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    Christian Tract Society . The Tenth Anniversary- of this Society was holden on Thursday the 11 th March , at the Old London Tavern , Bishopsgate Street . At the meeting for business , James Esdaile ^ Esq ., was called to the Chair , The Secretary read the report of the Committee , in which an allusion was

    again made to the discontinuance of some subscriptions , on the alleged ground that so few new tracts are printed by the Society . The Committee allowed that the complaints which had been urged on this account were not wholly uncalled for ; but they had not had it in their power

    to meet the wishes of the subscribers or of themselves in this particular . They had received during the year only three manuscripts , two of which they had , with reluctance , considered as utisuited to the objects of the Society , as to their literary

    execution . Of the third manuscript , which *?»* from the pen of Mrs . Mary , ' Hughes Ibey had printed 2000 copies ; ; and , notwithstanding * a smaller number < j f the tract * had been circulated during the last .

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    than during the preceding' year , they hfed been ] obliged to repriut several of the old tracts , which , from their generally-acknowledged merit , * continue in conside - rable demand . Of these reprints 20 , 000 copies had been thrown off , and it was apprehended that two or three more of the tracts must be reprinted , before all the subscribers could have their allotments .

    The number of copies printed during the last year , ; had therefore amounted to 22 , 000 , which was an increase of 8 , 000 upon the number printed during the preceding year . It was also stated , that the amount of new subscriptions was nearly , if not quite equal to those which had been discontinued . From an abstract of the

    Society ' s proceedings , it appeared that there Iiave been 266 , 000 tracts printed since its formation , of which , about 16 , 500 were circulated during" the last year . ——Of these 16 , 500 tracts , about one-third Lad gone out in boards , no less than 500 -volumes having been ordered , by the subscribers , the country societies and * the

    publishers . And , if it may be argued from this circuinstance , that the subscribers have not an opportunity of distributing the single tracts so widely as they have had , it is gratifying to learn , that the Society ' s tracts are thought worthy of constituting a part of more costly libraries , or of being ; suitable presents for servants and other

    young- persons . The Society ' s present property was stated to be as follows : Balance in the hand of the Treasurer - - - 74 14 1 Due . from the publishers , country societies , &cl , part being in stock liable to be returned ... 165 9 8 Estimated value of the stock on hand - - - 239 13 0 479 16 9 Dae from the society for paper , &c . - 140 10 4

    Balance of the society ' s property - - - - 339 6 5 Thanks were voted toMrsf Mary Hughes ^ for her continued literary contributions ; also to the Treasurer , the . Secretary , the Committee , the Auditors and the Collector , ( Mr . Marsora , ) for their services during * the last year .

    . The following gentlemen were elected into office for the year ensuing : — James Esdaile ^ JSsq . Treasurer . Mr . George Smallfieldy Secretary . Committee : —Rev . Dr . T . Reesy Messrs . Frendf Hart ,. Bay ley , David Taylor , Holt , Watson ^ mchara * Taylor , tJ . Botvringj fV . X . Bartoriy and Joseph Fernie . Auditors : — -Messrs . John / Taylor ^ DQibbs and T . ( xibson .

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    New Unitarian Chapel , Boston . The Unitarian congregation at Boston , Lincolnshire , was raised by Mr . Platts , now of ]> oncaster . life is succeeded by Mr . Z >> TV . Janes * late of Natnptwi ^ h .

    Under him the congregation has flourished so much , that a circular , from which the following is an extract , has been issued , signed by the ] Vf inister , and Mr . C . Wrig-ht , Secretary to the Committee :

    " The place of meeting , which is at present occupied by the Unitarians here , is very inconveniently and unpleasantly situated , and much too small ; and it is considered essential to the interests of Unitarianism , that a more commodious and convenient meeting-house should , if possible , be obtained . . '

    " A subscription has been entered into , and £ 600 . raised in the congregation ; the present place of meeting is supposed to be worth £ 200 . ; the congregation has therefore a fund of about £ 800 . applicable to the object in view .

    iC The expense of purchasing land and erecting the intended new chapel , is estimated at £ 1260 , , so that the congregation is , at present , nearly £ 500 . deficient . Having already made every possible .

    exertion amongst themselves , the members of the congregation know of no other method of accomplishing their purpose , than the soliciting of the aid of the friends to UnU tarianism , throughout the kingdom . "

    We understand that the estimate of the price of the ground includes a sufficient upace for a Burial-Ground , —an object which ought never to be overlooked in the erection of new Unitarian Chapels .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1819, page 199, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1770/page/61/