727
191,680
9,971
1817
312
671
193,670
2,003
ISIS
315
655
19.'), 105
1,431
1819
319
700
196,605
1,504
1S20
3)S
707
191,217
D. [4,668]
1821
319
709
200,3.54
9,137
1822
321
725
211,392
11,318
1823
322
745
219,398
8,006
1824
333
777
226,939
7,541
1825 .
338
811
228,628
1,707
1826
340
814
231,041
2,399
1827
346
820
237,239
6,194 •
1828
351
829
24.5,194
7,955
1829
353
842
247,529
2,335
1830
356
848
24S,.592
1,063
1831
363
846
249,119
627
1 1832
364
883
250,272
6,553
Year.
Circuits.
Preachers.
Members.
Increase or Decrease.
1833
365
900
279,170
22,898
1S34
369
922
291,939
12,009
1835
379
952
2911,988
D. [951]
1836
380
998
293,132
2144
1837
384
1(101
292,693
D. [439]
1838
387
1019
296,801
4,108
1839
404
1053
307,008
10,267
1840
411
l(t78
323,178
16,110
1841
412
1110
328,792
5,614
1S42
419
1(193
326,727
D. [205]
1843
422
1105
331,024
4,297
1844
426
1129
337,598
6,574
1S45
429
1148
340,778
8,180
1846
431
1171
341,468
690
1S47
435
1185
.339,379
D. [2,089]
1S48
438
1195
338,861
D. [518]
1849
443
1207
348,274
9,418
1850
446
1217
358,277
10,003
1851
450
1225
302,209
D. [.56,068]
1852
450
1210
281,203
D. [20,946]
1853
450
1184
270,905
D. [10,298]
1854
450
11S6
204,168
D. [6,797]
18.55
452
918
260.8,58
D. [8,310]
1856
453
931
263,835
2,977
1S57
460
994
270,295
6,260
1858
464
904
277,091
6,796
1859
468
898
392,795
15,704
1800
476
905
310,311
17,.516
1861
484
918
319,780
9,469
1862
496
940
325,2.56
5,476
1863
510
973
329,704
5,448
1S04
526
1007
329,608
D. [30]
1805
5.S5
1036
330,827
1,159
1S66
549
1076
331,183
350
1807
500
1101)
337,070
5,517
ISOS
5S0
1188
342,380
5,310
1869
597
1170
345,502
5,180
1S70
603
1232
348,471
2,925
1871
619
1251
.347,090
D. [1,381]
1872
628
1282
346,8.50
D. [119]
1873
641
1292
348,571
1,721
1874
649
1.315
851,405
3,085
1875
659
1.053
358,062
6,417
1876
673
1384
372,928
14,876
1877
684
1400
382,289
9, .051
1S7S
704
1412
380,876
D. [1,413]
1879
712
1407
377,612
D. [3,264]
18S0
721
1478
376,678
D. [934]
2. Statistics of Methodist Sunday - schools in Great Britain.
Year.
Schools.
Teachers and oeBcers.
Scholars.
Scholars
Members of
Society.
1860
4463
85,531
474,904
• 20,279
1861
4617
89,418
494,489
23,804
1862
4781
89,909
506,829
27,638
1863
4S23
91,922
527,313
29,254
1864
4895
91,278
532,519
20,790
1865
4986
98,401
537,311
29,356
1806
5057
98,147
543,067
31,242
1867
5137
100,101
550,502
32,898
1868
5240
102,718
.582,020
86,944
1869
5328
103,441
601,801
36,372
1870
5443
105,592
622,589
38,144
1871
5541
100,.509
638,606
37,711
1872
5612
107,727
654,.577
40,218
1873
5689
108,446
606,706
42,0.56
1874
5787
110,123
688,988
45,709
1875
5893
111,003
700,210
50,.390
1876
5990
113,508
72.5,312
60,500
1877
6095
11.5,666
742,419
62,360
1878
61.59
117,516
700,199
61,004
1879
6255
118,700
706,757
62,339
1880
6370
119,911
787,143
70,133
3. Order of Public Collections in English Methodism.
Name of Collection. When Made.
Worn-out Ministers and their Widows'' Fund.
Contributions in classes May.
Public colleclious July.
Home Missioiis, etc.
Contributions in classes March.
Public collections October.
Preachers' Children's Schools.
Subscriptions and collections November.
Theological Institutions.
Subscriptions January.
Collections December.
General Chapel Fxmd February.
J'Uhii-iitioii Fund March.
Forrifiii Missions May.
Collections Various.
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- V. Institutions and Funds. — (I.) Schools. — There are four theological institutions in England for the training of young men for the ministry. In official documents they are described as institutions, but thej' are common- ly called colleges. Their names are as follows :
1. Richmond Branch was erected in 18-10-41 largely out of the Centenary Fund, and opened in 1812. It is a very handsome range of buildings, situate on the top ofKichraond Hill, about twelve miles from London. Its present staff of officers is as follows : George Osborn, D.D., theological tutor; Daniel Sanderson, house gov- ernor; Frederick P. Napier, A.B., and George G. Fried- lay, A.B., classical tutors ; William H. Findlay, A.B., as- sistant tutor.
2. Didsbury Branch, erected in 1842-43, partly out of the Centenary Fund, is situated a short distance from Manchester, and was opened in 1843. The following are its staff of officers : William Burt Pope, D.D., theolo- gy; William Jackson, house governor; John Dury Ge- den, Hebrew and classics; Alfred J. French, A.B., math- ematics and philosophy ; George Armstrong Bennetts, A.B., assistant tutor.
3. Headingly Branch was erected in 1866-67 (and opened 18t)8) partly by a grant of £12,000 from the Ju- bilee Fund of the Wesleyan Missionary Society. It is situated a short distance from Leeds, Yorkshire, and was at first intended for the training of young men for the foreign missionary work. That design has since been changed, and the Kichmond Branch is now used for missionary students, as being nearest to the Mission House in London. Its present staff is as follows : John Shaw Banks, theology; Benjamin Hillier, house gov- ernor; Robert Newton Young, classical tutor; Edward H. Sugden, A.B., and William Foster, A.B., assistant tu- tors.
4. Birmingham Branch, erected partly out of a hand- some gift of £10,000 by a gentleman residing in that locality, Solomon Jevons, is now (1880) in course of erec- tion. The site of the new college is a fine estate of sev- enteen and a half acres, adjoining the suburb of Hands- worth, in the midst of an undulating and well-wooded tract of country, about three miles from Birmingham. The college, of which the memorial stones were laid in June, 1880, by the president of the Conference, vSir Fran- cis Lycett, William Mewburn, Isaac Jenks, and James Wood, is to be completed and opened for the recep- tion of students in September, 1881, at a cost of about £24,000. The buildings include studies and bedrooms for seventy students, a library, large lecture-hall and five smaller lecture-rooms, dining-hall, all necessary offices and servants' apartments, and a residence for the governor. Detached houses for the theological and classical tutors are also in process of erection on the site. The style of architecture is founded upon the Gothic of the loth century.