The Forest of Dean Examiner : — 1876-06-16 (Blakeney, Gloucestershire, England)

PRIMITIVE METHODIST CONFERENCE. , At the Primitive Methodists' Conference, in New. 14:wale-on-Tyne, on Monday, the memoirs of six ministers of the Connexion, who bad died since the last conference, were read hy the secretaries. Among them was Sampson Turner, born at Cannock, Staffordshire, in May, 1794. In the year 1819, Mr. Turner entered the ministry, and laboured for forty years. His name is bound up largely with the history of the Connexion. He took part in forming many of its first circuits, and WAS one of ithe first members of the deed poll of the Connexion. In 1858 Mr. Turner retired from active work, and went to reside 111 Sunderland, where he died in January lent. —On the motion of Dr. W. Antiff, it was ordered that the memoirs be adopted and published in the minutes. Voting then took place for town of meeting next year, resulting as follows :—Scar. borough, 66 Birmingham, 29 : Sheffield, 12: and Crewe, 7. Scarborough was consequently chosen. —Dr. W. Antiff introduced the report of the Theological Institute, and maid the sanction of the Conference would be asked for the employment of an aasistant teacher to give secular instruction. It was also intended to have a second inatitute, as that at Sunderland did not meet the requirements of the Connexion.—The report wan adopted.—Rev. T. Smith. governor of Elmfield College, York, presented his annual report. The College had continued prosperity. Forty-five pupils were meeting in the claseee, nineteen had gone for the Cambridge examination. and all had paned. The report wail adopted, as also was that of the Primitive Methodist Insurance Company, 'ribose income had been £925, agaimt £Bl3 in previous yeer.—Mr. W. Beckwith prieented the report of the Lidice' College, London. A lease of premises in Claplum had beers obtained, and a company had been formed under the Limited Liability Act. with £5,000 capital. of which .42,390 had been subscribed. The Rev. W. Rowe had been appointed governor, and Mrs. Rowe hely principal.  The total quantity of tea delivered from the bonded warehouses in London for the week ended the 3rd inst. was 3,147,3221 b.. of which 2,407,2701 b. was for home consumption, 777,0121 b. was removed coastwise, 197,1561 b was exported, 60.32110. was ' sent coastwise for exportation. and 5.9631 b. was for ships stores. The duty received during the same period amounted to £60,182.  The British 3fedical Journal states that suicide. as a crime in England. is far more prevalent among the educated than the ignorant claw., and the pro- ' portion of suicides appears to be in inverse ratio to the education of the people. The frequency of suicide appears to be one of the penalties reuniting from the program of so-culled civilization, leading to intense ...repetition.  The Parisian La'esti. which is distinguished for 'strikingly inaccurate statements as to events in foreign countries. publishes the folkiwing :—" There is much talk inplugland of • marriage between the Empress Eugenie and Lord flutist, Lord Dutlan. one of the greatest peens of England, would give the Empress on her wedding day a property of fire millions. We give this news only under all reserve.' It in hardly neeesmry to my the rumour has no foundirtion whatever is toot.