ation to engage your correspondence for our paper,
at least once a week, if possible, for the benefit of our people and
country, through the Church. Can you not write us by every packet?
Information in regard to English Methodism will be particularly
interesting, especially their financial arrangements. Do inquire
diligently of them, and write us minutely for the good of our Zion.--H.

[39] In Epochs of Canadian Methodism, Dr. Ryerson says:--When the writer
of these Essays was appointed a representative of the Canadian
Conference to negotiate a union between the two Conferences in 1833, he
carried a Petition to the King, signed by upwards of 20,000 inhabitants,
against the Clergy Reserve Monopoly and the Establishment of a Dominant
Church in Upper Canada. This petition was presented through Lord
Stanley, the Colonial Secretary. Page 221.--H.

[40] Dr. Ryerson has left no record in his "Story" of the negotiations
for this Union. His report, however, on the subject will be found on
pages 193, 194, Vol. iv. of the _Guardian_ for October 16th, 1833, from
which I take the following extracts: On the 5th June, Rev. Messrs.
Bunting, Beecham, Alder, and myself, examined the whole question in
detail, and prepared an outline of the resolutions to be submitted to
the British Conference, and recommended that a grant of L1,000 be
appropriated the first year to the promotion of Canadian Missions. On
the 2nd August these resolutions were introduced by Rev. John Beecham
(Missionary Secretary). They were supported by Rev. Jabez Bunting, Rev.
Jas. Wood (now in his 83rd year), and Rev. Robert Newton. A Committee
was appointed to consider and report on the whole matter consisting of
the President, Secretary, and seven ex-Presidents, the Irish
representatives (Messrs. Waugh, Stewart, and Doolittle), and fifteen
other ministers. This Committee considered and reported these
resolutions, which were adopted and forms the basis of the Articles of
Union. Hereafter, the name of our Church will be changed from "The
Methodist Episcopal Church in Canada," to "The Wesleyan Methodist Church
in British North America."--H.

CHAPTER XI.

1833-1834.

"Impressions" of England and their Effects.

On my return to Canada, after having negotiated the Union of 1833 with
the English Conference, accompanied by Rev. George Marsden, as first
President of the Canadian Conference, I was re-elected editor of the
_Christian Guardian_, and continued as such