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    suits of the attempt have not of course yet reached us ; when they do we shall lay them before our readers , and we have no doubt shall gladly do so ; for , from the spirit of mingled piety and zeal displayed , we cannot anticipate a failure . ^_ We-abstain-fr-om ~ aiiy-application of the matter before us to our own country . When we read the account it seemed as if our American

    brethren had penetrated our secret thoughts , had seized on our frequently revolved , but still imperfect ideas , and had brought them to maturity ; so completely do the ' Proceedings' accord , in their general tone , with certain daily growing desires , and notions working themselves out of their first obscurity , which we have for some time past experienced .

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    The twenty-eighth General Meeting of this Society was held in Exeter Hall , on Monday 6 th May . The Right Hon . Lord John Russell in the chair .

    BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOL ; -SOCIETY .

    In the Report a respectful tribute was paid to the memory of the late Rev . Rowland Hill , who had been an active member of the committee for nearly twenty years , and one of whose last acts was to send a spontaneous donation to the funds of the Society . ( Hear . ) The central School , in the Borough , was in a flourishing state . Sixty-three candidates had been

    admitted to learn the system ; fifty-one had been appointed to the charge of schools ; eight schools had been sup ^ plied with teachers ; . fifteen missionaries had applied to obtain an insight into the system . In consequence of the extreme ignorance which was found to prevail in the agricultural districts , it had been determined by the committee to offer assistance to

    any persons who would endeavour to establish schools in those districts ; applications had been received from

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    fifty-one places , most of which had been met . The Report went on to state that there were many thousands of children in . the metropolis who had not as yet enjoyed the benefits of education . In France the Government began to be fully alive to the-importancenjf ^ rTn ^ r ^ t ^ Mnreli gious education , and were disposed to promote the system of mutual instruction : 1581 schools had been

    opened , 2 , 900 , 000 children were receiving their benefits . In the Ionian Isles there were 127 schools for boys , in which 4962 were instructed daily . Throughout Asia Minor scriptural instruction was rapidly spreading ; and on the site of the decayed Churches of Asia , schools were now in active operation . In Southern and Western Africa various schools

    among the Hottentots were in a thriving state . Schools were about to be established in Macarthy ' s Island , for the benefit of the Foulah tribe . In adverting to Sierra Leone , honourable mention was made of Mrs . Hannah Kilham , who , up to the latest period of her life , had

    cheerfully encountered dangers , m order to facilitate the welfare of the barbarous tribes of the West , and to prepare the way for the civilization of Africa . The income of the Society during the past year amounted to 2 Q 7 SL lOs . 'Qd . ; its expenditure to 3212 / . Us . 7 d . — Christian Advocate ,

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    The subscribers and friends to this Institution held their thirty-ninth Annual Meeting at Exeter Hall , on Thursday ,,-9 th of May . At an-early hour every seat in the large hall was occupied : the galleries behind the plat "

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    form were likewise filled . A second meeting was held in the lower hall ; but even this would not afford all the accommodation required . The services were commenced by singing " , at the conclusion of which the Rev * Mr . Douglas offered up prayer .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 1, 1833, page 185, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2615/page/25/