720 son. Intelligence.-Wright and Cooper's Missionary Tour in Cornwall. Mount's Bay. Here we had an assembly of about five hundred people on the sea side, It was a delightful morning, the scenery, including land and sea, was beautiful and grand, the congregation sat on the grass, the scattered rocks, and the sand. I preached to them on the parable of the prodigal Never did I see a congregation more deeply affected than this, while I was insisting on the free mercy of God, as the Father of his sinful creatures. This scene brought to my recollection how the word of life was first preached, by our great Master, and the fishermen of Galilee, on the sea side, or in any place where the people were disposed to listen to the glad tidings. 9. Mousehole, Another fishing village, on the western side of Mount's Bay. A man had met us from this place at the former village, conducted us hither, guided us to a proper spot on the shore for holding a meeting, and went round and informed the inhabitants. About two hundred and fifty persons assembled, and listened very attentively to a discourse on the love of God. The majority of the hearers at this and the preceding place, were fishermen. 10. St. Ives. This is a populous town, and gives its name to a spacious bay on the north side of Cornwall. Here the people were assembled on the sand, near the sea, and I preached to about one thousand persons. Though it rained during the service, none of the congregation left the spot, but others continued coming, and the whole were very attentive. A sailor, of whom I had no previous knowledge, held an umbrella over me. After the service, two gentlemen came to us at our inn, and offered a large boat-house, for the use of any Unitarian Missionary who may visit that part of Cornwall, at any future period: they also agreed to receive books to distribute. 11. St. Earth. Passing through this small town from St. Ives, back to Falmouth, two friends walked round and informed the inhabitants that a meeting would be held immediately, a good company came together, I preached to them in the open air, and had a very attentive hearing. 12. St. Day, Is situated in the principal mining district. Here I preached in the middle of the day, near the market-place, to a pretty large and attentive audience. 13. Redruth. A populous town in the midst of the principal mining district. This was the centre of what is called the late revival among the Methodists, which appears, from what I heard, to have been a scene of great extravagance and absurdity. In this town I man met me, and said, "I bless God that a preacher of your description is come to this part of the country." preached twice, in the public street. The first congregation was estimated at five hundred, the second at one thousand per sons. 14. Camborne. A small market-town in the same district. Here I preached by the side of the marketplace, to about two hundred people who were brought together by two friends calling at their houses to inform them of the meeting. 15. Tuckingmill. A village in the same district. Here I preached to about a hundred people who were assembled in the street. 16. Pool. Another Village in the same district. Hele I preached to about three hundred persons, who were assembled at the front of the principal Inn. Some persons followed us from town to town, from village to village, to hear the different discourses preached in the four or five last mentioned places. 17. St. Agnes. A small market-town, on the north side of the country, surrounded by mines. Here I preached in the market-place to about one thousand people. 18. Chase-Water. A village in a mining district. I preached to about one hundred people, in a public road. 19. Truro. A large and well built town. Here I preached twice at the High Cross. The first congregation was estimated at more than one thousand, the second at one thousand five hundred or one thousand six hundred persons. The first evening after the public service we had some conversation and debate with Calvinists and others. It was agreed to renew the debate, at the time I had appointed to visit and preach at Truro again; but after the second preaching the Calvinists declined coming forward; though one of them told the people I was ten times worse thau the devil. The second evening I preached in this town, after the public service, I had an interesting conversation and debate with a sensible Jew. We had also conversation with several other persons. The Unitarian cause is not without its friends in Truro. During our journey in Cornwall, my fellow-traveler and myself, were much engaged in conversation with various persons, when not employed in regular and public services: sometimes with persons as we walked by the way, sometimes with those we visited at their houses, and occasionally with persons where we happened to call on the road. In one way or the other our time was fully occupied, and the great obe· jects which called us so far westward, left us little leisure or interval of repose,ill we had the pain of bidding farewell to our Cornish Friends. [To be concluded in our next.] → Some months since, on attempting to repair the Unitarian Chapel in this place, it was found to be so much decayed as to render farther assembling in it dangerous, The Society therefore determined to take the whole down and to erect another on the same ground, which being finished, was opened for public worship on Sunday, the 29th of October. In In the morning Dr. Carpenter preached from Mark viii. 38. The common duty of Christians openly to avow their principles was strongly enforced, to be deterred by worldly interest, by the unpopularity of their sentiments, by the favours or the frowns of men, or to be swayed by the indifference to Christian truth, too generally prevalent, was to deny Christ before men. In the afternoon Mr. Davis, who statedly officiates, delivered a discourse from John xv. 4-7, in which the nature of the union between Christ and his disciples, and the blessings resulting from it were illustrated, the duty of Christians to examine for then selves, and to make the Bible and the Bible only the rule of their faith and praetice was also strongly insisted on. the evening Dr. Carpenter again preached from 1 Peter iii. 15, 16. He began by stating the doctrines in which Unitarians agree with their Christian brethren of all denominations, next stated the doctrines concerning which they differed from the Church of England, the Calvinistic Dissenters, and the Wesleyan or Arminian Methodists, in doing which the particular doctrines referred to were quoted from the Creeds, Catechisms, and other writings of the different sects of Christians; by these it appeared impossible that Unitarians could conscientiously continue to be stated worshipers, with those who hold such opposite sentiments:-some of the doctrines held by Unitarians, it was observed, may no doubt shock many wellmeaning Christians; on the other hand, it ought to be considered that these doctrines could not be more shocking to them than many which they believed and preached were to the Unitarians. The Doctor's exposition and defence of Unitarian principles, breathing throughout the spirit of Christian candour and benevolence, and evincing an ardent zeal in the cause of rational Christianity, were delivered in the most impressive manner, and being heard with the greatest attention, will, it is hoped, tend to the removal of those prejudices and to the promotion of that inquiry for which they were so eminently calculated. The audience was very respectable and numerous each part of the day many friends from Honiton, Tiverton, and the neighbouring villages attended in the evening the place was crowded; and it was a source of regret that many VOL. X. 5 A 1 who came to hear were obliged to return for want of room. The friends of the canse were highly delighted with the whole service; and it is believed that few, if any, were otherwise than pleased with the manner in which it had been conducted. Dr. Carpenter has been strongly solicited to publish this sermon, which he declines doing at present. On this occasion a tribute of merited thanks was paid to the Christian liberality of the Wesleyan Methodists in Cullompton, for the voluntary offer of their chapel, in which the Unitarians assembled for public worship, once on each Lord's Day for some months past. May this Christian spirit gain ground among fellow-christians of every denomination. Unitarian Chapel, New-church, Rossendale. (See Monthly Repository, Vol. x. pp. 313, 392, 458, 461, 527, 596, 660.) Donations in aid of liquidating the debt (£350.) upon this Chapel will be received Road; Rev. R. Astley, Halifax; Rev. by the Rev. Robert Aspland, Hackney W. Johns, Manchester; Mr. W. Walker, Rochdale; and Dr. Thomson, Halifax. received a large parcel of Unitarian Tracts N. B. On the 13th ult. Dr. Thomson for the Rossendale brethren, from the Southern Unitarian Society and the Unitarian Fund. 722 Meetings on behalf of the French Protestants. Since the List of Subscribers, &c. was same Senex Cornubiensis, a present of a good copy of Taylor's Hebrew Concordance, valued at Mr. Edward Corn, Birming ham Richard Cooke, Esq. Yeovil stone . Rev. Mr. Wright, Rochdale Mr. Heywood, Bolton T. B. W. Sanderson, Esq. . s. d. 100 00 pears to have suffered no diminution, not- 10 10 0 5 905 0 5 1 1 0 Corrections of the published List: For Messrs. J. and J. S. Hancock, Liverpool, read Messrs. J. and J. S. Hancox, &c. For Mr. Hounsell, Bridport, read Mr. Joseph Hounsell, &c. The Committee of the Greenock and Port Glasgow Unitarian Associatian Fund having seen with extreme pleasure in the last number of the Repository, [p. 660] a Subscription opened in England for the infant church at Greenock, are induced to think that the same may be promoted by laying before your readers a statement of what has been done here since their last communication. The expense of erecting a chapel without any gallery, capable of containing 500 people, is estimated not to exceed 8001.; and towards this sum there have now been obtained in donations and subscriptions here and at Port-Glasgow, 2981. A few donations have also been made in Glasgow and Edinburgh, which may amount to 101. more. The course of Lectures formerly stated to have been commenced by Mr. Harris, were continued once a fortnight in the original place of meeting, until from a want of accommodation, the Committee procured the theatre where the two last lectures were delivered. At the first of these there was an audience of about 1000 people, while several hundreds could find no admission. At the lecture last Sunday evening the theatre was also filled and numbers went We have great pleasure in laying before our readers the following extract from the Morning Chronicle of Nov. 23: "The first public body which has espoused the cause of the plundered and slaughtered Protestants in France, held its meeting on Tuesday morning, and with equal pleasure and gratitude we inform our readers, that this signal service bas been rendered to our suffering fellowchristians by the Dissenting Ministers of this metropolis. Inheriting the wisdom, the virtue, and the courage of their illustrious ancestors, they have lifted their voice in behalf of the victims of merciless persecution. We hope it will rouse the energies of the friends of religious freedom throughout this country, and penetrate the cities and the Courts of Europe, and that while it speaks consolation to the oppressed, it will intimidate the instigators of crimes which have appalled the We understand that the benevolent and the good in every part of Christendom. meeting was attended more numerously than has been known for many years past, and that it was determined to apply to the government, and to adopt every measure which prudence, zeal and liberality can dictate." And what can human prudence suggest, or Four of the ministers of the Body of the Three Denominations, viz. Mr. Morgan, the Secretary; Mr. Aspland, for the Pres-ed to it, and consequently more particularly byterians; Mr. Wilks, for the Independents; and Mr. Newman, for the Antipadobaptists, waited upon Lord Liverpool on Saturday, the 25th. inst. and received from him the most satisfactory assurances of the intentions of the government with respect to the sufferers. Another meeting of the body of Dissenting Ministers is to be held on Tuesday the 28th instant, whose proceedings we shall record in our next. It will be seen by the Wrapper that the Protestant Society have taken up the subject with their wonted alacrity and zeal; and we understand that the Deputies of the Dissenting Congregations are summoned to take the subject into consideration. MISCELLANEOUS. The second Anniversary of the Norfolk and Norwich Association in aid of the Church Missionary Society, was held in St. Andrew's Hall, on Wednesday last.The Lord Bishop of the Diocese took the chair precisely at twelve o'clock, and opened the business with the following speech : -On an occa Ladies and Gentlemen,sion like the present, it is the duty of him who has the honour and happiness of being President of the Norfolk and Norwich Church Missionary Association, in the retrospect to state to you, in as clear and forcible a manner as he can, the transcendant importance of the object which the members of the society have in view, which is, in humble imitation of their Divine Master, to send chosen messengers to go into all the world, and preach the In the next gospel to every creature. place, to point out what are the best means of promoting the success of so glorious an object. With respect to the former, when we are told that the population of the globe which we inhabit falls little short of a thousand millions of persons, more than eight hundred millions of whom, like the people of Nineveh, mentioned in the prophet Jonah, are unable, as far as religion is concerned, to distinguish between their right hand and their left; it is impossible that a benevolent Christian should not feel anxious to convey the light of the Gospel to those who sit in such darkness, and in the darkness of the shadow of death: it is impossible that any sincere Christian can offer his prayers, and repeat day by day those impressive words, "thy kingdom come," without in some way or other endeavouring to accelerate the consummation of an event, so devoutly to be wished for. interested in the success of Church Missi- His Lordship's address was received with the strongest marks of approbation; after which the Rev. W. Mitchell read the Report of the Committee, which is now in general circulation. The Report having been read, the Right Hon. Lord Calthorp moved that it be adopted and circulated, which was seconded by the Rev. J. Pratt, who took an enlarged view of the various scenes of the Society's labours. The Hon. and Rev. G. T. Noel moved that the thanks of the meeting should be given to the various Officers of the Institution. The Rev. Mr. Edwards proposed the Officers of the ensuing year. Mr. E. Bickersteth having moved that a separate fund be opened for a Missionary Ship to Western Africa, this was seconded by the Rev. C. D. Brereton, The Rev. Francis Cunningham, George Glover, and J. W. Cunningham also severally addressed the meeting. Lord Calthorp moved the thanks of the meeting to the Bishop, who concluded the business of the day by a short address, expressing the interest he had taken in what had passed, and his determination to continue his support to the Institution. G. S. Kett, Esq. of Brooke, was added to the list of Vice-Presidents. Of the various eloquent and impressive speeches we are at this time unable to give even a sketch. The Sermons in the course of the week excited as much attention as in previous years, and we believe altogether about the sum of 1407. was collected at the different churches. On Thursday last, the General Annual Meeting of the Norfolk and Norwich Auxi 724 Intelligence-Last public Speeches of the Bishop of Norwich. liary Bible Society was held in St. Andrew's Hall. disturb the unanimity of the truly Chris tian Assembly, which he had thee the honour of addressing, by alluding to such attacks; adding, however, that the zeal which he had always felt, and ever should feel in the glorious cause of the Society, would not allow him silently to pass over any affront that was offered it, from whatever quarter it might proceed.—But it was no trifling source of consolation to the friends of the Institution to know, that the number of its adherents increased, whilst that of its opponents diminished; and that with such great and continued prosperity had their noble work of charity and benevolence been blessed, as to encourage the hope of sooner or later seeing every good man cordially joining to communicate the glad tidings of salvation to them that are near, and to them that are afar off. The Lord Bishop having taken the Chair, rose, and addressing himself to the numerous assemblage of Ladies and Gentlemen, by whom the upper part of the Hall was completely filled, observed, that to him, the presence of so truly respectable a meeting, called on such an occasion, appeared preeminently calculated to impress on every benevolent mind, sentiments of the most lively satisfaction, and of the deepest interest; and to inspire the humble hope that the Almighty would look down on their proceedings with approbation. It would be unnecessary, his Lordship said, on this the Fourth Anniversary of the Norfolk and Norwich Auxiliary Bible Society, for him to enter into a detailed statement of its nature and objects; he deemed it sufficient barely to remind his audience that the great principle on which the Association solely rested, was that of distributing the Holy Scriptures throughout every part of the British Empire, and of the known world. And surely there could he nothing more free from every reasonable objection, nothing more deserving of the public countenance and support, than this plan of rendering the conjoint efforts of every denomination of Christians instrumental to the accomplishment of so enlightened, so important a design. The superior excellence and divine authority of the Bible were acknowledged by all; and it was the duty, therefore, of every sincere believer in Christ's Religion to endeavour to diffuse the Knowledge of Salvation to the utmost extent in his power, by affectionately and earnestly uniting in an universal dissemination of the Sacred Volume.-The venerable Chairman then took occasion to advert to the Eleventh Report of the Parent Society, as affording the most gratifying as well as the most incontrovertible testimony to the truth of this assertion. His Lordship instanced, as particularly deserving the attention of his hearers, the Letter of the King of Persia to Sir Gore Ousely, on the subject of the Society's labours, and the proceedings of the Russian Bible Society, instituted at St. Petersburgh under the auspices of the Emperor, in which fraternal band were to be reckoned Patriarchs of the Greek, and Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church, besides a large proportion of the chief Nobility. And yet it was this British and Foreign Bible Society, the Bishop remarked, which had recently been made the subject of censure and reprobation, by a Prelate of the Church of England-of that Church, the very foundation stones of which were, the sufficiency of the Scriptures for the Salvation of Mankind, and the invaluable and imprescriptible right of private judgment in matters of religion. His Lordship expressed his reluctance to Mr. J. J. Gurney then read the Report, of which the following is an outline : The Report of the Committee of the Norfolk and Norwich Auxiliary Bible Society, satisfactorily states, that the amount of donations and subscriptions, during the fourth year has been very considerable, exceeding that of the preceding by about 1404, which have enabled them to remit to the Parent Society, since the last General Meeting, the sum of 17301. 3s. 9d. and that the aggregate amount up to the present time, of remittances to the Parent Society is 9542l. 1s. 10d, The Branch Societies in Norfolk are now fourteen in number. During the last year there have been distributed, or sold to subscribers and to the Bible Associations 2383 Bibles, and 1320 Testaments; and the aggregate number issued by the Society, since its formation is 13,340 Bibles and 6228 Testaments. The general operations of the Parent Institution have been marked during the last year, with new interest and increasing prosperity. Numerous Bible Societies have been formed on the Continent, and the Holy Scriptures have been largely circulated both amongst Roman Catholics as well as Protestants. In India the proceedings have been again supported by very large donations from the British and Foreign Bible Society.-The British Missionaries at Serampore, have now extended their labours to twenty-five languages, and in twentyone of these the Scriptures are in the press. In North America and Ireland the cause is supported with vigour and effect.---During the last year twenty-three new Auxiliary Societies have been formed in England and Scotland. The whole amount of the Parent Society's receipts during the year ending March 31, 1815, was 99,894/. and the expenditure 81,0217. besides very extensive engagements not yet executed. the course of the year, 126,156 Bibles and 123,776 Testaments were issued from the Depository in London; and the whole In |