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    huwever ,, voted out of the public purse , or rather out of the public credit , ( for the money must be borrowed , ) to erect new churches or repair and enlarge old ones : another million is expected to be voted to Scotland and Ireland , in neither of which kingdoms is there , as far as we cat ) see ,

    ^ . ny necessity for the measure . In Scotland chapels of all sorts , and amongst them Episcopal Dissenting chapels , Episcopacy being heresy and schism beyond the Tweed , increase with the population ; 3-nd in Ireland , there are churches without number which have up Protestant population around them * and which are ,

    therefore , frequented bj ^ only the twos and the threes ^ and very few places where the erection of churches would add to the number of Protestant worshipers . If money must be voted for Scotisb and Irish churches , the vote will be effective only hy a ) low ing * the population of any place scantily * accommodated with ecclesiastical

    buildings , to determine to wnich communion the edifice shall belong . But this is zn act of charity , or rather of justice , for which the British government is not yet prepared . Every thing- that is needful for the support and dignity of the National establishment , may he surely left to the zeal of its members . So thinks the Bishop of Chester . The . Cathedral at Chester Is

    in a state of dilapidation , and it is estimated that £ 7000 are wanted for its decent repair . " The funds of the Capitular body are unequal even to the annual expenses of the Cathedral , " and , therefore , the bishop has issued a circular to his clergy , commanding them to preach a

    sermon and make personal applications , each in his respective parish , to provide hy a benevolence the aforesaid sum . This is better than going to the Treasury : but it seems odd , that so richly endowed a church , as that of England , should not be able to take care of its sacred edifices

    out of its immense and perpetually increasing revenues . A vigilant and economical parliament , really representing the people , would institute a diligent inquiry into this matter . ¦ ? ' MMk ^^ l ^ HteM ^ ' - '

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    varied talents of « nind , unremittingly exercised to promote the happiness and comfort of his fettow-creatttres—so eminent in his medical capacity , by the ' skill and tenderness which he uniformly displayed i ^ the discbarge of bis duties—so sincere and zealous a friend to the cause of

    what he regarded pure and undented religion—and so exemplary in his whole deportment , cannot die , without feelings of deepest interest and regret being awakened in the breasts of his surviving friend * . It would be a difficult task to delineate , in any adequate manner , the character of

    our departed friend , his excellencies of heart and mind were so many and great , whilst his failings were so few and trifling ; nor is it necessary to enter upon this task . Dr . Thomson ' s character w&s generally well known , justly appreciated , highly revered , and will long be cherished in the memory with sincere esteem . But it will

    be a pleasing and satisfactory intelligence to his numerous friends , to be informed * that a wish has been expressed , and is about to be indulged ; which , whilst boMOur will be reflected upon those who concur in it , presents the means of transmitting his name to after generations , in a way , that shall secure their respect and calf for their imitation .

    At a meeting of tfce ministers and their friends , belonging to the West-Riding of Yorkshire Association of Protestant Dissenters , usually denominated Presbyterian * which was held at Huddersiield , on the 11 th instant , a resolution Was moved by the Rev . Charles Wellbeloved , to the following "

    effect , and being- seconded , was unanimously assented to , — - " That though om deceased friend Dr . Thomson , will live in the recollections of all of his contemporaries who had the happiness of his acquaintance , and though the i » est tribute of respect his survivors can pay to his memory will be to imitate bis virtues and endeavour to

    fulfil his designs of public usefulness , yet , that it is desirable that some permanent memorial of him be erected to transmit his name with honou r to posterity ; that , therefore , a Monumental Tablet be erected to his memory , the expense to be defrayed by unsolicited subscriptions / 9 , A committee , of which the Rev . Richard Astley , of Halifax , was appointed Chairman , was forthwith nominated With power to add to their numbers , to carry the above resolution into eftecft . At a meeting of the committee , jbeld at Et ? ridge > Hotel , Yorl j ^ this day , th ^ following resolutions were unanimously adopted : ' ^

    That the committee i * e enlarged , and te consist of the folio wing ^ eutlenxjn ; „/*?* ^ d ^ &h , ftffit ** * ( J ^ irmpn ; William Bkiogs , Esq . Halifax , ; Treasurer . ttev . Charles Well be cored , York , Rev

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    Intelligence *—Monument to the late Dr . Thomson . 469

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    Monument to the late Dr . Thomson . The late Jobn Thomson , M . D ., was so highly respected and beloved by a very large acquaintance , consisting- of persons from every denomination in religion and party in politics , that his death has excited

    a powerful and widely-extended sensation of regret , on account of the loss which society in general has * ust * ineri by the event ; and of sympathy for those more intimately connected ifatfi him by the ties of near relationship pr heart-felt attachment A . man so ^ isting- ' ufched bv grp& t and

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1818, page 469, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2478/page/61/