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iBfcome ox the College , the amoutit of which should not be less than the amount of the annual allowance made for depreciation on buildings , viz . 2 § per cent , on the current estimated value of the Manchester buildings , and 7 % per cent , on the current estimated value of the York buildings .
That the said addition to the permanent fund should be over and above the addition now annually made thereto of the surplus income of the long annuities . In ptirsuaode of the above resolutions , the stim of 3261 . was voted to the permanent fund , being the amount of the depreciation on the estimated value of the Manchester and York buildings since the last annual meeting .
The chair was then taken by T . B . W . Sairderson ^ , Esq » , and the thanks of the meeting were unanimously voted to John Touchet , Esq . f 6 r his services as President . S . D . DARBISHfRE , ? Seci . etari _ J . J . TAYL . ER , § beci etan-s-Manchester , August 1822 .
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TJnitarian Congregation , Portsmouth Thb state of the Unitarian Congregation in this town affords the most encouraging proof , that the views of Christian truth entertained by them are well adapted to the spiritual wants of mankind generally . By adopting every allowable
means of exciting public attention , then laying open the pure and simple doctrines of the Gospel in a plain , earnest , and familiar manner , contrasting them with prevailing errors , avoiding ^ abstruse discussions , and constantly appealing to the Scriptures , the , place of worship which was for many years considered the gate of
perdition , and frequented chiefly by a few families of the educated classes , is become the regular resort of nearly a thousand persons of all ranks aud conditions , who gladly avail themselves of the instructive ministry of the venerable minister , ( the Rev . Russell Scott , ) and delight to bring up their families and their friends to the worship of the one living and true God .
Under these circumstances , some anxiety was felt in the beginning of the present year , at finding the ancient chapel so much in need of repairs , that it could no longer be used in safety : Aided by the very munificent donations of individuals and families connected with the
society , although several of them non-residents , the congregation has been ena * bled to put a new roof on the building , and otherwise repair and improve it , in a manner promising safety and comfort for a crotury to come . They have added a
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spacious vestry to contain the Subscription Library , amounting to about 400 volumes , and a room over for the Sunday Schools . Upwards of £ 1100 have been expended on these objects , anc } . tHey hope
to defray the whole expense without appealing to other congregati 6 ns for assistance ; but to accomplish this , their aid must necessarily be withjiolden for the present from objects which have strong claims on Christian benevolence .
The proprietor of the Crown Assembly Rooms in the most liberal manner allowed them to be used by the congregation gratuitously for several months , till the chapel was re-opened ob the 27 th of October . On that occasion the Rev . W . Hughes , of the Isle of Wight , and the Rev . J . Fullagar , of Chichester , ( whose
labours , in connexion with other ministers , at the Fortnightly Lectures established in Portsea and the suburbs , have effectually promoted the spread of Unitarianism , ) preached in the moruipg and evening to crowded assemblies . Mr . Fullagar shewed wherein the trtje glory of a Christian church should consist . Mr .
Hughes pointed out the advantages arising from just views of the Divine character . The gratitude due to those who erected the chapel in 1717 , was well enforced ; and a hope expressed that the " glory of the second house" would be greater than that . of " the first . " The society were congratulated on their
distinguishing name being now inscribed on the front , of the building ; and the Divine blessing implored that it might be as a house of refuge for the disconsolate and those who are wearied witji the weight of superstition ; un asylum for the persecuted , and a standard for , in-gathering the house of Israel . D . B , P . —^—
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We noticed in our last the intended resignation of the Rev . Pjbndli ^ bury Houghton in the ensuing month' of March , as one of the ministers of the
congregation meeting in Paradise Street Chapel , in Liverpool . We are informed that the Rev . John Yates has also signified his desire to retire at the same time . And we farther learn , that it Is the intention of the congregation to have only one minister in future .
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By the death of Mr . Smytjh , \ ( oon-inlaw of the late Duke of Gr ^ ft ou , ) a vacancy was creafced in the . represent action of the University of Cambridge . ut ft » rJH&r ment . A new elejctiofijtooh p& $ e w tfoe * 26 th and 27 th of : Noyemhe * ' . 'i&HB CH * w
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77 % Intelligence . P ~ -Unitarian 43 ongregutir > n y ^ rtmhouth .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1822, page 774, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2519/page/54/
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