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. 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: Cases, M. R. Presbyt. A Waugh J. Ld. ditto, ditto, ditto ditto ditto S. B. M. B-y, Bapt. ditto, S. M. Independ. H. S Presbyt. H-y, Independ♫ Dr. Ryland ditto S. W. Tracy ditto ditto 5 5 J. Townsend M. B-y, ditto, ditto 5 M-n, ditto, J. Clayton J. D. Independ. G. Burder 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' A Friend at Salisbury, by the Rev. Mr. Sibree, Froome, 1l.-W.rol. Rev. Mr. Pyne and Congregation, Duxford Edinburgh Missionary Society, by W. Brown, Esq. Treasurer A few Individuals, 1. 128. and Sunday School Chil- Rev. T. Fisher, and Congregation, Harleston The Petition of the Ochipwey Nation of North American Indians, [Communicated by a Gentleman at St. Mary's Falls, near Lake Huron.}. ! } But now, alas! exhausted is our store! 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 ; Tempt with the draught that ever proves our bane; But we have heard that, far beyond the sea, 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. |