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corporated by an Act of the Legislature of Louisiana,
approved March 25, 1844, and that said Act is satis-
factory; but the application was not accompanied by
all the documents required by the first canon of this
diocese, adopted 16th Jan., 1839. Whether this in-
formality should prevent the admission of St. James's
into union with the Convention, is submitted by the
Committee.

The Committee also examined the documents of
the organization of St. John's Church, West Baton
Rouge, and find them satisfactory, they being in strict
compliance with the canon. They therefore recom-
mend the admission of St. John's Church into union
with the Convention.

The application of St. Mary's Church, Bayou
Goula, in the parish of Iberville, was accompanied
with the necessary documents, and we recommend its
admission into union with the Convention.

The application of St. James's Church, Alexan-
dria, in the parish of Rapides, was attended with the
proper documents.

The application of St. John's Church, Thibodeaux,
was attended with informal papers, but the Bishop
verbally vouches for the correctness of its organiza-
tion.

On motion, Resolved{italics}, That all the Churches re-
ported by the Committee, to wit:

St. James' Church, East Baton Rouge,

St. John's Church, West Baton Rouge,

St. Mary's Church, Bayou Goula.

St. James' Church, Alexandria.

St. John's Church, Thibodeaux.

be admitted into union with this Convention.

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Whereupon, the Committee on the certificates of
lay delegates reported the following persons as enti-
tled to seats in this Convention:

St.{italics} Mary's{italics} Church{italics}, Bayou Goula.---John R.
Thompson, T. H. Randolph.

St.{italics} James's{italics} Church{italics}, East Baton Rouge.---F. D.
Newcomb, Alfred Gates, Geo. S. Lacey, Wm. Mark-
ham.

St.{italics} John's{italics} Church{italics}, West Baton Rouge.---John. P.
Lobdell, J. Hereford, D. Duvall.

The following Annual Address was then delivered
by the Right Rev. Leonidas Polk, Bishop of the
Diocese:

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BRETHREN OF THE CLERGY AND LAITY,

WE are again permitted, by the good providence of our divine
Lord and Master, to assemble as the Council of his Church, in that
portion of "the field" committed to our charge. May His spirit
preside over our deliberations, and direct us in all our doings, with
his most gracious favor.

According to the requisition of the Canon, my first duty is to
present you with a record of my official acts.

On the Monday following the adjournment of our last Convention,
January 23, 1843, I proceeded, in company with the Rev. Mr.
Lewis, of St. Francisville, to the house of a venerable member of
his flock, residing in the country ; to whom, after an address to a
large number of servants, assembled for the occasion, I adminis-
tered the rite of confirmation. I proceeded the same afternoon to
Jackson, where, after evening prayers by the Rev. Mr. Lewis, I
preached.

Tuesday, 24.--Evening prayer was read by the Rev. Mr. Lewis,
and I preached at Clinton.

Thursday, 26.--Under an arrangement with the Rt. Rev. Dr.
Otey, provisional Bishop of the diocese of Mississippi, and at the
request of the Rector, I proceeded to St. Paul's Parish, Wood-
ville, in that diocese ; where I baptised one adult.