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    ertions which I have made . You have been pleased to express your approbation of my humble efforts to amend the criminal laws of our country . You are all of you persons of some influence ia society , and especially among * those whom you love , and who ., no doubt , feel for you a reciprocal affection . Let me ask . then , that you will

    employ that influence in forwarding * petitions and addresses to promote the object which I have stated . ( Applause . ^ ) We are surrounded by the ministers * of the gospel , whose duty , as well as inclination , is to inculcate the doctrines of humanity . Upon the exertions of these men I may vely , and those who think that in ' principle we ous'ht not to forbear the severe

    infliction of punishment upon moral guilt , will be pleased to call in mind an observation which was made by a friend of mine , a conimoncouncil-man ( Mr . Richard Taylor ) who , when a member of that body got up and quoted the law of Moses as a justification of the laws of England as they stood , most

    aptly replied , by quoting the words of our Saviour , " Ye have heard that it bath been said by them of old , an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth ; but I say unto you lhat ye resist not evil , but that whoever shall smite thee on the right cheek , turn to him the other also . 99 It was the most

    ingenious retort I ever heard in public debate ; and will , no doubt , remind the ministers of religion of the spirit of the gospel which they preach . ( Applause . ) I have now only to renew my thanks for

    the honour you have conferred , and to re-assure you of my anxious desire to promote the attainment of those objects which have been so ably and so conclusively stated by the gentlemen who have addressed you .

    Among loud and reiterated plaudits the meeting was dissolved , and all present expressed their additional determination to afford to the institution , and to the measures then proposed , their best exertions , and to retire to their respective counties and congregations , and by their recommendation , to procure additional and universal support .

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    Unitarian Fund Anniversary . The Annual Meetiog of the Unitarian Fund was held on Wednesday , 2 d Ju * ne , at ^ Parliament Court Chapel , Artillery Lane , Bishopsgate Street , The devotional part of the service was conducted by Messrs . W . Je vons , ( of Waltliamstow , ) A upland and Crilchrist ; and a very able , ingenious and

    interesting sermon was delivered by the Rev . James Yates , of Birmingham , from 1 Timothy L . 11 , on : the ' Peculiar Doctriiiea of the Gospel . With great force , of Argument , and richness of historical illus-

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    tration , the preacher exposed the futility of the claims set up for the notions of a Triune Deity * and salvation " by vicarious suffering , as the leading and peculiar truths of the gospel ; and directed the

    attention of bis hearers to those simple , intelligible and important principles which are , in reality , the substance of the Christian revelation , and the diffusion of which , unmixed with human inventions , is the

    object of this institution ; concluding with an animated exhortation to its friends and supporters to persevere in exertions which Providence has already crowned with greater success than the most sanguine of them could originally have anticipated . The unanimous and earnest request of the

    Society for tbe publication of the sermon was ' kindly acceded to by Mr . Yates , and we trust it will soon be in the hands of our readers . After divine service , Thomas Oooke , Esq ., of Newport , was called to the Chair , and the Society proceeded to

    business . The Treasurer and Secretary then made their reports of the state of the Society ' s finances , and of its proceedings during the past year . The Secretary's Report was , as usual , ordered to be published at tbe discretion of the Committee .

    The principal topics embraced by it were the following : 1 . A missionary journey in parts of Kent and Sussex , performed by Mr . Wright , immediately after the last Fund Anniversary , in the course of which he visited Battle , Northiam , Rolvenden , Tenterden , Cra nib rook , &c . 2 . A much longer

    and more important journey by that indefatigable servant of the Society , in Yorkshire , Lancashire ., and parts of the adjoining counties , during the months of July , August , September and October last . Mr . W . considers this journey one of the most successful which be has ever made .

    It was undertaken at the suggestion of the late Dr . Thomson of Leeds , to whose memory an affectionate and well-merited tribute was offered in the Report , and who rendered one of . his last services to the Unitarian cause , hy some useful bints for Mr . W . ' s guidance , which be transmitted

    to the Secretary only a few days before his lamented death . - In part of this journey , Mr . Wright was accompanied by Mr . F . Horsfield , late a student in tne Unitarian Academy at Hackney , and now completing ; his preparation for the ministry under Dr ^ Morell of Brighton , by whom much effec tive assistance was rendered . Mr . Wright

    preached in many places which bad not been visited before by a Unitarian missionary , and in several , ( Tbdmord ^ Browi > ridge , Jagger-g reen JLdndley ^ Brtghousej Mirfield , Horley ^ Cropland ^ Salter Hebble , Qvend ^ J where the , Unitarian doctrine had never ween -preached before . 3 . A missionary tour ia Cornwall an <^ J ^*

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    394 Intelligence . — -Unitarian Fund Anniversary

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1819, page 394, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1773/page/50/