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HOME INTELLIGENCE.
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CANADA , '
Extract of a Letter from Montreal , dated Nov . 27 , 1831 . 4 I take the opportunity of my friend ' s visit to England , to write you a few lines , and also to introduce him to you , well knowing you will
give him every information in your power . He is a Unitarian , and will inform you as to our situation in Canada , our wants , wishes , fears , &e . I have to return you many thanks for the publications obtained for me ; I have distributed them to the best of my power . I did not
answer the letter received from England , with the books , being in expectation of something being done towards the formation of a society . We are now making out a list of those whose support can be depended upon . But as few are declared Unitarians , it is somewhat difficult to find them
out ; yet every day brings some one to light . '
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36 tJNITAtllAtf CHRONICLE
Ireland.
IRELAND .
The Rev . J . S . Porter , late minister of Carter Lane , London , was settled as colleague with the Rev . W . Bruce , in the First Presbyterian Congregation , Belfast , on Thursday , February 2 . The Rev . J . Carley , of Antrim
prayed and read the Scriptures ; the Rev . W . Heron , of Ballyclare , preached from Prov . ^ xix . 25 . The Rev . Dr , Ledlie of Larne , in the name of the Presbytery of Antrim , inquired whether the congregation adhered to their invitation to Mr . Porter , and was answered on their behalf in the
affirmative , by J . H . Houstoun , Esq . On Mr . Porter ' s being asked-, if he adhered to his acceptance of the invitation , he replied in the affirmative , and gave a brief outline of his views in
accepting the pastoral office . Dr . Ledlie then delivered the charge to the pastor and congregation , and concluded the services . The meetinghouse was crowded by persons of all religious denominations . In the afternoon , about one hundred and thirty-five individuals ,
Catholics , Episcopalians , and Presbyterians , assembled at dinner , Dr . S . S . Thomson presiding ; having on his right hand , the newly-installed pastor of the congregation ; and , on his left , the Right Rev . Dr . Crolly , Roman Catholic Bishop of Down and Connor , ^ and jiext ; to them , members of
the Episcopalian Church . The meeting was one of singular interest , combining intellect with sociality , and the firm avowal of individual opinion , with fervent benevolence to all who differed . - ^ -Christian Pioneer ,
Home Intelligence.
HOME INTELLIGENCE .
Retirement of William Smith , Esq ., from the Chair of the Deputies . At a Meeting of the Deputies from the several Congregations of Protestant Dissenters of the Three Denominations in and within twelve miles of London , appointed to protect their Civil Rights ; held at the King ' s Head Tavern , in the Poultry ,
on Friday the 27 th day of January , 1832 , Henry Waymouth , Esq ., in the Chair : The following Address from William Smith , Esq ., to this Deputation , was read : — To the Deputies of the Three Denominations of Protestant Dissenters .
' Gentlemen , —After having for so long a period had the honour of occupying , by your repeated invitations , the Chair of this body , and having received , during many successive years , the most gratifying testimonies of
your approbation , I hope that , while I beg to decline accepting again this mark of your favour , ( if , indeed , the offer of it were intended , ) I do not unreasonably natter myself that my endeavours in our common cause have
not been either inefficient or unacceptable ; and that I shall not incur the chargejpf vanity by thus adverting to your kindness , and acknowledging the sincere pleasure which the reflection on our past connexion affords
me . ' It is nearly a century since our predecessors made their first apnlica «
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 1, 1832, page 36, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1809/page/4/
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