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TORONTO: I'lUNTED FOK THE DIOCESAN CHURCH SOCIETY, BY HENRY ROWSELL. 1856. ' APPEAL. ] At a Meeiing of the Church Society of the Diocese of Toronto, held in the month of Jan- nary, the following letter from the Rev. F. A. O'Meara, L.L.D., was read : Toronto f Jan. 2, 1856. Rev. and Dear Sir, During my labours in England last winter in the cause of our missions on Lake Huron, I was often met with the objection that so little had been done by the Church in Canada for the sup- port of her own missions among ihe Aborigines of the continent ; in answer to which I always slated, that a large proportion of the funds of your Society was yearly devoted to that object, but that your resources were inadequate to the outlay which the proposed extension of those missions requires, seeing that so many other claims demand your consideration. It was sug- gested by the Secretaries and influential persons of the differerjt societies to which I applied for aid, that some special effort on behalf of Indian Missions should be made in the province as soon as possible after my return : indeed the yearly grant made by the Society for the Propa- gating the Gospel in Foreign parts was express- ly accompanied with the recommendation that such effort should be made. In order to redeem the pledge then given, on which I was promised very important aid, amounting to the sum of £250 sterling per annum towards the support of missionaries, from the three societies which responded to my call for assistance, I would now beg to subniit the matter to the consideration of your comrnit- lee. It is not, I trust, necessary for me to urge on your committee the duty of the Church as re- gards that race to which, as colonists, we owe much, and need only to slate the fact that not a single ordained missionary is at present sup- ported for the benefit of the Indians by your Society, in order to make it plain that something ought (o be done to arouse our people through the province, to a belter sense of their duty in this particular. This will, I think, be made more plain by the statement of a fact known to your committee, but perhaps not so well known to Churchmen in general throughout the province, that while the "Methodists and the Jesuits have been greatly extending their missions on Lakes Huron and Superior, the latter being represented by a staff of ten active, able and energetic labourers, with a bishop at their head, the cause of our Church has now for fourteen years been maintained within the same district by one clergyman, wdio, Jf he had confined himself to his stipulated duties or listened to the wishes of the government by whom he was paid, would not have gone be- yond the Indian establishment at Mahnetooah- ning. It. is self-evident that this state of things can- not long exist; and to remedy it, at the sugges- tion of our indefatigable Diocesan, who, having been himself the originator of the work on Lake Huron, has ever taken a lively interest in all that concerns it, I last year visited England, with the result which I have already mentioned. There ■ are, however, no funds which wonlil be avail- able for the erection of the buildings, (resi- dences, chapel-schools, &c.) which are indis- pensably necessary to the oecupulion of the advantageous positions that offer themselves as missionary stations, and for this purpose it is desirable Ihat something should be done as soon as possihle, as well as to excite such an interest in our missionary work in that region as will secure its permanent and adequate support. As to the meas)Lires which should be adopted for the attainment of these desirable objects, I confidently leave them to the collective wisdom of your committee, assisted by the counsel of our respected Dioces'an in the matter. And remain. Rev. and dear Sir, Yours very faithfully, Fred. A. O'Mkara Rev. T. S. Kennedy. Whereupon it was resolved that previous to making a special appeal on behalf of the Indians, the secretary be instructed to write to the several clergymen connected with Indian Missions, re- questing them to report as to the condition of the Missions under their charge, the source from which the Missionaries, School Masters and Mistresses, and Interpreters, derive their sup- port, the success or otherwise which has atten- ded their labours, and also what opportunities there may be for extending the church's work within their boundaries and neighborhood. In • I. !_ _:„ 1^- iUn 1*^11 nwTi net l\Jl IT./ VT J »», 1 nt<:»rA«l incy "' O fepiy lu luiS uhuuiai, luu particulars have been communicated, which the AS committee appointed lo superintend the publish- ing of the information sought for, consider it best lo give in the words of the -writers. No. I. Rev. Dr. O'Meara, (Lake Huron). Toronto, February Uthy 1856. Rev. and Dear Sir, * In responding to the desire expressed by your committee at their last silting, to have some in- formation on the subject of the Indian Mission- ary work on Lake Huron, I think it may be well, as preliminary lo my observations, to give a brief sketch of what has been done for the civilization and christianization of the Indians of that region, from the commencement of our operations among them to the present time. About 25 years ago a beginning was made at the Sault Ste Marie — a place marked out by nature as a centre of Missionary operations, lying as it does at the point where the waters of Lake Superior mingle with those of Lake Huron— by a Mr. Cameron, under the au- spices of a society established in Toronto for the purpose of benefiting the Aborigines, who acting as catechist, succeded in drawing some of the neighbouring Indians around him, who ap- peared well inclined to listen to his instructions; but all that he had accomplished was more than undone by his defection fiom the Church at ihe lime that it was expected he would receive deacori*s orders for the work. He was succeeded by Mr. (now Dr.) McMurray, who, first as Cat- echist and subsequently as Deacon, laboured at the same place for about six years, during which ;at- time he baplizetl a considerable number of the natives lesiding, or rather I should say, wander- ing in the neighbourhood of the Sault, thus lay- ing a good foundation for future misssionary operations in that part of the field. The dilfi- culties and discouragements with which a Missionary has to contend in commencing missionary labor among a people like the Indi- ans, cannot be fully appreciated (.'xcept by one who has himself been engaged in such labors, but will be more easily comprehended from one or two incidents which lor that purpose I would mention. One of the greatest obstacles the Missionary meets is the natural apathy and carelessness as to futurity of the people. At an early period of my labours among them I was visited by a celebrated war chief from the region between Lake Superior and the Mississppi; he was adorned with the grim trophies of recent vic- tory ; the war paint on his face and the fresh scalp locks of his enemies dangliui^ round his waist. 1 invited him to a conversation on the Christian religion ; and while T spoke with considerable animation of the sufferings and death of our Redeemer, the grim warrior of the western forests seemed much taken up with w^hat I was saying; when I concluded, he rose and having offered me the pipe of peace, he commenced a harangue in which he informed me that while 1 had been speaking, he had been thinking how kind I had been to him in giving him some food and had been considering whether he would not ask me to supply him and his party {three or four canoes full^) with provisions, to take them home, a jour- ney of more than a fortnight. Thus were my hopes of havintr arrested his attention to the great concerns of his soul disappointed by finding that instead of attending to what l had been say- ing, he had been thinking what chance he would 8 have of obtaining from me a supply for his pres- ent necessities. Another incident of the same period of my missionary experience, will serve to shew what the first Missionary had to contend with arising from the traditionary superstitions of those tribes. An old Indian with whom I once got into conversation on the slowness of his people to receive the gospel, told me that it was easily accounted for by the following cir- cumstance which had occurred in his grand- father's time or thereabouts. '^ There came among our people,'* said he, ^' some white men wearing long black robes, who announced them- selves to be the messengers of the Good Spirit -come to leach our people the white man's re- ligion ; they asked the Indians to allow them- selves to be sprinkled with a little water and to have a string of beads put round their neck in order that they might be admitted to the white man's heaven when they died ; and a great many listened to them and became Christians. After some time one of those so converted fell sick and was supposed to have died, but after lying one or two days he revived, and related to' his friends what had occurred during the sej)aration of his soul from the body. He had in the first place gone to the white man's heaven, but though he shewed the man thai kept the gate there the symbol of Christianity that was round his neck, he was refused admittance at that place, which was not for the Indian, but only for the white man; he then repaired to the Indian's happy hunting grounds and was rejected there, because, though his face was red, his heart had become white in consequence of his adoption of the white man's religion ; but ho was directed lo re- tllfn t/^ on l*t ri fo o f 1 • ti r« Itia liifltnii virntro n>i/-l » «^i?ii T-- -list II J 1 -w vrtj 1 II -.■ IS! ^7 itjvtttiij \Vi.iy.~, r;i!U liicrii when he came back he would be received among his brethren." This, said my informant, is in IIS pres- le same ill serve cotiiend rslitions ^vhom I .'ness of i) (hat it 'ing cir- grand- 3 came ito men d ihem- l Spirit Lin's re- V ihem- and to neck in ? white it many After ill sick 2r lying to his >aration the first though ere the s neck, , which 3 while happy pcause, 3(*come of the ci to re- • t y] 4 1 1 ^^ »-» among L is in the minds of the Indians, when you speak to them about your religion, and prevents their listening to what you say. . .u fi f Bui these obstacles did not prevent the tirst Missionary's efforts from being crowned With considerable success, so far as inducing many to forsake their heathen ways and submit to in- struction in the principles of the Christian faith. Shortly after the retirement ot Mr. McMurray from the Missionary field the Rev. H. H. O'Neil and myself were commissioned by the Lieut. Governor to visit the Indians on Lake Huron, and report on their condition and requirements. While at Mahnelooahning for that purpose, the Christian Indians from the Sauk came there to receive iheir annual presents, and we had many conversations with them, in the course ot which they requested us to be the bearers of an earnest petition from them to the Governor that he would Lend iliem a teacher to take Mr. McMurray s place, in consequence of this visit and the re- port i"ade on it to the Governor, and the then Archdeacon of York (now our respected Dio- cesan,) I was requested to give up my mission anions my own countrymen and to go to the heathen of Lakes Huron and Superior, and at the same time the Rev. C. C. Brough was placed at Mahnelooahning, as Chaplain of the Govern- ment Establishment, then formed at that place. For three years Mr. Brough laboured with un- tiring energy and encouraging success i" ^"^ mid°t of difficulties and discouragements which would have daunted a less ardent and devoted spirit, and toils that would have worn out a less powerful frame, to gather a congregation ot Christian worshippers from among a barbarous and lu'S(^ti(^d race : but at the end of that period the requirements of his family forced him to resign his post on Lake Huron for a mission m 10 the settled parts of the province; and at the same time the government, wishing, if possible, to concentrate ihe Indians of the province on the Manetoolin Ishmds, I was removed to Mahne- tooahning with the sole charge of the interests of our Church on the Lake, from which time up to the present (with the exception of the year of the Rev. Mr. Anderson's residence at Garden River,) I have had to keep together our Christian communities on the Lake, as well as do the work of an evangelist among the several bands of heathen Indians found on the north shore. During the greater pari of this period the Jesuits have been occupying the same ground in great force, and have much increased the diOi- cullies of the w^ork by their unceasing and ably conducted eftoits to banish our Church from the Indian country. But, notwithstanding these eliorts, she has been gradually spreading her in- rluence along the whole north shore of the Lake Irom Owen's Sound to Sault Ste Marie. Owin*^ to circumstances over which the Missionary Chaplain has had no control, the establishment at Mahnetooahning has not entirely answered the purpose for which it was formed by the govern- ment; the more civilized of our people finding that they could support themselve better at other places on the Lake, have left the establishment and form- ed seiilementsofChurch Indians, which it is most desirable should be supplied with the means of keeping them together as missions of our Church. Ihe places on the Lake to which I have been accustomed to extend my ministrations, are as .l()IIow:--Garden River, Bruce Mines, Little Current, and occasionally Owen Sound. At'Gardon River there is a flourishing settle- ment of Indians who formerly led a ^A^^Mdf•ri{icy life in the neighbourhood of the Sault Ste MaViel nearly the whole population of this place consists 1 i 11 id at the possible, ice on the 1 Mahrie- iiiterests 1 lime up le year of I Garden Christian the work bands of re. 'riod the [round in tlie diOi- and ably from the \g these i,' her in- !he Lake Owing ssionary hment at ered ihe govern- ing that ^r places nd form- t is most ;ieans of Church, ve been 5, are as , Little ? scllle- !lfl<>v>{ iiOT Marie ; x)nsists 1 « of baptized members of our Church. Shorlly after Mr. Anderson lefr this mission, a Methodist preacher, taking advantage of the circumstance of its being left for some time without a resident Missionary, contrived to establish himself there, and in complete contradiction to the statement on which the Wesleyans in the mother country have obtained assistance for their missions from members df bur Church, that they do not inter- fere with the missions of other protestanl bodies, left no stone unturned to draw away our people from us, thus very much increasing my ditbcul- ties and sowing heart-burnings and dissensions among the families residing at Garden Kiver, at the very time when numbers of Methodist con- verts on Lake Superior were relapsing into heathenism for want of a minister among them of that body, by whose labors they professed to have been converted. However, in the summer of 1854 I succeedv-d in placing there Mr.Chance, who is supported by your Society as Catechist ; and 1 am happy to say that most encouragitig success has attended his efforts and those of his wife, who has charge of a female daily and boarding school, which has already been pro- ductive of most beneficial eftbrts. The congre- gations have been, du.-ing the past summer, en- couragingly large, and would have been still larger had there been a suitable place of worship erected. Mr. Chance reads the service very in- telligibly in the Indian tongue, and is making very respectable progress in acquiring the power of conversing with t1ie people under his charge. The advance of the Irh ia #^r»uornfl hv thnt statement, towards forwardina: the cause of missions on Lake Huron. Mi 1 ill f ; 18 On my arrival from England in the month of June last, I found all my plans for the then coming summer's work disarranged, by the fact that the communication, which had been for many years carried on between the different stations on the Lake by steamboat, was dis- continued, so that the expense in time, money and personal labour, of continuing my usual visits, would be very much increased ; seeing that the only way that remained to me of reach- ing these stations was by small boats. Your society, however, will be glad to know that this very serious difficulty did not prevent my keeping up my regular visits to the Sault Ste Marie, Garden River, Bruce Mines, and Little Current, as in former years, though at a con- siderably greater expense to the society, as will be seen from the amount mentioned iiclow, as compared w^ith the amounts for which, on former occasions, I have come to your society. During my absence in England I kept up a regular communication with the different stations, by meansof letters written to the Indians periodically, in which, information as to my proceed in igs was mingled with such religious instruction as I thought would be useful to them. I afterwards found that these "pastorals" had an excellent effect in keeping the people at the different stations together, and preserving them from the eflforts of Romanists and Methodists, which were exerted to the utmost, to make the most of my necessary absence. Immediately after my arrival I paid a visit of some duration to Garden River, and the Sault Ste. Marie. At the former place I found things in a very satisfactory condition, the Indians havincr llip frnmf rvf llio AyTlccsirvn lirnic^ voo/Iir ♦*> ....j_. ...„ ». — ...., -,. ...,, ,.3^,.,,.,,,,, JJ\.,-Uli~V, J\,LH.ijf ixi be raised, which operation 1 superintended before leaving for Mahnelooahning. The exertions of 19 month of the then y the fact been for different was dis- ?, money ny usual ; seeing of reach- ?. Yonr that this ^ent my ^ault Ste nd Little it a con- ', as will lelow, as )n former kept up (li He rent ^ Indians s to my religious to them, " had an e at the ing them nhodists, nake the a visit of he Sault id things Indians ed before irtions of Mr. and Mrs. Chance have been very praise- worthy and successful. They have, by the hold they have got on the affections of the Indians, succeeded to a great extent in bringing back those who had been in danger of being led astray by the efforts of the intruder on our missionary field at that place. There are two services at Garden River every Lord's day, besides a catechizing of the young people, as well as various meetings during the week lor religious purposes, which are well at- tended. The services which I have held there during the summer have been increasingly well attended ; and I would especially mention the singing of the congregation there, which would compare favourably with the best congregational singing that I have heard in this or the old country. At the request of the principal Indians of Garden River I purchased a small organ in Britain, which you will be glad to hear is to a considerable extent subscribed for by them- selves, for the accommodation of which therie will be a small organ-loft in the chapel-school, which is now^ in course of being erected at Garden River. The female Industrial School, which some years ago I established with the assistance of my friends in England and Ireland, has been making very satisfactory progress under the management of Mrs. Chance, but I have hitherto been unable to extend its benefits, from the want of proper accommodation ; but now that a dwelling hour-e has been completed by the aid furnished by your society, tliis diflicully is removed. At the Bruce Mines, where from ceriain circumstances known to the Lord Bishop of the Diocese, I thought it prudent for a time to 1 1 ^v-\/in jxii.tv lily vir^Jic^^ d vjxjonv ticxo ui^'l. h icki\' tj manifested that I should renew them ; and I have accordingly gone there occasionally during the n 1 I fi V i h I h u '' I \ < !i I 20 summer, and held services, as well as baptised and married those who were desirous of availing themselves of my ministrations in those matters. At the Little Current, you will be glad to know that our people are doing well, though difficulties have been thrown in the way of our Indians setlling there by the Indian Department. It promises from its position to be a most im- portant station, being singularly well placed, both for indusfrial and missionary purposes. I am happy to say that there is now every prospect of the difficulties between the Indians there and the Department being satisfactorily arranged, so that the former will no longer be hindered from making the advances in civiliza- tion which they are disposed to do. I have also held services at the Saull Sle. Marie, for the English inhabitants there, who, though small in number, have been always glad to avail .themselves of such opportunities for public worship as may be from time to time presented. Owing to the discontinuance of the s^-atTiCi oa Lake Huron, I have not been able to pay more than one visit to Owen Sound ; but Mr. Mul- holland informs mo ihat our little congregation, which I had the privil ;e of eslablishing there some ilm'^ ag), is getting on very well. In the course of my iravolling on the Lake this year, I had an oppertunily of knowing that the seed thus sown is not without its effect. Being delayed over a Sunday in one of the solitary bays of Lake Huron, I found an encamp- ment of Methodist Indians near me, including the family of one of the principal chiefs. I conversed with them on religious subjects, and found that they' belonged to Nawaush, Owen Sound, and were then on a fishing expedition I had quite a nice little conorregation on the 21 baptised availing matters. glad to , though ly of our •artment. nost im- placed, >urposes. w every Indians factor! ly )nger be civiliza- ull Ste. re, who, ays glad ities for to time amer on ay more [r. Mul- egation, \g there In the year, I 3ed thus ; of the incamp- cluding iefs. I 3ts, and , Owen )edition on the Sunday, when I read prayers for and preached to ihem in their own language. The chief expressed himself much indebted to us for what we had done in translating for the Indians the New Testament, a copy of which he had in his possession, and earnestly requested me, when- ever the new edition of the prayer book is published, to send him some copies for himself and his people, which of course, I promised to do. I have had an application from some of our people lately removed from Mahnetooahning, who have settled on the Western part of the Indian Reserve, near the Methodist Village of Saugeen, to visit them and see what can be done towards organizing them as a congregation. I am desirous of doing this if possible during the present winter, as I conceive that it is of great importance that we should maintain aninflusnce on that great tract, which is now being brought into the market — namely, the IndiaiT peninsula. I have had during the summer several com- munications from the Bishop of Rupert's Land, and Rev. Mr. Breck, head of the A. M. E. Church's Missions on the Mississippi, both of whom inform me of the very great assistance they have received in their labours from the translations which have emanated from our Mission on Lake Huron. I am at present engaged in hastening through the press a translation of the Book of Psalms, for the second edition of the Book of Common prayer, and when this shall have been com- pleted, I shall feel that should my personal connection with those missions be brought to an end, which I fear the present circumstances of my family seem to indicate, my labours of nearly seventeen years' duration among these tribes cannot have oeen vviiuuai nuii, inaomLtv,.. ,p ^ ,. , Andrew Jamieson. Rev. I. S. Kennedy, Sec. Ch. Society, D. T. No. V. From the Rev. A. Nelles. Brantford, January 21, 1856. My Dear Sir, A few days ago, 1 received your communica- tion of the 7th inst., acquainting me that at a meeting of the Standing Committee it was re- commended that a special appeal should be made lo our people in behalf of the Indians of this Continent, and requesting information respectin<» this Mission. The Rev. Mr. Elliot is here, and informs me that you have written to him on the same subject. As we labour among the same people and our Missions are united, we have thought it most convenient to reply to your en- quiries in one letter. This Mission euibraces the Six Nation Indians residing on the Grand River ; they number 29 upwards of 2,000 souls, and are chiefly settled in one '.ownship, but often reside in their old settlements along the banks of the River, many miles from th'eir present Reserve. A portion of these Indians are still heathens ; of those that are Christian a majority belong to the Church. There are four regular weekly services among the Indians, and occasional ones both for !he Indians and neighbouring while people. At one time an assistant Missionary was attached to the mission: one is still much needed ; and, indeed, two would find abundant labour here. The expenses of the Mission are entirely defrayed by. the <'New England Company." In our several congregations there are about 180 communicants. During the last year there were 54 baptisms, 16 marriages, 35 funerals; and in June, 1854, there were 151 confirmed by the Bishop. These Indians have emirely abandoned their wander- ing habits, and turned their attention to agricul- ture as a means of subsistence. A few of them have become prosperous farmers, though gener- ally they are far behind their white neighbours. I omitted above to state that there are in connec- tion with this Mission five Schools, attended at present by 141 scholars. I am not aware that your enquiries require anything more. Should more detailed informa- tion be required, I m\ be happy to furnish it. I am, dear Sir, Yours very truly, A. Nellbs. Rev. T. S. Kennedy. 30 No. VI. From the Rev. R. Flood. Delaware, January 29, 1856. Rev. and Dear Sir, I have much pleasure to acquaint you, for the informalion of the Church Society, that the Indian congregations, consisting of the Muncey and Oneida tribes, under my charge, continue to advance steadily in the march of menial culture and civilization. I know that this pleasing tes- timony cannot fail to afford cause of thankfulness to every faithful member of our Church. Their attendance on the means of grace is bolh regular and orderly, and when you consider that they have the advantages of my ministrations only on alternate weeks, you will admit that the stale of the Mission is nevertheless hopeful and full of promise ; but how much more might be expected if my lime were undividedly occupied and solely devoted to their best interests for time and eternity. The great want I have felt for years in reference to them, has been an assistant Missionary, who would reside among them and devote himself exclusively to the work of their evangelization and growth in divine knowledge. I need scarcely add, that our reverend Diocesan, who is conscious of this great requirement in the Mission, has been solicitous for many years to. meet it; but there are difficulties presented in not being able to procure a person of the right stamp for this pecu- liar sphere of laboui* • and i^ i« "^v Henidnrl opinion, that the great obstacle to the growth and advancement of Indian Missions arises from the want of the right-minded men, vv^ho must 31 sacrifice much of comfort, ease and society, in order to succeed among the Aborigines of this Continent. I am sensibly aware how greatly these Missions would be benefited if there were funds available to promote many useful schemes in reference to the employment of the people in objects of do- mestic economy, — such as instructing the girls at our schools in knitting, sewing, &c. ; — also, if a few of the more advanced youths could be sent at the expense of our Society to a superior school, with the view of being further advanced to our University, in order to prepare for the Christian Ministry. ' Mr. Hogg, the Munceytown School-master and Catechist, is at present in receipt of fifty pounds per annum from the Society, as well as the In- terpreters to both tribes, who are each allowed twelve pounds ten shillings from the same source. The Oneida Indians have been for a long time in want of a School-master for their children ; but here again the difficulty is presented, not only of obtaining a salary for the office, but of meeting with a fit and proper person for the same, which appears to be a greater obstacle. The Munceytown Teacher's wife has repeatedly signified to me that she is ready and willing to instruct for a few hours every day our Indian girls in needle-work, &c., without any charge, if the necessary materials could be supplied. If any further information be required, I shall be most happy to afford it. I remain. Rev. and dear Sir, Yours faithfully, Richard Flood. Rev. T S. Kennedy. 32 From the above letters it may be gathers ' ' t while additional labourers are requirr - the fields of Indian Missionary labour occupied by the Church, we are called upon to make imme- diate provision for the following appointments: Three Missionaries for the district of Lakes Superior and Huron, at £150 sterling each, and one for Munceytown at the same salary, making in all £600 sterling a year. Towards this, £250 sterling per annum is promised by societies in England for Lake Huron, as will be seen from the appended list, leaving £350 per annum to be provided by the Church in this province. To meet this proposed annual expenditure a special effort must be made by the Church, as the means at present at the disposal of the Church Society for Indian Missions do not do more than provide for the salaries of Interpreters, Catechists and School Masters, in which way the Society lays out annually the sum of £250 currency; and it is hoped such an interest will be taken in forward- ing the objects of this appeal as will prove by its results that members of our Church in this province are not forgetful of their duty to the heathen who are living around them. It will also be necessary to provide means for the erection of Mission-houses, Churches, &c. for which purpose it is proposed that funds be raised by special subscription, to be committed „^ ,w^. v/«iv- vi iiiu v^ici^jiiiuii wiiiiiii wiiose iimiis the proposed new missions are to be established. 33 (( (( £150 50 50 3 10 10 1 10 4 1 10 10 6 10 1 1 7 LIST OF CONTllIBUTIONS IN ENGLAND AND IRELAND. New England Company , (per annum) Society for Propagating the Gospel... Colonial Church and School Society Lord^ Seaton, Commander of Forces in Ireland Baroness Longueille Friends to Peace (Romford, Essex) "..'.'.*!'.**.*.*". Meeting at School-house, New-street, Dublin! Mr. Harrison (Kingstown) Meeting at Kingstown !!'..'.*.".!!! Additional ..'..,.. Rev. Dr. Ilessey (Kensington) ....'!..'.'.*!..'.'.'.'..."! Miss Blight *' [ Miss Alt «< ....!.'.*.'..!!!!.'.'.'! Rev. Mr. Iloldich Rev. E. Elton !..!................ R. Ilessey, Esq ".'..... Earl Carlisle, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland...*.'.'.*.' Mr, Londsell ' Rev. Mr. Burrows T Miss Murray (Weston Super Mare) ............. Miss Emma Westbury Mrs. Rumsey Clifton !'..'.!*.*.'.! Mr. John Chance ]", Rev. Mr. French (Burton) .*..!!!..*..'. Miss Barclay's School *• , Meeting at Burton ....!!.... Mrs. F. Cunningham Dowager Lady Buxton .'"..' Per Rev. Dr. Mocran (Kingstown) Mrs. Houston Robert Meara, Esq Miss Pringle Miss F. Pringle ...] .". Mrs. Taylor R. Chapm'an, Esq Per Miss A. Brinkley Miss Milliken ] Per Miss P. Murdock Per Miss Harrison Miss Fagan Per Miss G. Steward Per Miss N. A. Steward Miss Smith Miss Ilepenstal iriiSB ijiiilii (auuitionai) The Misses Simcoo (Bath) Per Miss Hepenstall 2 6 10 10 10 2 2 5 1 10 1 2 5 3 3 ] 1 5 5 12 10 2 6 2 6 7 18 10 3 10* 2 3 10 1 10