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    WESTMORELAND . In this county I could spend hut a few days * I preached in -two places in Kendal , lf The Presbyterian meetinghouse , three times ; the congrei gations respectable and very attentive : and

    2 , In the Unitarian Baptist place of worship twice ^ which which was well filled both times . I was much gratified with the Christian intercourse I had with

    friends of both parties . I learned from Mr . Kay , an elder of the Unitarian Baptists , that religious inquiry and knowledge are mak « ing progress in various places Jiorth of Kendal ; he verv

    orooerly keeps up a correspondence with persons in different parts , who were his religious friends before he became an Unitarian * 3 , Kirkby Lonsdale . There is one Unitarian here ; but there had

    been no Unitarian preaching . I preached in a room , which was very well filled , and the people were attentive . Having begun the business for them , I expect our Unitarian Baptist friends at Kendal will keep up an occasion , al lecture here .

    I intended , in the outset , to have extended this journey into Yorkshire , but found so much employment in Cheshire and Lancashire as made it quite impracticable .

    The preceding narrative is merely an outline , a very compressed account ; I have intentionally made it as short as I could , consistently with my design of giving a general view of where I have been , and what I J | ave been doing , I must beg

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    leave to add a few general remarks and observations . * { To be concluded in our next . }

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    Intelligence . — Manchester Quarterly Meeting . < 5 i

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    Manchester Quarterly Meeting ? Manchester , Jan . 20 , 1813 . The Christmas Quarterly Meeting of Ministers , generally denominated Presbyterian , in

    Manchester and its vicinity , was held at the chapel in Cross Strc et in MancheSv , ter , on De £ . 30 , 1812 . Twentyone ministers were present , whose number was increased at the

    dinner , which was provided at the Bridgewater Arms , by a considerable accession of lay gentlemen * The service in the morning was introduced by the Rev . Mr . Dean and Mr . Johns preached from 2 Pet . iii . 15 th and l 6 th verses *

    Platt was added to the list of places where the Quarterly Meeting is to be held in succession . In the evening , there was a service in the Unitarian chapel in Mosley Street , which was introduced by the Rev . William Allnrd . The

    Rev . Joseph Bealey preached an excellent sermon , rendered highly interesting by an unreserved avowal of a change of sentiments , respecting the Unitarian system . The next morning , theCommi tree of the Unitarian Book and Tract Society , in the counties of L ; uicas > ter and

    Chester , had their annual meeting . By this Committee the publication ot the two sermons preached tue day before , was unanimously requested . Mr . Bealey , in

    conse-* I have not mentioned p "> &ces in the order ia which I visited tlicai , but according to their relative situations : several places I visited more fchan once . For want of previous knowledge of their relative situations , J ha » l it ? ach travelling which might otherwise have been avoided .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1813, page 61, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2424/page/61/