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INTELLIGENCE.

Second Unitarian Chapel at Nottingham.

At Radford, a populous suburb of Nottingham, a small Unitarian congregation has been raised by the judicious and persevering labours of Mr. JONATHAN HOLMES, formerly a local preacher amongst the Methodists. Hitherto, they have met in a very inconvenient room, (on a first floor,) but are obliged to seek other and better accommodation; and under the countenance of their friends of the other congregation, the High-Paveinent, at Nottingham, and the recommendation of the two ministers of that congregation, viz., the Rev. J. Tayler, and the Rev. B. Carpenter, are building a small and plainly furnished chapel, for the completion of which they stand in need of some further help from the Unitarian public, which will, we doubt not, he readily granted. The cost of the ground and of erecting the Chapel is estimated at five hundred pounds. One hundred and twenty pounds have already been collected among the members of the High-Pavement society in Nottingham and at Radford; from the junior members of the former of which are chosen the Trustees of the new Chapel in Radford.-The Society at Radford has combined education with religious instruction, and the new building is to answer the purposes of a school-room as well as a House of Prayer. The congregation have already maintained a Sunday-school, containing about 100 scholars. Mr. Holmes has drawn up an interesting account of his religious progress, which has been sent to us by the ministers above named, and will be inserted in our next number.-Subscriptions for the Chapel will be received in London by the Rev. R. Aspland, Mare Street, Hackney; and by the Rev. Dr. Rees, Kennington: and at Nottingham, by Mr. William Enfield, Treasurer, and the Rev. James Tayler.

Anniversary of Third Unitarian Chapel, Manchester. This Chapel is in Salford, a populous part of Manchester, and is called the Green-Gate Chapel. The Rev. J. R. BEARD, late of the York College, is the minister. The erection of the Chapel, which is spacious, cost a large sum of money, of which about 500%. remains undischarged, and on account of which the managers appeal to the liberality of individuals, congregations, and Fellowship Funds. It is a strong recommendation of this case, that there are an adult and a Sunday School attached to the chapel, the latter consisting of 100 scholars.

The religious services of the Anniversary were conducted on Sunday, Jan. 1st, by the Rev. E. Higginson, of Derby, and the Rev. J. H. Bransby, of Dudley. The next day the social part of the Anniversary followed, when 140 persons sat down to a

dinner provided in the school-room, RICHARD POTTER, Esq. in the Chair. Many free and enlivening sentiments were proposed from the Chair, with appropriate and interesting observátions. On giving Mr. Beard's health, the Chairman said, "I now come to a subject more immediately connected with the object of our meeting; and when I reflect upon the comparative trifling beginning of this Society, the Anniversary of which we are assembled to celebrate, the slender means they had at first to work on, and above all the trying difficulties they have had to encounter; I am struck with astonishment and admiration at observing what great and important results often take place from the most apparently insignificant, and inauspicious commencements: but when those connected with the subject engage in it with that ardour and perseverance which the persons have done who originated and have brought the Green-Gate Society to its present state, what difficulties are there which may not be overcome, what is there which cannot be accomplished? I have witnessed with great delight the rise and progress of this Society, and the able and excellent manner in which its concerns have been managed, but no part of their proceedings, in my humble opinion, has been more judicious and fortunate, or has reflected more credit upon them, than that of their choice of a Minister. To a new congregation they did well to look out for a Minister not only possessed of ability suitable for the situation, but what I consider of the utmost importance, endowed with spirit and zeal to explain and enforce the doctrines of Christianity. That they have been successful, most of you whom I have the honour to address can bear witness. I have myself frequently had the pleasure, and I hope I may add been edified at hearing the manner in which my friend conducts his public services, and I think there is every prospect of the happiest results following; for no man can hear Mr. Beard without being convinced that his whole heart and soul are engaged in the work he has undertaken to do. I have only to add my most sincere wishes, that the connexion thus commenced may be a long, a happy, and a mutually beneficial one."

Mr. Beard's reply, was cordially received. We regret that we are favoured with only a very short sketch of it. He said that, during the time he was at the York College, he found the greatest satisfaction and edification from being a member of the College Missionary Society, and looked back with great delight at the readiness and apparent attention with which his fellow-students and he had been heard and the kindness they experienced from several of the inhabitants in the towns and villages in which they preached. He observed, that it had long appeared to him of great importance that more time and attention should be devoted to preaching and explaining our doctrines to those in humble life, amongst whom they were much misunderstood and misrepresented. He considered it a happiness that a considerable portion of the congregation it was

his privilege to be connected with, were persons in the middle and working class, and he had experienced great delight at the attention with which his services, and particularly his lectures, were listened to. And he concluded with expressing his determination to persevere in that course in which he had begun his ministry, and which he had reason to hope was satisfactory and edifying.

American Unitarian Association.

WE give in the present number the plan of the British and Foreign Unitarian Association: we believe we have not yet recorded the formation, and about the same time, of a similar society in the United States of America. We are reminded of this Association of our Transatlantic brethren for Unitarian objects, in a letter from a friend at Philadelphia, dated December 19, of which the following is an extract:

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"On the 25th of May last, at Boston, an association was formed, which is styled The American Unitarian Associa- tion:' its declared objects are, 1. To collect and diffuse information respecting the state of Unitarian Christianity in our country. 2. To promote union, sympathy, and co-operation among liberal Christians. 3. To publish and distribute books and tracts inculcating correct views of religion, in such form and at such price as shall afford all an opportunity of becoming acquainted with Christian truth. 4. To employ missionaries, especially in such parts of our country as are destitute of a stated ministry. 5. To adopt whatever other measures may hereafter seem expedient, such as contributions in behalf of clergymen with insufficient salaries, or in aid of building churches, &c., &c.'-These are the words of the instrument."

Religious Intolerance towards a Child. SIR, Collumpton, Jan. 8, 1826. YOUR correspondent had entertained a hope, that the time was at hand when your motto might be dispensed with, but the two articles on intolerance in your Reformer, (XI. 419, 427,) and the following specimen of bigotry, confirm the truth of the remark, that "the dregs of the Church of Rome are not yet sufficiently washed from the hearts of many men."

A free school is founded in this town upon the general principle of such institutions, supported by Churchmen and Dissenters, but under the superintendence of the higher powers in the Establishment. It is customary to give the scholars a dinner on Christmas-day. This happening on a Sunday, the dinner was put off till the next day, previous to which all the scholars had received an invitation and instructions to attend. When the long-wished-for morning arrived, they, with gladsome hearts and countenances beaming with gratitude, attended in due time

and order to partake of a repast, such as some of them enjoy perhaps but once a year; but while one of these dear children (a child six years old) was indulging the pleasing thought, he was accosted by a superintendent with "Where did you go yesterday?" "To the meeting, Sir," was the reply (namely, the Unitarian chapel, where he is under the care of his parents). "Then where you go on Sundays, there go for your dinner," and immediately sent him home with a heart bursting with sorrow and disappointment.

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I could furnish you with a few more instances of intolerance and persecution which the Unitarians in Collumpton have had to endure; but this shall suffice at present; to us they are not grievous, but joyous, for we rejoice in that we are counted worthy to suffer for his name's sake who hath said, If they have persecuted me they will also persecute you. But rejoice and be exceeding glad, for great is your reward in heaven; for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you."—It is now about a twelvemonth since we lost a venerable friend and pastor, the late Rev. John Davis, "at the remembrance of whose worth friendship drops a tear." Then "by the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, yea we wept when we remeinbered Zion." Having but little or no prospect of giving another minister an adequate salary, being but few in number and most of the few poor, and having been bereaved of those who had chiefly supported the cause for a series of years, we had sunk under the stroke had not the Lord been on our side, who hath turned our sorrowing into joy and lifted upon us the light of his countenance; and I am happy to inform you, that a spirit of inquiry is excited in the town and neighbourhood, that our numbers are considerably increased, and the chapel well filled with attentive hearers. H. H.

Negro-Slavery.

THIS subject is exciting great attention all over the kingdom. Numerous petitions have been sent up to both Houses of Parliament, and more are contemplated, from congregations, societies, towns and counties. The Dissenting Ministers of the Three Denominations are amongst the petitioners. In a short time, the great question will be discussed in Parliament. What is wanted is that the colonies should be obliged to take measures for the improvement of the condition of the slaves, that they may by degrees be prepared for freedom, If the WestIndia planters would lose any thing by the measures adopted, let them be indemnified; but let not this foul stain remain any longer upon the character of England. There is reason to hope that the present stir in behalf of the Negroes will not be in vain. His Majesty's Ministers are generally favourable to measures of amelioration; the West-India proprietors alone stand in the

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way; but they cannot surely long resist both the government and the people. To such as wish fully to understand the subject and to see one of the best pamphlets ever written, we recommend “An Address to the Electors of Great Britain,' headed England Enslaved by her own Colonies, by Mr. STEPHEN, the Master in Chancery.

OBITUARY.

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Nov. 16. Stockton-on-Tees, ELIZABETH ELLERBY, aged 23. After an illness of eight or nine days, this excellent young person was suddenly removed from this state of existence. Her religious principles were fully exemplified in her practice. Her whole deportment was kind, gentle, and unassuming. One proof of the sweetness of her temper, and of her self-command, is worthy of record. The last seven years of her life she spent with an uncle and aunt; during which time, they never heard her utter a single word expressive of anger or resentment. Her conduct was marked by a degree of seriousness, prudence, and modesty, rarely found in so young a person. Her uniform attendance on divine worship; the readiness which she always manifested of making herself useful, especially in promoting the objects of a newly-established Sunday-school, had gained for her the respect and esteem of the Unitarian society of this place, of which she was a member. While her elder relatives mourn in her the loss of a dutiful and affectionate daughter, and her younger ones $ a kind sister, her fellow-worshipers must regard her removal as having made a vacancy amongst them which will not be speedily filled up. Though the decease of this amiable young person is to her relatives an afflictive dispensation, to herself, we confidently trust, it is a happy change. She has been taken from life without experiencing many of its sorrows; and is removed to a fairer and brighter clime, where her virtues will bloom with increasing vigour. May her mourning relatives and friends seek for peace and comfort in the remembrance of her many excellent qualities, and in the hope that, when they shall have waited their appointed time here, they will be re-united to her in those heavenly mansions which our Lord and Saviour is gone to prepare for all his faithful followers!

CORRESPONDENCE.

J. M.

COMMUNICATIONS have been received from Messrs. J. Philp ; J. Emons; and N. Rundell: also from the transcriber of the Parable and W. T., who is requested to furnish the full title of the book and the page from which he copies: the last sentence in his MS. is unintelligible.

We insert the communications of our Correspondents whenever we think they are appropriate and will be useful, and are sorry when from any cause we are not able to make use of them.

Mr. MOORE wishes us to notice an Erratum in his Letter in the last number, p. 24, 1. 9, from the bottom, where the word inference should be used only once, as the last word of the sentence.

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