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    ^ lissio nar y to the newly-conquered British settlement of Buenos Ayres , viz . the Rev , D . H . Creighton , one of the students under the care of the Rev . Mr . B ^ gue , who was ordained at Mr . Griffin- chapel , Portsea , on Friday , Oct . 3 , and sailed from Portsmouth , in the ship Spring- Grove , a few dijys after .

    A present has just been received by the Missionary Society , through the hands of Dr . Haweis , of 5001 . HIBERNIAN SOClETY .-TheCommittee of this Society for reforming and Calvinising Ireland have just published their Report . They tell their constituents , that " in the extensive province of

    Connaught , only two ministers are reported as known to preach the gospel ; and that in the counties of Waterford , Cork , Kerry , Limerick , Wexford , and Carlow , only seven persons are known to preach the gospely" that is , we presume , the gorpel of yokn Calvin > that " message of / wrath and injustice , terror and despair . " They

    say that it is unnecessary to circulate the Scriptures ,, &c . in the Irish language , as there are but few , if any , who can read Irish , who are unacquainted with the English language . They have sent Bibles , Testaments , and religious traots ,

    to the amount of 105 / . for immediate circulation ; and spelling books , to be sold at a low price . They have employed an Itinerant preacher , for two or three months , in the vicinity of Cork , and have -voted sums to other zealous

    ministers for itinerating . They have formed a plan , which appears to us in the highest degree liberal and praiseworthy , for instituting schools in every parish in Ireland ; in wfnch , as it

    respects religious instruction , no tract pr catechism of any religious sect or party is to be introduced , "b ut the Holy Scriptures only . The following are the proposed means of supporting them : — - 1 . The proprietors to furnish ground for houses and Fchoolmasters . —2 . Houses

    to be built by the parishes . * - —3 . Subscriptions by the inhabitants . —4 . Mpneyto be paid by scholars . —5 . Amount of subscript ions . donations , and bequests . The Committee have been favoured with cne voluntary offer of land for the above purpose . UNITARIANISM in AMERICA . —

    A letter has been received by , Dr . Toulnun from his friend Mr . Vanderkemp , formerly a Unitarian Baptist minister at Ley den , Holland ( who was obliged to

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    emigrate from his native country , some years back , in consequence of his attachment to the principles of liberty ] , dated Oldenbarneveld , State of New-York * Aug . 1 , 1806 . In this letter , Mr . Van-i derkemp acknowledges the receipt of a , parcel of XJnitaiian tracts from Mr . and

    Mrs . Undsey , which , he * ay $ , he has distributed amdhg his neighbours , ** with a success above hi $ warmest expecta ^ tions . "— Our congregation , " says he ^ . " is numerous ; numbers flocking to hear our worthy minister ( Mr . Johri Sherman , of whom an account is given in this volume of the Repository , p . 441 )•

    who is unweariedly employed in explaining the true gospel doctrinej and in promoting the kingdom of our . Lord , by his example and by his instructions . He is remarkably plain in his dJUcoures , delivers himself with eloquence , an 4

    preaches continually in the week , in the nei g hbourhood , in a circuit of twen ? ty-five miles . Twenty-six members , male and female , have joined the Reformed Christian Church since its organization . Above 150 remain united

    with us , as members of the United Protestant Religious Society , and attend our meetings constantly . The situation of our minister is very critical and delicate ? —so rnanyjarring sentiments to reconcile —so many prejudices to conquer— -so many animosities to assuage I but I doubt not that , with God ' s assistance , he will

    prevail . —An inhabitant of your island , a Baptist , settled not long ago in the Jerseys , has addressed himself to our minister as a persecuted Unitarian , and sent him some of his performances , which I have perused with a great deal of satisfaction . His name is Edward Sharman , ( This gentleman was , some few years ago , expelled from a Calvinist-Baptist

    church in Northamptonshire , on account of Unitarianism . ) He follows , it seems , the ( arming business . He appears zea ^ lous to promote here the true gospel dpctrines . Should jour minister ' s labpurs prosper , he mignt be usefully employed in these enVirons , " - —! Mr . Edward Sharman beings a stranger to Mr . yaiaderkemp , he prudently inquires into his

    " moral standing' * in this' country , a satisfactory account of which wi | l , we have no doubt , be spcecfijy transpiitte ^ to him ! The issue will be 3 we ibndly hope , that Mr . E . Sharman , and Mr . Jo hn Sherman will be fellowr-workers in the cause ol Christ , < - ¦• •

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    668 Politico-Religious and Literary Intelligence .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1806, page 668, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1731/page/52/