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    once to nie , that froua this very circurastance , he conceived it could not exist in our West-Indian colonies , with the present political regulations there ; and I have , upon the same ground , some doubt whether it can exist to any extent in India ; for

    though there is not African slavery , there are castes , and the shrewd author of the "Spirit of Despotism *' attributes to the atmosphere of India , much of the proud , despotic principle to be met with among us . Is , then , the country of Nabobs more fit for

    the introduction of pure Christianity , thaji that of the Planter ? I ask this merely for information , which may be useful to others , perhaps , as well $ s myself , and which my worthy friend the Secretary for Unitarian foreign affairs , will , perhaps , readily afford

    through the medium of your pages . I cannot help sayiug , that I think it somewhat premature to attempt great thipgs in India , while many spots nearer home require assistance . Much good has been done at Portsmouth by the Southern Unitarian Fund , and

    could it have extended its labours either westward , or as far as Arundel eastward , I think mp ^ e good would have been done . It ha § not beep in the power of the ministers connected with it to do more than they have ,, on account of their official and stated

    duties , and though I have mentioned this to the Unitarian Fund , at the request of several persons hereabouts , no assistance of the kind we wanted has been afforded . I mention this , not as a matter of blame , but onlv as a proof to me , that more missipnary t been

    exertions than h ^ ve $ s y jnade migtit be made in our own country with effect . There are also throughout the country many small congregations to whom pecuniary grants to enable them to support a minister more comfortably and more respectably than they now do , would be highly

    acceptable . With these impressions on my jmnd ., I am not quite certain that we ought to give the " children's crumbs" to others . Sincerely do I hope , however , rthat in consequence of a liberality not yet shewn by the Unitarian body , ( for I consider Up uwiibeirs hitherto to have had inueh

    more zeal thaji charity , and to haw hee ^ m or e talkers than do

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    qretary will have their haads fully employed , and the most gratifying success will attend their laboart * Fro 19 one of them I should be gl&d to know , wither €€ Represetiteti&es of Congregations" ( according" tp the rule of the Association , 22 ) rn «

    attend the meeting of the General uom ~ tnitlee on the Tuesday ? It would seem by the wording of the rule that they are excluded . But will they not be able to give the General Comixiktee much useful knowledge ? Quite as much as the " Deputies of JSfaw trice dissociations ^ Besides , in many instances , there are no such

    associations . The same may be asked of Honorary Members , that is , the ministers of congregations giving three pounds ^ annually to the Association . According to this rule , they are to

    attend on the Wednesday : I do not know whether this or the Thursday is intended as the great day of business , of worship , and of conviviality , because if so , unless some arrangement different from what has hitherto

    obtained , be formed , there will be little time for receiving such reports . The rule 22 mentions also that sermons may be preached before the

    Association on the ey . ening of Wednesday , ^ jod the morning . on Thursday . Does this may leave this arrangement optional with , the Committee , or is the preaching of the sermons a decided

    matter t I trouble you with these remarks , $ ir , for rny own information , because I see my friend Mr . Fox has , in his letter , hinted that he has had intimations of annual assistance from

    different places , among which is reckoned ( Jhichester . I was not aware of this ; not that I mean it to be considered as my wish , that the members of my flock are not to do good , or to make

    good promises without the previous consent of their shepherd , but I shall be happy by understanding better than 1 do at present what we are really going *) abont , to assist the cause l > y coininunicat . uig such information to others . JOHN FJULLAGAR .

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    Sir , THE Unitarian Fund / ' by the rosojivrtioira Jfcaa&ed , » t the late Anniversary Me £$ iug , will in future be ^ v . a i ^ ew aaixie * vifc . that of The

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    Mr . Eaton * * Recount of the Rise and Progress of the Unitarian Fund . 337

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1825, page 337, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2537/page/17/