The President's Letter.

The subjoined Declaration has been drawn up at the suggestion of a number of our Brethren, and under a persuasion that a distinct and explicit avowal of our sentiments on the points which it embodies is imperatively called for at the present time, when strenuous attempts are made, by means of the press and of public meetings, under the name of Methodist Reform, to engage our Societies in schemes which, if carried into effect, would subvert the essential principles of our constitution as a religious community. If you approve of this Declaration, you are respectfully requested, without delay, to affix your name to it, and then return it, addressed to the Rev. Messrs. Holgate and Wilson, 24, City-Road, London, in order that it may, with the signatures of the Brethren, be forthwith published and circulated through the Connexion.