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British and Foreign Unitarian Association . The Third Anniversary Meeting of this Society was held on Wednesday , the 28 th of May . The religious services , at the Chapel in South Place , Finsbury , were attended by an unusually large congregation . The introductory and devotional services were conducted by the Rev . Dr .
Philipps , of Sheffield ; after which the Rev . Dr . Hutton delivered a discourse from 1 Cor . iv . 4 , 5 , equally distinguished by the soundness of its argument and the Christian fervour and charity of the principles which it enforced . We trust that it will shortly be before our readers in a form which precludes any , necessity for our attempting an imperfect report .
After service , C . Richmond , Esq ., was called to the Chair . The Minutes of the last General Meetiug were read by Dr . Rees and confirmed . The Treasurer read the statement of the year's accounts of the Society , by which it appeared that the receipts
amounted to 1069 / . IBs . 7 d . ; to which was to be added the balance of 359 / . 14 « . llrf . in the Treasurer ' s hands on the preceding account . The expenditure in the promotion of the objects of the Society amounted to 973 / . 1 9 * . 4
2 d . Mr . Aspland , Mr . Edgar Taylor , Mr . Bowring , and Dr . Rees , then read the Report of the Committee under its different heads . It has not been our practice , and we
do not consider it now necessary , to detail at much length the contents of the Report . On the present occasion it gave great satisfaction to the meeting ; it will of course be immediately distributed , and will , therefore , soon be in our readers ' hands .
1 . In what may be called the Missionary department , the Report detailed all the proceedings of the Committee during the past year * comprising those conducted by Messrs . Henry Clark , Latham , and Harding . It tjien proceeded to notice the cheering results of the assistance given in the establishment of a Unitarian Congregation at
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Northampton , and various instances in which assistance had been afforded to other congregations . 2 . In the Civil Right department the Report details the flattering prospect which had presented itself of the subject of the claims for relief from the operation of the Marriage Act being effectively considered , and the attention which the present Prime Minister had afforded to the Deputation which had twice conferred with him on the sub- *
jeet . The Report then congratulates the Dissenters generally on the successful result of the exertions of the United Committee for the abolition of the Sacramental Test . It notices also the beneficial alterations made iti the plau
of registration at Dr . Wiuiams ' s Library , and records the success of the Committee in obtaining and securing , for the Bridgewater Congregation , a liberal endowment , of which they had been , for a long course of years , deprived .
3 . The Book Report detailed the progress of the usual business of that department . With regar ^ to the Month ly Repository , it complained , that the assistance had not been given by the public which the Committee expected , either in promoting the sale , in literary communications , or pecuniary contributions . Without the two former modes of
assistance it was impossible that any exertions the Committee could make would establish the value and prosperity of the work . 4 . The Foreign Department comprised a great deal of interesting matter . The state of things in Calcutta , above all , furnished great ground for satisfaction . Mr . Adam ' s letters will be read with
great interest . There were also read some interesting letters from W . Roberts at Madras ; and the Report contained some valuable information as to the state of Unitarianism in America , derived from a source of the highest intelligence and authority .
5 . Under the head of Miscellaneous Observations , the Committee suggested a direction to their successors to prepare and circulate a short abstract of the design , plan , and history of the Association . The Report then noticed the state of religious opinion in Ireland , and after
Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1828, page 494, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2562/page/62/
