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arrived the l&th ult . in the afternoon , t » emg" the first day . of the week [ Sunday ] . Next morning' the . British and American colours were displayed on the flagstaff , which is plwyed on a high bank at the lower end of the town , about eighty feet above the level of the river . It was a
most gratifying sight to me and many others , who have uniformly reprobated this war of Buonapartean birth . The town seemed in a few hours one universal scene of tumultuous joy , which continued through the day 5 and was ag * ain renewed ou th * 3 morning of the 21 st by the news of its ratification by our
government . Every possible demonstration of heartfelt rejoicing- was continued through the day , and at evening the whole town seemed io a blaze . And thoug-h there was a deep snow on the g'round , an eminence across the south bay , about a mile from the town , was illuminated by a long * line of fires . Invention having * been put under requisition on the first sound of the
g * lacl tidings , numerous appropriate emblems were exhibited . The one which appears to have been most admired , was in front of Dr . Samuel White * s house , representing Peace elegantly attired , raising commerce , who was reclined on an anchor . On the opposite side was a ship unlading at a store ; and in another part of the pivtur-e was a sailor breaking in pieces the implements of war .
The next day being * the anniversary of the fbimortal Washington ' s birth , drew the greatest concourse of the members of the Washing-ton Benevolent Society ( besides crowds of spectators ) ever se ^ en in this place . Thus did the community at larg-e in a very general manner manifest how ardently they longed for peace . And
no wonder , for very few in the nation have escaped the injurious effects of the war . Thousands of mourning widows , fathers , mothers and orphans bereaved of a protector , and the necessaries of Vjfe . Incalculable multitudes have by the war , and its baneful precursors , embargoes , non-intercourses , and such like nonsenses , been thrown out of business to live as they
could , and if they could . And this has not been all . Its demoralizing effects have been deplorably great ! The multitude of idlers which such a state of things produces , have , as might be expected , produced effects in public manners , which have been , ' and still are , a source of sorrow , and even of terror , to the thinking aud better part of the community . ' *
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Unitarian Fund Anniversary . The Annual Meeting of the Unitarian Fund wa * held , ag-reeably to the Rules of the W ^ ty and to public advertisements , on ^ it-W ^ rtewfoy , tfte 17 th m » t , i * % h $ Vuitenw irhafvl , IVHaw ^ t Court , At %
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tiil « # fr Lame , Biifeepsgate Stteet . THer , ligious services <* eie conducted a * foiul -The Rev . W . Vizier , the f c i ** £ fe Chapely read th * hyinoa 3 the R $ T . f R Broadbent , one of thfe Tutors of the iv tarian Academy , © flferod up thte iii troduc tory prayer and read the scri pture . the Rev . W . Turner , of Ne wc * fctle * up <> h-Tyne
delivered the genei-al prayer ; and the Rev . T . Mad g ^ , of Norwich , preached the sermon and concluded the devotional sen vice . The senaon ^ founded on the jm . propriafe words of our Lord , " To the poor the grospel is preached , " consisted of a vindication of the principles anil objects of the Unitarian Fund . With * ¦; & . "
gular flow of eloquence ^ thk \> re&chzf tt ~ patiated upon the mild , benevolent and condescending g-enius of Christianity . He insisted-with great foree of argument trjton the attainableness oC Christian truth by all honest and dilig-ent inquirers , ^ reii though of humble capacities aid tf \ l mited means of improvetnent . He hew repelled with warinth the varions b ) ns 1
for withholdingassistance from Ghmtian assdeiatious , like the present . And fce concluded with an animated appeal to the assembly on behalf of the Society , introducing most happily a beautiful pftsfrge from Milton , on the duty » nd the hoftMr of hearing * open testimony to the truth .- ** The sermon , excellent in itself , wai delivered with an uniform animation tad
energy Which caused it to he felt bf all the hearers . By hia manner , as well as his matter , tJie preacher shewed that lie went heartily into his subject , aiid by both he made his way to the hearts of the congregation . We state this , as faithful reporters : H ^ he aaclierice willj ^ fe fc n& ^ , acquit the statement of ik * charge
dfextravagance or flattery . —Tho Clrajid ^^ well rilled and in indst phtt ^ crowded : on no former anniversary hav-e we wilncssed so lar ^ e and respec ^ We a cbng ^ re ^ ftti ^ The collection at the doors amounted to considerably , more than had everbefort been obtained . —Aften dirine service , the
Society proceeded to business , Mb . BtrrT ia the Chair . The Treasurer , Mr . C htistie , made his report of th « pecuniary staff 6 t the Fund , by whici » it ap peared that there had been two coug-reg atioiwl collections for the Society , < luring th * pa *| year , one ( making the third , we belike ) at Harrington , of III . the other at Nor * tvicky ( the Octagon ) of 2 W . 5 th&t < te » n £ the yeav the Boniitwm aniountW »
52 / . 13 ^; Od . the Life Subsciij > ti ^» w 51 / . 4 K Qd ., and the Annual (*™** Qd of tfee first « otiSequence ) to 3 ## . !*• a . Jkttd that the bailee in ft * rour of m *' omy ^ # mm . 5 * . drf . irw » Z "t * n a ^ tfe ed to be i ^ fei ^ d . —The fjfjg * - ^« *^ »* t *^ ^ 1 2 SSB * wf QmsMrn ^ * mb ^»« r ^ zf ? *** l « f ^ th « 6 iteti « itig m ten » i-wp ^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1815, page 322, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1760/page/58/
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