Diocese of New Jersey:

JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

SEVENTY THIRD ANNUAL CONVENTION;

HELD, IN

GRACE CHURCH, AND IN TRINITY CHURCH, NEWARK,

ON

WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY,

M DCCCLVI.

PUBLIC

BURLINGTON:

SAMUEL C. ATKINSON, PRINTER.

M DCCC LVI.

CANON II.

OF THE TESTIMONIALS TO BE GIVEN TO LAY DEPUTIES.

Lay Deputies to the Convention shall present written certificates of their election, in the following, or some similar, form:

[Name of the Church, the place, and date.]

This certifies that at a meeting of the congregation of this Church, for the purpose of electing Church officers, and Deputies to the Convention, (or for the purpose of electing Deputies to the Convention, if the meeting be for that purpose alone,) A, B., C. D., and E. F., were duly chosen, to represent the congregation, in that body, for the year ensuing. In testimony of which, I have hereunto set my hand, (or, if two of the Wardens subscribe, we have set our hands,) the day and year above written;

Which certificate shall be signed by the Rector, the Secretary of the Vestry, or by two Wardens; and be transmitted by the Secretary of the Vestry to the Secretary of the Convention, at least ten days before the meeting of the Annual Convention: and the above form shall be annually inserted in the printed Journal of the Convention.

DIOCESE OF NEW JERSEY:

LIST OF THE CLERGY;

29 June, 1856.

[Those marked * were present, at the Convention.]

THE Right Reverend *GEORGE WASHINGTON DOane, D. D., LL.D., Bishop of the Diocese; President of Burlington College; Rector of St. Mary's Hall; and of St. Mary's Church, Burlington.

PRESBYTERS.

The Rev. JAMES CHAPMAN, Missionary, officiating in Trinity Church, Woodbridge.

The Rev. GEORGE Y. MOREHOUSE, Rector of St. Andrew's Church, Mount Holly.

The Rev. *CLARKSON DUNN, Rector of Christ Church, Newton. The Rev. *HARRY FINCH, Rector of Christ Church, Shrewsbury; and Christ Church, Middletown; with St. James' Church, Long Branch; and Trinity Chapel, Red Bank.

The Rev. NORMAN NASH.

The Rev. MATTHEW H. HENDERSON, D. D.

The Rev. *JAMES A. WILLIAMS, Rector of St. Mark's Church, Orange.

The Rev. *PETER L. JAQUES, Missionary, Rector of St. Matthew's Hall, Port Colden.

The Rev. ALFRED STUBBS, Rector of Christ Church, New Brunswick.

The Rev. HAMBLE J. LEACOCK.

The Rev. *ANDREW BELL PATERSON, D. D., Rector of St. John's Church, Salem; and Missionary to Bridgeton.

The Rev. SAMUEL W. HALLOWELL, Minister of Graee Church, Haddonfield.

The Rev. CHARLES JAMES STERLING.

The Rev. DAVID CLARKSON, Chaplain in the Army of the United States, Fort Riley, Nebraska Territory.

The Rev. JOHN R. GOODMAN.