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Mr . Hornby , There are no arrears whatever , Mr . Young . Then there are no expectations of further receipts comiug in ? Mr . Hornby . Only such proceeds as may arise from the Monthly Repository . r Mr . Youn < 5 . I should be glad to know how much has been sunk upon that ? Mr . Hornby . 251 , during the last year , aud altogether between 200 / . and 300 / .. for which we have the copyright .
Mr . Youno . And you are looking for returns ? Mr . Hornby . Of course we look for returns . Mr . Young . As far as explanations gov I am satisfied ; and f have Only to regret that the receipts have not been larger .
Mr . Cormxl ; Sir—In rising to move the first resolution , I must express the gratification I feel at the Committee having altered their arrangements so as to have the meeting in the chapel this evening , instead of , as formerly , at the close of the service , when the attention has to a certain extent been wearied , and people
are rather disposed to retire than to enter into business of this kind . Notwithstanding what has been said in the Report , I cannot , after comparing the result of this year with the two or three preceding ones , feel so much regret or surprise as has been expressed by the * Committee . We must remember that when the union
of the several Unitarian societies which formerly existed took place in the formation of this Association , a number of life subscriptions were made , which came in then , and for a year or two after , which we could not expect to be followed up in subsequent years . I therefore cannot concur in the opinion that , though our funds are smaller , there has been
any falling off in zeal or the desire to promote the objects of the Association . I think that receipts in one year to the amount of 1000 / . may be called large , rather than otherwise , and 1 feel strong hope that we are making considerable progress , and that the good we are effecting is not only considerable , but on the increase . Sir , I beg to move ,
** That the Treasurer ' s Report is received , and that it be approved /' Mr . Chrjstib seconded the resolution , which was carried unanimously . The Rev . B . Maroon then read the Report of the Committee . The Report was arranged in the usual manner , and as it will speedily be ii > th « j hands of the Subscribers , a brief notice of its contents will ^ suffi ce . The most prominent topics iti the Home Missionary
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department were the votes to Edinburgh and Dundee , in order to facilitate the settlement in those stations of able and efficient preachers . Edinburgh , especially , is a post of the highest importance ; and the unusually large grant of the Committee ( 50 / . ) , together with the continued and most honourable efforts of the small
society there , will , it may be hoped , prepare the way for making a much greater impression upon Scotland in favour of Unitarian opinions than has yet been produced . The Report also noticed the labours of the Rev . R . Wright in the neighbourhood of Kirkstead ; the formation of a small society of Unitarian worshipers at Wootten-under-Edge ; the commencement of the erection of a new
chapel at North Shields ; the favourable appearances of the attempt at Northampton ; and various cases of assistance rendered to congregations in different parts of the country . By the Civil Right Report it appeared that it had not been found practicable to make much progress this year with the Unitarian Marriage Bill . The draft of the proposed Bill is in the
hands of the Duke of Welliugton , but attention to it in the present state of public business is scarcely to be expected . In the Book department several valuable publications and reprints were announced , and a list of grants , at home and abroad , to congregations and individuals , to the value of about 125 / . There have been purchased and printed by the
Society during the past year works to the number of 4366 copies , and distributed by sale 2788 , by allotments to Subscribers 1357 , and by gift 4903 , making a total of 9048 copies . Sundry plans were also recommended for aiding the formation of Vestry Libraries , making presents of books to students and young ministers , and procuring original tracts . The
Foreign Report was , notwithstanding the suspension of proceedings at Calcutta , of a very animating description . The coming of Joseph Roberts to this country for education as a missionary , the new native Hindoo congregation at Secunderabad , the distribution of Unitarian tracts in the south of Europe by means of individual converts in stations favourable for
that purpose , and an increasing and encouraging correspondence with the Continent and-with America , were the principal points . The remaining topics of the Report , relating to our Irish brethren , the approaching meeting at Manchester , &c , &c , our readers will Hud as severally embodied in the resolutions presented to the Meeting . Mr . Young . In rising to move the
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478 Intelligence— Unitarian Association
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1830, page 478, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2586/page/46/
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