as unworthy of notice? As the Noble Bible Society. character of Louis; but he considered that he, as well as our own Prince Regent, had the misfortune to be dependent on others. After hearing the whole case made out by the Noble Lord, he had no doubt that, under all its circumstances, the letter of the Duke of Wellington was wholly unjustifiable on the facts. He would not divide the House, but he felt satisfied that the result of this discussion would be beneficial. After a few words of explanation from Lord Binning and Lord Castlereagh, the question was put and negatived. The Expenditure of the Year, The Chancellor of the Exchequer, "You will perceive, my Lord, that I am particularly alluding to a very remarkable transaction, which has distinguished the past year; and which differed so widely from diplomatic forms, and from the principles of ordinary policy, that it is not sur 103680 13 3 36000 0.0 prising that at first it should have excited some degree of jealousy and suspicion-I mean the Secret Treaty, concluded and signed at Paris, by the Emperors of Austria and Russia, and the King of Prussia. The confused and imperfect notions of this procceding, which at first crept out, naturally occasioned curiosity, and even alarm, rather than confidence; but to those who had the opportunity of being ac Intelligence.Secession from the Church. quainted with the real and genuine history of this arrangement, and of knowing the sincerity and integrity of the principles from which it originated, it afforded the gratifying, and hitherto unprecedented spectacle, of a union of Christian Sovereigns, differing in their respective modes of religious persuasion, but agreeing in a public re-. cognition of the divine authority of the gospel, and binding themselves, by a solemn compact, to adopt its precepts as the rules of their policy and conduct. I feel it my duty to add, that, though legal and constitutional difficulties prevented the Sovereign of this country from acceding in form to this Treaty, yet this Government was confidentially acquainted with every stage of the proceeding, and fully concurred in its principles and spirit. It was not, however, till the return of the Emperor of Russia to St. Peters burg, that it received the fullest elucidation. When we learn, from the Report we have heard, the zeal with which that great Sovereign entered into the concerns of the Bible Society, it becomes impossible longer to hesi tate as to the real sentiments and intentions of his heart, in the transaction we have been considering. In giving the Bible to every nation of his vast dominions, in its own language, he fixed the real and most appropriate raufication to the Christian Treaty." The impression made by the late Anniversary of this Society, is well expressed in the following passage, from the conclusion of the Report :-- "It is indeed impossible to contemplate the effects produced by the British and Foreign Bible Society, so conspicuously displayed in the attention which it has excited to the supreme importance of the holy Scriptures, in the unparalleled efforts for the diffusion of them, and in the extension and enlargement of charitable feeling, without emotions of the purest delight, the warmest gratitude, and the most cheering anticipation. "In humble dependence on the favour of Almighty God, deriving efficiency from the public bounty, and with no other recommendation than the simplicity of its principle, and the benevolence of its design, the British and Foreign Bible Society has gone forth from strength to strength, triumphantly opposing the 433 attempts of Infidelity to discountenance the truths of Divine Revelation, imparting its spirit to Christians all over the world, animating their zeat, and aiding their exertions, accompanied by their prayers, and rewarded by their benedictions. The Members of the Institution have the amplest grounds for rejoicing in the glorious privilege which they exercise of dispensing the bounty of the Most High. The charity to which they have devoted theniselves, in humble imitation of that divine love which, in its dispensation of mercy, offered the gospel of salvation to all mankind, embraces the whole human race, without distinction of colour or country, of friend or foe; connecting the scattered nembers of the Christian community by the sacred ties of a religion which considers all men as brethren, the children of one cominon Father; and exhibiting, by this union, a practical exemplification of the apostolic precept, To keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace.' "It is a charity no less ennobled by its object, than sanctified in its means, which enriches those who bestow, as well as those who receive; and the Christian, who knows the word of God to be the savour of life unto life, and the power of God unto salvation, puts forth his hand to the work with heartfelt delight, thankful that God has blessed him with the ability, as well as inclination, to render others partakers of the heavenly banquet on which he has feasted, and to enable them to gather with him, the fruit of immortality from the tree of life." "Secession from the Church.-A few weeks since we announced the baptism, by immersion, of two respectable clergymen, the Rev. Mr. Show and the Rev. Mr. Bevan, who, from conscientious motives, have lately resigned their connection with the Established Church. [See M. Repos. XI. 143.] We have now to notice that on the 14th ult. two of their colleagues, who have also resigned valuable preferments, the Rev. George Baring and the Rev. Mr. Evans, with- Grange, Esq. were baptized by the Rev. Mr. Bevan, at the Octagon Chapel in this town, which has been purchased for their accommodation." Taunton Courier. 434 NOTICES. Obituary.―Rev. Jeremiah Joyce. Mr. Wright, of Liverpool, whose attachment to the principles of liberty are well known and deservedly respected, announces new weekly publication, to be entitled The Liverpool Freeman, with this excellent motto, from Mr. Fox: a "If to inform the people of England of their actual situation is to intame them, the fault is in those who have brought them into that situation, and not in those who only tell them the truth." It will partake of the character of a Magazine; Political Intelligence and Discussion will be the primary objects: but, by compressing the events and reserving the space occupied with advertisements, a large portion of the paper will be appropriated to a greater variety of subjects, and to communications of merit. It will be printed on a sheet of demy, in octavo pages. As an addition to the slender means left in the hands of the people for resisting the flood of political corruption, we heartily wish Mr. Wright the success which his good intentions merit. In the press, Historical Relations of the Persecutions of the Protestants of Languedoc, by the Rev. Clement Perrot: prepared at the request of the Committee of the Three Denominations. Mr. Boothroyd,, who has just completed his Hebrew Bible, has circu-, lated a quarto pamphlet, entitled Reflections on the Authorised Version of the Holy Scriptures, with a Specimen of an Attempt to improve it, with a view to collect Subscribers for an improved Version, with Notes, intended to be comprised in 2 or 3 vols. royal quarto. OBITUARY. THE LATE MR. JOYCE.-By the friends of civil and religious liberty, and the advocates for freedom of enquiry, the death of the Rev. JEREMIAH JOYCE cannot be contemplated without deep interest and unfeigned regret. He was possessed of no ordinary share of merit as a man, a scholar, and a member of society. Ardent in temper, and unsophisticated in principle, he was always solicitous to promote the spread of truth, the love of liberty, and the interests of humanity. In every virtuous cause that came within the scope of his exertions, he was prompt and persevering. And it is not his least praise, that his heart, warm, generous, and open, was highly susceptible of the friendly and sympathetic affections; that he was active, zealous and unwearied in offices of kindness, and the great duties of benevolence, His faculties were all awake, and his mind constantly on the alert, full of energy, and fruitful of resource. His talents, highly respectable, were versatile and various. Distinguished by his attainments in philosophy and general literature, he possessed the peculiarly happy art of turning his talents to account, by applying them to the purposes of general utility. With these qualifications, aided by great industry, indefatigable assiduity, and unremitting attention, he rendered eminent services to the rising generation, by the publication of several useful works for their benefit and in struction. Amongst these, his "Scientific Dialogues" hold a distinguished place; a work happily calculated to communicate knowledge to the youthful mind, and to illustrate and exemplify the principles of natural science in an easy and familiar manner. He had a kind of original aptitude to the business of education; and was accordingly most usefully and honourably engaged in this arduous and important occupation; having been entrusted with the education of several young persons of high rank and condition. In all his engagements, it is due to the memory of Mr. Joyce to observe, that he was upright and strictly conscientious, actuated by a nice regard to the purest principles of probity and honour. Though he had lived among the great, he was no respecter of persons; he never forgot what was due to his own character; he never dissembled his sentiments, nor compromised his principles, nor forfeited the independence of his own mind; much less did he ever descend to the baseness of personal adulation and servility. He was remarkable for a native frankness, simplicity, and manliness of mind, devoid of art, and incapable of duplicity and disguise. Thus gifted, thus endowed, the name of Mr. Joyce will live long in the recollection of his friends-endeared, honoured, and lamented. He will ever be remembered by them with grateful respect and affection. And by the disinterested, the impartial, and the unprejudiced public, his merits will Obituary.-Bishop of Llandaff.-R. B. Sheridan, Esq.-T. Henry, Esq. 435 be justly appreciated and highly esteemed, as long as uncorrupted virtue, inflexible, integrity, and undeviating consistency of character, shall continue to be held in moral estimation. Mr. Joyce was a very active and useful member of "The Unitarian Society," and had for a great number of years acted as its Secretary; which office he had resigned but a very short time before his decease. This worthy and excellent man died at his house at Highgate, on Friday the 21st of June.Having dined from home on that day with some friends, amongst whom he conversed with his usual frankness and cheerfulness of temper; on his return to his family in the evening between nine and ten o'clock, he complained of pain in the stomach; and, after he had lain on a sofa for a little time, in a dosing posture, Mrs. Joyce, on going near him, soon made the awful discovery of the affecting change which had already taken place. He had breathed his last. Leeds. T. J. June 29, in the 78th year of his age, after a protracted sunering of near five years under a severe paralytic affection, DAVID WILLIAMS, Esq. Founder of the Literary Fund. The writings of this gentleman were, as to several of them, on subjects so important, that we hope to be able to take further notice of the Author. July 4. At his seat, Calgarth Park, Westmoreland, at a very advanced age, Dr. RICHARD WATSON, Bishop of Llandaff, Regius Professor of Divinity in the University of Cambridge, and Archdeacon of Ely. Of the life and writings of this eminent man we hope to give some account in a future Number. July 7. RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN, Esq. early and justly celebrated for his literary accomplishments, and especially his dramatic genius, and for more than 30 years a member of the British Senate. He was born in 1751, at Quilca, near Dublin, of a family long connected with the literary history of Ireland. At 6 years of age he was brought to England and placed at Harrow School, under the tuition of Dr. Sumner. He entered at the Middle Temple, but declined being called to the Bar, having attached himself very early to classical and dramatic literature. When only 18 he engaged with a friend in translating from the Greek the Epistles of Aristæus. In 1775 he produced his first play, The Rivals, and the next year commenced his long connection with Drury-Lane Theatre, as one of the Proprietors. In 1780, Mr. Sheridan came into Parliament, where, it is but justice to recollect, that he was generally found sup porting the great interests of civil and religious liberty. Soon as he had taken his seat he distinguished himself by animadverting on the unconstitutional employntent of the military during the riots. The Regency and the Trial of Hastings afterwards called forth his shining talents. His speeches on the latter occasion, especially that in Westminster Hall, have been applauded by all political parties. During the short periods in which Mr. Fox was Minister, Mr. Sheridan shared in the administration, first as his private Secretary, and afterwards as Treasurer of the Navy. Such was the public life of this possessor of many talents. We will not reverse the medal and describe a life which has been too justly represented as "ather a warning than an example;" Nor draw his frailties from their dread abode." Those who have been blessed with a more favoured, though less brilliant lot, and who possess "The single talent well employed," let such be content and grateful. At Manchester, aged 82, THOMAS HENRY, Esq. President of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester, Fellow of the Royal Society of London, and Member of several other learned Societies both in this country and abroad. As a practical and philosophical Chemist, he obtained a high and merited reputation. His contributions to that science, besides a small volume of Essays, and his Translations of the early Writings of Lavoisier,which he first introduced to the notice of the English public, consist of Memoirs, dispersed through the Transactions of the various Societies to which he belonged, and relative to those parts of Chemistry that are purely scientific, and to those which have reference to the useful arts. On a subject intimately connected with the success of the Cotton Manufacture. (the employment of Mordaunts or Bases in Dyeing), Mr Henry was the first who thought and wrote philosophically. In the Introduction of the new mode of Bleaching, which has worked an entire revolution in that art, and occasioned an incomparably quicker circulation of capital, he was one of the earliest and most successful agents. In addition to the attainments connected with his profession, he bad cultivated, to no inconsiderable degree, a taste for the Fine Arts; he had acquired a knowledge of historical events remarkable for its extent and accuracy; and he had derived, from leading and etlection, opinions, to which he was steadily attached, on topics of political, moral, and religious enquiry. Several years ago, he retired from the practice of Medicine, in 436 Obituary-New Publications.-Correspondence. which he had been extensively engaged, with credit and success, for more than, half a century; and, from delicate health, be had long ceased to take an active share in the practical cultivation of science. But possessing, almost unimpaired, his faculties of memory and judgment, he continued to feel a lively interest in the advancement of literature and philosophy. Retaining, also, in their full vigour, those kind affections of the heart that gave birth to the most estimable moral conduct, and secured him the faithful attachment of his friends, he passed through a long and serene old age, experiencing little but its comforts and its bo nours, and habitually thankful for the blessings with which Providence indulged him. July 13. At Aberdeen, in the 34th year of his Episcopate, the Rt. Rev. JOHN SKINNER, Primate of the Episcopal Church in Scotland. Lately, aged 75, Mr. H. D. SYMONDS, many years an active and considerable bookseller in Paternoster-Row; having a few years since retired in favour of Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones. In the commencement of the crusade against the French Revolution, he suffered four years imprisonment in Newgate, and paid a heavy fine for vending some political pamphlets. NEW PUBLICATIONS IN THEOLOGY AND GENERAL LITERATURE. 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The Doctrine of the Church of England upon the Efficacy of Baptism, Vindi cated from Misrepresentation. By Richard Laurence, LL. D. 8vo. 5s. CORRESPONDENCE. The Report of the Unitarian Fund is postponed till next month-the Intelligence for the present month being unusually extended. The letter from our respectable Correspondent at Norwich respecting Dr. John Tay lor, and the Accounts of Dudley Double Lecture and of the Meeting of the Harwick shire Unitarian Tract Society, came too late for insertion this montir. These shall all appear in the next Number, with articles of Review and other communications very Ditely received. |