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    commission . < c In this scripture , the preacher directed the attention of the Society to the command of Chrit , to d « seminate his gospel among ail nations —his instructions as to the manner of doing it—and the promise of his presence as the ground of encouragement to Christian Missionaries / ' On the

    Evening of the same day ,, such members and friends to the Society as ^?? ere " stated communicants of some Evangelical Society , " to the number «> f 2 GOO , received the sacrament

    together , at Sion Chapel . Dr . Hawes presided on this occasion . Above 40 ministers were engaged in the service . Great order and decorum were preserved . Collections were made at the

    several places of worship , as under—Surry Chipel .... £ 155 16 8 The Tabernacle . . . ' . 148 18 4 Tottenham-Court Chapel . 149 5 o St . Savioua- ' s Church . . . 153 4 6 Sion Chapel i 6 z 13 4 Total 869 17 10

    In connection with the collections , it is stated in the official account of the anniversary , " that a short time since , a pious lady presented to the Society a beautiful diamond ring , of considerable -value , desiring that it might be sold , and the produce applied to the

    objects © f the Society , especially to the support of their mission to the Jews . ** No particular Intelligence is said to have transpired at the meeting concernins ; the objects of the mission , nor as far as yet appears , is any new missionary pla . n adopted . The Report of the Directors and the -Sermons are to

    be published . Jt is reported by some that have been in the habit of attending the Mis . ionary meetings , that this was l < rss interesting' and less excited the passions , than any preceding one , though not less numerously

    attended ; whether it be that the original Otahcitan scheme has nearly , if not completely , failed—that the projects of the Society are no longer novel- —or that the preachers were less able and popular , than those that went before them .

    The establishment and preservation of such a vast . Society , is a great and generous effort of Christian zeal . We shall rejoice it its fund * are not again

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    wasted © n South Sea schemes ; though it is too much to expect that such a mighty machine should be always directed by adequate wisdom . '

    LITERARY . Mr . BRANSBY , of Dudley , is preparing for the press—to be published by subscription , in % volumes , izmo . price 9 shillings ; Sermons for the use of Families . His design is to supply Unitarian Christians , with some plain ,

    impressive discourses , which , while they are calculated to as ; ist in forming and strengthening a spirit of enlightened piety and active virtue , are also unexceptionable in point of religious doctrine . He intends to select and

    reprint , with the permission of the respective proprietors of the copy-right , the Sermons , which he conceives to be best suited to his- purpose amongst tho ^ e already published , especially such as are least known , inserting at the same time several original discourses , which , some re pectable dissenting ministers have engaged to furni h . Trusting that the

    work , should it prove acceptable , will contribute , under the divine bte ^ ing , to extend the influence of the pure and simple doctrine of the gospel , as it may render Christian worsjii p and instruction in families more practicable and interesting , Mr . Bransby p ledges him ? : e . f to spare no pains in the execution of his plan .

    It is intended to publish , in a short time , AK ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MANUFAC'l UR . ES . The work will comprize accounts of every principal manufacture obtained from the manufacturers themselves . Every raw material will be traced from its growth , until it be delivered into the hands of the work-man , and the various modes in which it is worked

    up will be explained . Actual improvements will be stated , possible ones suggested - An account will be given in what places of the United Kingdom rnctals , and other useful minerals have been discovered ; which cf these are worked , and which yet lie untouched by man . The foreign articles of importation for manufactures will be elucidated , and tables of

    customs , Sec . given . The staple commodity of every town and district will be pointed « ut , together with the names of r ! ie principal manufacturers . The undertaking may probably be com-

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    334 Intelligence .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1807, page 334, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2381/page/46/