORD ARCHBISHOP OF TUAM. HON. AND RIGHT REV. LORD BISHOP OF GLOUCESTER. RT. HON. & VERY REV. VISCOUNT LIFFORD, DEAN OF ARMAGH. RIGHT HON. LORD CALTHORPE. Vice-Patron of the Association for the Town, County, and University of Cambridge, RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF HARDWICKE. Patron of the Chester and Cheshire Association, RIGHT HON. EARL GROSVENOR. Patron of the Devon and Exeter Association, Patron of the Pontefract Association, RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF MEXBOROUGH. Patron of the Preston Association, President of the Edinburgh Auxiliary Society, RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF ROSEBERRY. Vice-Patron and President of the Hibernian Auxiliary Society. HONORARY GOVERNORS FOR LIFE. (Having rendered very essential services to the Society.) Rev. Thomas Tregenna Biddulph, M.A. Minister of St. James's, 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. John Herbert Harington, Esq. late Chief Judge at Calcutta. Rev. Jolin Jænicke, Head of the Missionary Seminary at Berlin, Rev. Samuel Marsden, Principal Chaplain of New South Wales. Rev. William Marsh, M.A. Vicar of St. Peter's, Colehester. Lieutenant-Colonel John Munro, late Resident at the Court of Travancore Rev. Legh 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. James Scholefield, M.A. Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Rev. Thomas T. Thomason, M.A. Hon. E. J. Coinpany's Chaplain on the Bengal Establishment Rev. Marmaduke Thompson, M.A. Ditto on the Madras Establishment. Rev. Dr. Thorpe, Chaplain of the Lock Hospital. Rev. Daniel Wilson, M.A. Minister of St. John's Chapel, Bedford Row. Rev. Basil Woodd, M.A. Rector of Drayton Beauchamp, Bucks. London. Sparrow, Lady Olivia Bucks. Cambridge. Lamb, Rev. J. M.A. Cheshire. Allix, Rev. R. W. Cornwall. Rashleigh, William, Esq. Rawlings, Thomas, Esq. FOREIGN. Antigua. Gilbert, Rev. Nathaniel Calcutta. Robertson, Rev. Thomas Strachan, J. M. Esq. Thompson, Rev. Marm. At the Twentieth Annual Meeting of the Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East, held in Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen Street, on Tuesday, May 2, 1820, The Right Hon. LORD GAMBIER, Vice-Patron and President, in the Chair, On a Motion by the Hon. and Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Gloucester, RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY, That the Report now read be received, and printed under the direction of the Committee : and that this Meeting feels constrained, on the review of the Proceedings of the Year, to express its thankfulness to Almighty God, for the regularly increasing support granted to the Society, the corresponding growth of its efforts in sending forth Missionaries to the Heathen, and the support in difficulties and success in labours which it has pleased Him to vouchsafe: but that it is, at the same time, more than ever impressed, as the exertions and consequent responsibility and difficulties of the Society extend, with a sense of the obligation and the privilege of Fervent Prayer; and does therefore earnestly intreat all the Members, that they would supplicate increasingly, on its behalf, the more abundant effusions of the grace of the Holy Spirit, on all who conduct its concerns, and on all who engage in its labours. On a Motion by William Wilberforce, Esq. M. P. V. P., seconded by the Rev. Peter Roe, it was RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY, That this Meeting, notwithstanding the continuance of painful trials in the death of valuable Labourers in the West Africa Mission, still sees, in the conversion of many Liberated Negroes to the faith of Christ and in the prospects of augmenting usefulness, an abundant recompence for all the trials and exertions of the Society: and that the Meeting, in connection with the blessings conferred on Africa itself, cannot but rejoice in the increasing opportunities afforded to the Society, of benefitting the descendants of her captive children, now labouring in the West Indies. On a Motion by the Rev. John Owen, seconded by the Rev. John William RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY, That this Meeting witnesses, with pleasure, the Society's diversified efforts in the Mediterranean and in the East, as manifested in the Journeys of its Missionaries, the Education of several thousand Children, the labours of Native Teachers, the establishment of Printing Presses, the Translation and Dispersion of the Scriptures, Liturgy, and Tracts, and the preaching of the Gospel in the Native Tongues: and this Meeting rejoices in the opportunity so happily offered to the Society of testifying its cordial regard to the comprehensive designs of the Lord Bishop of Calcutta, and its readiness to concur in the support of the Mission College projected by his Lordship. On a Motion by the Right Hon. Viscount Jocelyn, M. P., seconded by the Hon. and Rev. David Erskine, it was RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY, That this Meeting feels more than ever encouraged, from the character of the New Zealanders who have visited this Country, and from the representations of the Reverend Samuel Marsden and of the Settlers in New Zealand, to persevere in efforts to evangelize and civilize the Natives of Australasia. On a Motion by the Right Hon. Lord Calthorpe, VICE-PATRON, seconded by the Rev. Daniel Wilson, it was RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY, That the cordial Thanks of the Society be presented to the Reverend Benjamin Williams Mathias, for his Sermon, preached at this Anniversary, before the Society; and that he be requested to allow it to be printed with the Report. On a Motion by the Hon. and Rev. Gerard Thomas Noel, it was RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY, That the sincere Thanks of the Society be given to the Noble President of the Institution, to the other Vice-Patrons, and to the Vice-Presidents, for their continued protection; to the Treasurer, for his assistance; to such Clergymen and other Gentlemen as have, during the last Year, prepared or supported Associations; to the Younger Friends of the Society; to those Laries who, in various places, have very successfully exerted themselves in promoting its intereste; and to the Committee, for their exertions. 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, Halfa Guinea, with Collectors of Fifty-two Shillings and upwards per Annum, shall be Members of the Society during the continuance of such Subscriptions or Collec. tions. Benefactors of Ten Guineas or 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 Sub. scription; 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 Proceedings of the foregoing year shall be reported, the Accounts presented, and a Treasurer and Committee chosen. VIII. A Special General Meeting of the Members of the Society, at which not less than Thirty shall constitute a quorum, shall be called at any time, 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 Vice-Presidents 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 Collec tions 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 Correspond- · ence, is, to seek for proper Missionaries, to su perintend 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. |