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    Unitariata public . Mr . Valentine , of Dis 8 , -while the Academy was under the superintendance of Dr . Evans , at Islington ; and , since that geutlenaan resigned the office of Tutor , Messrs . Squier , of Edinburgh , Chapman , of Chatham , and Taplin , of Lewes , were all educated under the patronage of the General Baptist

    Education Society . The readers of the Unitarian Fund Register ( No . JII . ) will learn how zealously three of these young ministers are eudeavouring to promote the Unitarian cause , while the respectful testimony borne to the character of Mr . Squier , in the Monthly Repository for

    March last , ( p . 181 , ) will sufficiently demonstrate the value of his services in the northern capital ; and , it is hoped , adequately plead the just claims of this institution on the friends of evangelical truth and righteousness , for countenance and support . *

    Subscriptions or donations would be thankfully received by the Treasurer , John Treacher , Esq ., Paternoster Row ; the Tutor , Rev . James Gilchriat , NewiAgft ** ton Green ; or the Secretary , MrW . Smallfield , Homer ton .

    At the close of the business the ministers and their friends dined together at the White Hart Tavern , Bishopsgate Street , Mr . Chapman in the Chair . In the course of the evening , the company was addressed by several gentlemen , among whom were Drs . Evans , T . Rees , South wood Smith , and Messrs . Fullagar , Wright , &c . &c .

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    304 Intelligencer ^ -Unitartan Fund Anniv&stfry .

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    Unitarian Fund Anniversary . The Annual Meeting of the Unitarian Fund was held on Wednesday the 21 st inst . at the Chapel in Parliament Court . The devotional services were conducted by the Rev . G . Ken rick , Rev . S . C . Fripp , and Rev . J . Fullagar . The Sermon was

    preached by the Rev . H . Acton , of Wai - thamstow . The preacher ' s text 1 Thess . ii . 13 , from which he discoursed with much ability on the grounds of faith and the excellence and power of truth . The Sermon , will , we hope , be laid before the public , according to the strongly expressed wish of the company at the dinner . After divine service , the Subscribers

    proceeded to the business of the Society , Mr . James Young in the Chair . As the Report of the Committee and the Resolutions will be stitched up with the present number , we need not detail them here . The case of William Roberts excited much discussion , and it was finally resolved , that £ 100 should be annually devoted to the support of the mission at Madras , As this was probablv the last

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    time when the Society would meet In the chapel at Parliament Court , iv was unanimously resolved to present £ 50 towards the erection of Mr . Fox ' s new Chapel in Finsbury , as an expression of the gratitude of the Society for the support uniformly rendered to their cause by the Parliament Court Congregation .

    At the annual dinner at the London Tavern , there were about 280 gentlemea present , Mr . J . T . Rutt * , in the Chair , who presided with his well-known ability . The Meeting was enlivened by the presence of the Secretary , Mr . Fox , who i »

    so far restored to health as to be able to resume his public and official duties . Hi » speech , on his health being given , was abundant in humour and strikingly eloquent . In the course of the evening several gentlemen addressed the

    company : Mr . Acton , Mr . Hornby , ( the Deputy Treasurer , who acted for the Treasurer , Mr . Christie , unavoidably absent , ) Mr . G . Wood , ( of Manchester , ) Messrs . Hill atflfcJTalfourd , ( barristers , ) Mr , Wright , and others . We lament that we have no minute of any speech but Mr . Wright ' s , of which the following $ s , we believe , an accurate report :

    " 1 rise , Sir , to thank you and this Society , for the very kind and too flattering notice you have taken of me . It is not possible for me to find words that will do justice to my own feelings on the present occasion . My connexion with the Unitarian Fund 1 have regarded , do still regard , and shall ever regard , as one

    of the happiest circumstances of my life : it has given me opportunity of extending my exertions , in a cause which will ever be dear to me as life itself , to the most distant parts of this island , and of labouring incessantly for the promotion of that glorious cause . I wish to express distinctly the obligations I am under to this

    Society and its Committees . They gave me , Sir , the whole island for my bishopr ic ; it is true , to this bishopric were not appended a palace and large worldly emoluments ; and what has a Missionary of the pure gospel to ^ k > with palaces and

    worldly emoluments ? But they gave me in connexion with this bishopric what is far more valuable ; they gave me their judicious counsel , their powerful countenance , and able and effective support , in the important work in which 1 was engaged : and what can an Unitarian

    Missionary need more ? With the weapons furnished by reason and scripture he may go on to demolish the strong holds of error , and spread successfully the Unitarian doctrine among the mass of the people . I cannot forget ^ Sir , what were my feelings , and what I believe were the feelings of others with whom I bad the honour of acting , when this Itisti-

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1823, page 304, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1784/page/48/