numerous party of the subscribers and friends sat down to tea in the school-room; several of the tables being gratuitously furnished by the ladies of the neighbourhood. Mr.

W. H. Horner was called to the chair, and read to the meeting a letter from W. Howe, Esq., of Lever-street Circuit, stating his unexpected call to Scotland, which prevented him fulfilling his engagement to take the chair. Mr. Howe enclosed a subscription on behalf of the new chapel and Sunday-school. The chairman addressed the meeting, and referred to his former connection with the Sunday-school; having been its conductor for six years. The secretary read the report of the subscriptions received and promised, the amounts paid, and the further requirements for clearing the debt upon the building. The meeting was afterwards addressed by the Revs. John Peters; W. H. Walker; and E. W. Buckley; and the Rev. Mr. Jackson, Primitive Methodist; and also by Messrs. R. Lowe, John Rigby, N. Sanders, W. Mycock, and W. Fletcher.

The chapel will seat about two hundred persons, and is fitted up entirely with pews and free seats; the height of the whole building is forty-two feet, the length forty-five feet, and the width thirty feet. The school-room, under the chapel, is lofty. The chapel is quite distinct from the school, and is approached by an easy flight of stairs. The estimated outlay is 460l. towards which 1957. has been raised; and it is hoped that by leaving no stone unturned, and refusing no amount, however small, we shall, before long, be able to reduce the debt materially.

May the God of all grace continue to prosper our endeavours to instruct the ignorant, and to bring back to God the redeemed of the Lord, who are now perishing for lack of effort, on the part of Christians of by-gone days, to supply them with sound scriptural, and spiritual food.

WILLIAM FLETCHER.

TONMAN STREET, MANCHES

TER THIRD CIRCUIT. SOME three or four years ago, the trustees and friends of Tonman-street chapel, by an energetic effort, reduced

the debt from 1,1007. to 6007, the amount of the present mortgage, leaving, however, a small floating debt; which, since that time, with interest and chief-rent, 25l. per annum, had accumulated to about 651. A few weeks since, the trustees resolved to have chapel collections, and a tea-meeting, and if possible to wipe this debt away. For that purpose, the Rev. W. Griffith, jun. preached for us afternoon and evening, on Lord's-day, December 9th, in Lever-street chapel, kindly lent by the trustees for the occasion. The collections were nearly 157.

On Tuesday evening, a tea-meeting was held in the school-room, under Tonman-street chapel. Several of the trays were gratuitously furnished by ladies connected with the congregation. Justice having been done to the excellent tea, &c., and the tables having been cleared, the meeting was commenced by the resident minister giving out the hymn beginning with,

"Before Jehovah's awful throne,"

and offering prayer; after which, Alderman William Morris, Esq., of Salford, as previously announced, kindly took the chair. The chairman, in opening the proceedings, delivered one of his neat, pithy speeches; especially exhorting to liberality in the cause of the Redeemer. A statement of the trust affairs was then presented to the meeting by Mr. Thomas Toplis, one of the trustees; and the chairman remarked, that subscription papers would be handed round among the friends, stating, at the same time, with his usual liberality, that if the meeting would raise the amount required to within 57., he would give that sum to complete the subscription. The meeting was then addressed by Messrs. E. S. Green, and H. Hewitt, two of the trustees; Clegg, Handley, Gash, Johnson, and Edgar. At the close of the meeting, the subscriptions, including the collections on the Sabbath, and 30%. by the trustees, amounted to the handsome sum of 741. We have thus cleared the incumbrance, and the general prospects of the Circuit are more cheering than they have been for many years. Therefore now "" We thank God and take courage."

JAMES EDGAR.