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Earl Grey, the Right Hon. Lord Holland, and the Right Hon. Lord Erskine, for the essential services which they have rendered on this and on every occasion to the cause of Reli. gious Liberty.

That the Thanks of this Deputation be given to Samuel Whitbread, Esq. M. P. for the able support which he gave to the said act, and particularly for the promptness and zeal with which he stond forward, unsolicited, to relieve the Protestant Dissenters, when the security, which they had long enjoyed under former acts of Toleration, was endangered by novel and injurious constructions.

That our Chairman, William Smith, Esq M. P. by the ardent zeal for and indefatigable attention to the interest of Religious Liberty which he has manifested in the various communications which have taken place with his Majesty's Ministers relative to the repeal of the Five Mile and Conventicle Acts, and the amendment of the Toleration Laws; by his able support in parliament of the act which has lately passed, and by his unremitting attention to the affairs of this deputation, has entitled himself to the warmest gratitude of the Protestant Dissenters.

That the Thanks of this Deputation are peculiarly due to our DeputyChairman, J. Gurney, Esq. for the great services which he has rendered to the cause of Religious Liberty in the late proceedings, and for his constant and zealous attention to the important objects of this Deputation.

That the Thanks of this Deputation be given to our Treasurer, J. Gutteridge, Esq. and the other members of the Sub-Committee, for the great attention they have bestowed on the important subject of their late deliberations and proceedings.

That the Thanks of this Deputation be given to the Committee, for its valuable services in the late proceedings.

That the Secretary do communicate the Resolutions of this Meeting to the respective parties.

That the above Resolutions be printed in such public papers and monthly journals as the Committee Bray think proper.

Ebenezer Maitland, Chairman. That the Thanks of this Deputation be given to Ebenezer Maitland, Esq. the Chairman of this day, for his attendance.

THE Spitalfields Benevolent Society have lately published a Report of their Proceedings. It is the object of this

Society to visit and relieve persons in real distress among the numerous poor in Spitalfields. The Rev. Mr. Pratt is the President, and Mr. J. Kincaid the Treasurer; by whom, and by the Committee, subscriptions and donations are received.

The Report states at large the pecuTiar circumstances of this very populous neighbourhood, in which there is an unusual number of manufacturing poor, and a small proportion of wealthy, tradesmen; so that the parochial burdens are extremely heavy, and yet totally insufficient for the relief of the distressed.

To alleviate the miseries of the wretched, this benevolent institution was commenced in 1811; by which 1041. 4s. 6d. have been distributed (in one year) to 107 families, containing 432 individuals; and this relief has been administered in about 850 visits.

Attention is paid to the spiritual as well as temporal interests of the poor. Upou inquiry, it has been found that in 1504 families, nearly one half, viz. 701, are destitute of a Bible.

Such was the want of employment, that, of 10,000 looms, 2852 were empty; other looms were not half employed: and if the case of dyers, winders, warpers, and quillers, destitute of work, be added to that of the weavers, how dreadful must be the sum of human wretchedness in this quarter of the metropolis: Contributions, therefore, to this charitable institution appear to be loudly required.

ORDINATION.Aug. 3, Rev. Kirkman Foster, formerly a Student at Cheshunt College, was ordained at pa Fields Chapel, London, a minister in the connexion established by the late Countess of Huntingdon. The service commenced at six o'clock in the evening; when Mr. Stodhart read and prayed; Mr. Richards delivered a suitabie introductory discourse, on the nature and object of ordination; Mr. F. related his conversion, and gave his reasons for offering himself for the ministry; which being satisfactory, he was desired to read the 15 articles of faith subscribed by the ministers in that connexion; to which he expressed his assent. Mr. Finley offered the ordination prayer; and Mr. Foster was solemnly set apart by imposition of hands. Mr. Ailey delivered a short but impressive charge on 1 Tim. iv. 16; and Mr. Lake concluded with prayer. A meeting, the savour of which, it is hoped, will not soon be forgotten.

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DISTRIBUTION OF THE PROFITS OF THIS MAGAZINE.

Ar a Meeting of the Trustees of the Evangelical Magazine, held July 228, 1812, the following Cases were approved and relieved:

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MISSIONARY COLLECTIONS.

Collections by the Rev. G. Collison, in the East and North Ridings of York.

Hull, Rev. G. Lambert's (Second Collection)

Cottingham, Rev. A. Kidd's

Swanland, Rev. D. Williams'

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A Friend at Salisbury, by the Rev. Mr. Sibree, Froome, 1l.-W.rol.
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Rev. Mr. Pyne and Congregation, Duxford

Edinburgh Missionary Society, by W. Brown, Esq. Treasurer
Some of the Children of the Congregation at West
Cowes, Isle of Wight, by the Rev. R. Adams

A few Individuals, 1. 128. and Sunday School Chil-
dren, 6s. by Ditto

Rev. T. Fisher, and Congregation, Harleston

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The Petition of the Ochipwey Nation of North American Indians,
to the London Society for Missions.

[Communicated by a Gentleman at St. Mary's Falls, near Lake Huron.}.
FATHERS and brothers, Teaders of the blind,
"Hear us, the wretched relics of our kind;
Once the free Lords of Canada's domains,
But wanderers now, a nation's poor remains;
Devoid of light, by vaja traditions led,
Yet not averse the path of truth to tread.
The Frenchman's God they bid us erst adore,
Soon as they landed on our peaceful shore.
Taught us the cross to kiss,to mea to pray
To please th'Almighty, this the only way.
Then must we tell the man in black, in truth
The sins and follies of our thoughless youth;
Sell off our beaver, produce of the chace,—
Present our silver, thus procure release
From past misdeeds. Then a new score begin.
While beaver lasted, 'twas not hard to sin.

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But now, alas! exhausted is our store!
And rum provokes us but to sin the more,
While silver's wanting to wipe off the score.
The sons of labour now usurp our soil, '
To us unknown the arts of useful toil;
To Western hill, and Lake Superior's shore,

We trace the path our fathers trod before;

But chang'd our manners, and our customs lost,

We scarce have strength to brave the winter's frost ;
Pursued by traders, who, with lust of gain,

Tempt with the draught that ever proves our bane;
Our reason gone, unviov'd, we then behold
Our wives and children shiv'ring in the cold;
Nor oft allay'd the rage that fires our brain,
Until a friend, a wife, or child, is slain.,
Each savage virtue to our fathers known,.
Forever from their wretched offspring flown:
To darkness, vice, and ignorance a prey,
And no kind friend to point the heav'nly way!
From crime to crime insensibly we're led;
None to direct the better path to tread.

But we have heard that, far beyond the sea,
You, fathers, teach and practice charity;
That you disclose a God, O glorious thought!
Whose love and mercy are not sold and bought;
But freely giv'n to those who seek in prayer
A Father's pity and a Father's care!!!
Hear our petition then, and quickly send
A kind instructor and a gen rous friend,
Who may dispel the mist that blinds our eyes,
And make us temp'rafe, sober, virtuous, wise.
Then pain and sorrow far from hence would fly,
Thankful for life, yet still prepar'd to die,
Our children's children, taught to lisp your name,
Should through the wide Cabean * spread your fame.

St. Mary's Falls, 18th Oct. 181 1.

* The West.

The Ochipwey language is spoken and understood by the Alganquins, Nipi. lengs, Otawis, Manomings, Patawatings, and several other tribes, forming a population, though widely extended, of more than fifty thousand souls.

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