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    relate one noble proof of M , r . Parkes ' s sense of the obligations of equity . Brought up in the school of Iiberul

    Nonconformity , he was naturally a friend to civil ami religious freedom . la adversity and prosperity , through evil and through good report , he cherished the same warm and devoted

    attachment to the liberties of his country and of the human nice , and shrunk from no effort to assert ancj maintain the independence of the mincl of man and the rights of conscience . He was neither ashamed nor afraid to

    seek the acquaintance of public men whora new laws , uncongenial with the British ConstiXutiQn , or arbitrary and hard constructions of the fundamental laws of the realm , had doomed to the loss of liberty , cm account of their exertions on behalf of truth and freedom .

    To the last , Mr , JParkes ' s active mind was intent upon some new useful labour , and for gome years previous to bis death he had been gathering materials for a complete Biographical Dictionary of men eminent for their discoveries in and contributions

    to philosophy and science ; a work \ yhich in his industrious hands , if he tad been allowed by Providence to complete it , would have proved a valuable addition to our elemejntary literature .

    His being one pf the founders of the Christian Tract Society is alluded to ia the memoir : the plan originated , in fact , by his fire-side , and eyery one connected with this useful institution can bear testimony to the ardour and perseverance with which , in every possible way , he supported its interests .

    The idea of honorary medals to accepted writers was his own , and these tokens of respect and gratitude were designed by him and executed at his sole expense . Mr . Parkes was from the bent of

    his mind and the habits of hia life ambitious of the acquaintance of persons of distinguished intellect or attainments , and he had } Ue happines s of associating on intimate terms with many whom to know is an honour . If from some of these he was for a time

    estranged—the circumstance must be attributed to the imperfection of human nature aad tjie occ ^ Uuml infelicity of human life . The jeiaium of this gcnUeujuH \ vei ; c

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    interred in tl * e , bqrial-ground of tjbe New Gra ^ sl- PU &haj ^ l , *{ £ a ^ oejr , in the same tomb with thg $ e , of hh eB , teemed lady , whose maiden uaipe $ as Twanaley . Kespectfut # q £ ic $ yv ^ a t ^ ken of his de ^ th by the Rqv « -W » J . Fox on whose ministry in Finsbiiry Chapel he was latterly accustomed to attend .

    He left one daughter , Sarah , the vyife of Mr . Joseph W . Hodgetts * Should any reader think this &yp . plementary sketch of the character of the deceased too extended , he m \\ at least pardon the Editor when he reflects that it is a tribute to friendship , aad that in resigning his power over this work it is natural that he should

    loo )* back with gratitude on one who during his management of it was < i constant supporter , an occasional cou * tributor and a faithful adviser . " Hev . Mr . SquierJ' P . 125 . This gentleman , since his removal from Edinburgh , has become the pastor of the General Baptist Congregation at Saffron Walden .

    March . "Revue Encyclopidique " P . 140 . This Parisian Journal is valuable not only for Americans , but for all readers that are desirous of seeing in one view the literature and science of the world . We

    have read it for years , and the one prevailing sentiment in our minds cjuring the perusal has been the persuasion that the French Revolution has not been in vain . The spirit of temperate liberty and of unsophisticated philanthropy breathes in every

    p ^ ge " . The Poet Law eater P . 142 . Our American correspondent is , we believe , mistaken in supposing Dr .

    Southey to have been " in the outset of his career a flaming Unitariaa . " He probably confounds the Laureate with his friend Coleridge , vvho was for some time a preacher amongst the Unitarians .

    " York-Street ChapeL" Y . 145 . This Clmp ^ l is oa the plan of that in Essex Street . The UeiVm ^ Liturgy is used . It i $ supported principall y hy the inuftifujcacQ of an iiuliyiiluiu . Xlithertothe plan has been to have

    , olc settled minister and supplies , chiefly from the country , and iur two or three weeks in succession , At the en . d of tlie present ye * ur tl ^ ere i ^ , understand , to b $ an alteration U ' - U * ^ gWtlcmeu < we cjogag . i ; us p 0 i ^ IiCl 1

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1826, page 704, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2555/page/4/