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    the Society , and who promised , had bis life been spared , to do honour to the religious opinions which be embraced upon conviction , and to be a most useful member of the Parliament Court congregation , to which he belonged .

    In electing officers , Mr . AspIand who had been Secretary from the formation of the Fund in the year 1806 , was again put in nomination , and it was the unanimous wish , that he should continue in that situation . A letter from Mr . Aspland was then read by the Chairman , stating , that the ill-health which kept him from the meeting , 1

    would also prevent his undertakingso responsible an office . The following resolution was , in consequence , moved , and carried unanimously : " That the members of this Society learn , with deep regret , that Mr . Asplaud ' s ill-health prevents his again accepting the office of Secretary . His important , laborious and continued services

    have entitled him to their warmest gratitude . They are convinced , that the respectability , usefulness and permanence of the Unitariau Fund ; its gradual progress ; its present flourishing state ; the removal of prejudices against its objects and means ; the fitness of its plans , and tbe success of its endeavours , are mainly attributable to

    bis zeal , prudence , ability and indefatigable exertion . It is their hope and prayer , that his health may be perfectly re established , and his valuable life long spared to his family and friends , the Church of Christ and society at large . And although his labours , as Secretary of this Society ,

    he at present discontinued , they hope that he will continue to watch over its interests , and that he may enjoy the reward of his disinterested exertions in its behalf , by beholding the extensive diffusion of just and liberal sentiments of religion amongst the poor of this country . " The folio winggentlemen were then chosen into office :

    JOHN CHRISTIE , Esq . Treasurer . REV . W . J . FOX , Secretary . Committee . Her . R . ASPLAND , Mr . D . EATON , Mr . D . GIBBS , Mr . S . HART , Mr . C . RICHMOND , Mr . E . TAYLOR , Mr . J . TAYLOR .

    Auditors . Mr . A . HUTCHISON , Mr . D . TAYLOR . Votes of thanks were also passed to the Treasurer and Committee , to Mr . Wright aud the other Missionaries , to tbe Ministers who carried on the Lectures at Tfrorshi p Street in the last winter , &c . Between Two and Three Hundred of the

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    Subscribers and friends to tbe Pund afterwards dined together at the London Tavern . Mr . Christie presided , ' and contributed largely to the enjoyment of tbe afternoon * ,

    by the tery able manner in which be introduced the sentiments usually proposed to the company on these occasions . The meeting' was also addressed by Dr Philippe , Dr . Carpenter , Mr . Rntt , M r * Fox , Mr . Wright , Mr . Scar gill and others , on various topics connected with the Institution .

    The temporary suspension of the Unitarian Academy at Hackney , after the termination of the present session , on account of the inability of its excellent Tutor to encounter the labours of its superintend dance , until his health should be firmly re-established , was announced by its Trea

    surer . . * * * Tbe corresponding members of ihfc Unitarian Fund , and all persons applying * to that Society for information or assistance , are requested , in future , to address their communications to Mr . Fox , 4 , !> ttffolk-PJace , Hackney-Road , London .

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    London Unitarian Book Society . On Thursday , April the 16 th , was holden the twenty-seventh anniversary of this society . On this occasion an appropriate , able and interesting discourse was delivered by the Rev . W . J . Fox , at the chapel in Essex Street . As the sermon will , most probably ,

    be before the public previously to the appearance of this account , it would be sur « perfluous to give here any statement of the preacher ' s scope and arguments . The rules of the society not allowing of the anniversary sermon being printed at tbe charge of its funds , the publication of this was

    proposed by a private subscription . In the afternoon the members and their friends , to the number of about seventy , dined together at the Old London Tavern , Bishopsgate Street , John Christie , Esq . in the chair , who presided with his rtsual spirit and ability . In the course of the evening *

    the following" gentlemen addressed tbe chair on their respective healths being proposed : —Mr . Alderman Goodbehere , Mr . Fox , Mr . Gibson , the treasurer ; Mr . JEbenezer Johnston , of Lewes j Mr . Everett , Greek professor of Harvard Col * lege , North America , who gfave a very

    interesting account of the state of Unita * rianisui in that country ; and Mr . Rees , the secretary . The meeting had to lament the absence of Mr . Belsham , who , after attending the celebration of twenty-six .

    anniversaries of the society ^ to the formation and success of which he had , in various ways , eminently contributed , intimated through tbe secretary , that a regard to his health obliged him to . decline attendance ou all public tavern dinners .

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    Intelligence *—London Unitarian Book Society * 335

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1818, page 335, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2476/page/47/