ister's salary more commensurate with the zeal and ability of his services. We mention this fact with great satisfac tion, as one of the first intimations of a move, which we hope will become general amongst our congregations, towards increasing the remuneration of their pastors. Such a step has become necessary, owing to the altered habits of the middle classes of society in England, and to the diminished sources of income open to Dissenting ministers from the education of youth. Without this, and probably other plans too being early adopted, the future of our Presbyterian and Unitarian societies is cloudy and uncertain, and it will be scarcely reasonable to expect that a continuous supply of well-educated ministers can be found to carry on the services of the one or two hundred congregations of liberal Dissenters in Great Britain. The subject has been discussed in our pages, and handled with great ability in the columns of our excellent contemporary, the Inquirer. We wish it were in our power to give the manly, sensible and warm-hearted, but perfectly independent, remarks uttered by Mr. Higginson when he rose to acknowledge the unexpected token of the affection of his flock. From first to last, the proceedings of the evening gave satisfaction and delight. On the following morning, the ministers met as a Committee of the West-Riding Mission. Bolton District Unitarian Association. The autumn half-yearly meeting was held at Hindley, Nov. 6, 1851, having been postponed a month in consequence of the Queen's visit to Lancashire. The religious services were conducted by Rev. J. Whitehead and Rev. Francis Knowles, the latter of whom preached a useful discourse from Philippians i. 18, on the Christian spirit in the midst of sects and parties. At the evening meeting, after tea, Dr. Beard, of Manchester, was called to the chair, and gratified a numerous party by an account of the opening of a new chapel near Ashton-under-Lyne, and of a contemplated new chapel at Rawtenstall. Many gentlemen present, as well as the Chairman, spoke at length in reference to the theological aspects of the Christian world, and more particularly to the means of meeting the religious wants of the times. In the course of the proceedings, Mr. Ragland read an appeal, intended to be made public, in behalf of the Unitarian chapel and Sunday-school at Hindley, both of which stand in need of repairs and enlarged accommodation. appeal received the sanction of the meeting. The condition of the Sundayschools in the district was represented to be improving. At Walmsley, new schools are in the course of erection, and it is expected that they will be completed in time for the reception of the friends who attend the next halfyearly meeting, which will take place there on the last Thursday of April in the ensuing year. The Rev. James Whitehead will preach on the occasion, and the Rev. Franklin Howorth will take the introductory services in the chapel. MARRIAGES. Oct. 7, at the New Gravel-Pit meeting-house, Hackney, by Rev. John Boucher, FRANK TITFORD, of Greenwich, to MARIA S. BIDLAKE, of De Beauvoir Road, Kingsland. Oct. 8, at Upper Brook-Street cha This pel, Manchester, by Rev. J. J. Tayler, B.A., WILLIAM, son of Peter ECKERSLEY, Esq., Wilton Polygon, Crumpsall, to MARY LOUISA, daughter of John SHAWCROSS, Esq., of Woodland Terrace, Broughton. OBITUARY. Oct. 1, at her residence, Trebanos, near Swansea, Glamorganshire, greatly and generally respected, Miss SARAH REES, the youngest and last surviving daughter of the late Rev. Josiah Rees, of Gelligron, in the same county. Oct. 5, at Fredericton, New Bruns wick, MARY ANN, wife of the Hon. James CARTER, Chief Justice of the province. Oct. 16, after long illness, ELIZABETH EDNEY, daughter of the late Mr. John Edney, and granddaughter of Mr. John Marsom. GENERAL INDEX. Act of Parliament relating to Chapel Actonian Prize (T. Wharton Jones), Acts ix., 294-x., 368. Advertising for ministers rebuked, 372. Alderley parish and Bishop Stanley, Alexander's, Mr., lectures at Belfast, Alms-dish, the, 186. American Slavery, 437, 483, 537, 585, Ancient Britons, a Tale, 691. Ashton's, Rev. J., Address to his Con- Aspland, Rev. R. B., 63, 638, 760. Bache, Rev. S., 61. His Sermon on the Bacon, Mr., of Gloucester, &c., 46. Balls, Mr. W., obituary of, 384. Battel Abbey, Chronicle of, 756. Beard's, Rev. C., Sermon at Knutsford, Belfast lectures, 236. Belper, lectures at, 316. Bible, the, the Koran, and the Vedas, 57. Biddle, John, 417. Birkenhead Unitarian chapel, 576, 632. Bishops bad political cobblers, 614. Blackmore, Rev. William, 413. Blomfield, Bishop of London, anecdote Bohn's Standard Library, 498. Bolton District Unitarian Association, Booth, Catherine, obituary of, 125. Boucher, Joan, 303. Boult, Mrs., obituary of, 704. Broadmead Records, 43. C. on the No-Popery agitation, 1. On Caleb Field, reviewed, 470. Calvert, Dr., Warden of Manchester, 26. Bengal Civilian's Inquiry into the Faith, Canne, John, 45. Bentley and Le Clerc, 24. Berry's, Rev. C., Sermon on Papal Ag- Beth, lines by, 201, 217, 429, 482, 536. Carleton, Guy, Bishop of Bristol, 49. Carpenter, Rev. R. L., on American Carpenter's, Miss, Meditations, 303. Chatterton and Walpole, 393. Eastern Unitarian Christian Society, 506. Emans, Rev. Peter, 522. Cheshire Presbyterian Association, 310. 'Erikalovμai, meaning of, 282. Chesterfield, Lord, 392. Chewning family, 426. Christian Tract Society, 507. In the Reigns of the Tudors, 496. In the Reigns of Church of Rome, 630. Church laws in England, 549. Clephan, Mrs., obituary of, 192. Coleridge's visit to Nottingham, 529. Colossians i. 17-19, 282-ii. 16, 647— Colthurst, Rev. Thomas, 311. Courage, 401. Cradock, Mr. Walter, 46. Creeds, relics of the feudal age, 329. Cromwell's, Dr., Sermon on Papal Ag- Cropper's, Rev. J., Sermon on Religious Crosskey's Sermon on Papal Aggression, Daughters' education, 30. Erbury, Wm., an early Unitarian, 46, 414. Eustace-Street congregation, Dublin, Evans, Rev. Joseph, 520. Evelyn's, John, History of Religion, 239. Eye, the, a proof of the wisdom of God, Ezekiel, Book of, 597. Free inquiry, 716. Freeman, Mrs., obituary of, 704. Frisbie, Professor, 430. 1 Fullagar, Mr., on crime and education, Fuller's Rise and Progress of Dissent in F., review of Life of Dr. A. Combe, 65-- G., S., letter to the author of the Creed Dawes', Mr. (Dean of Hereford), school, Galton, Mr., of Birmingham, 105, 574. De Wette, 249. Death-bed, the, 33. Defoe's History of the Plague, 31. Doctrinal dangers of Unitarians, 289. Dublin Review, 119. Dudley double lecture, 447. Gaskell's Unitarian Martyrs and Con- Gaskell, J. M., obituary of, 320, General Fund, Dublin, 743. Gibbon and Walpole, 391. Gilbert, Rev. T., case of, 378. Godoy, the Prince of the Peace, 92. Gray and Walpole, 386. Green, Mrs., obituary of, 125. Greg's, Mr., Creed of Christendom, 402, 460, 559, 562, 705. Hawthorne's, Dr., Doctrine of Trinity, 556. Hazard, Mrs., Bristol, 43, 44. Hebrews i. 8, 99-xiii. 8, 649-xiii. 20, Heinfetter's, Mr., Literal Translations, Henderson's, Professor, Lecture, 96. tarianism, 696. Hincks', Rev. T., Sermon on Papal Ag- History of the High-Pavement chapel, Holland, Rev. John, 520. Holland's, Lord, Foreign Reminiscences, Hollis's Memoirs, 396. Jewitt, Mrs., obituary of, 320. Johnson, John, of Lancaster, 701. Judgment-mongers, a fact for, 548. 765 K. on the bitter apples of Sodom, 577. Kell, Rev. Robert, 528. to students of Manchester New Col- Kitto's Journal of Sacred Literature, Knowles, John, 47. Knutsford a Presbyterian station, 311. Lafayette, 89. Laing, Mr., on Social Condition of Eu- Le Clerc and Bentley, 24. His account of George Mathews, 641, Leibnitz' model prayer, 235. Leeds Mercury, 603. Holme, Dr., letters to, from Dr. Parr, 21. Lewis XVI., 89. How to make Home Unhealthy, 110. Hutchinson, Mrs., 34. Hutton, Rev. Joseph, 744, 748. Imitators, a hint to, 737. Index Expurgatorius of Rome, 561. Jackson, Rev. Arthur, 425, 426. James, Rev. W., Sermon on Papal Ag- Jaquel, Mr., 425. Jecks, Mrs., obituary of, 126. Ley, Rev. John (note), 415. On Lines to a sleeping infant, 19. On Lon- Lloyd, George, Esq., 22. Locke, John, 186, 343, 619. London District Unitarian Society, 382. Love, Christopher, 424. Lynch, Mr., extracts from, 716. M., S. F., lines by, 19. Mackintosh, Sir James (note), 23, 673. Maiden and Married Life of Mary Pow- Malachi, book of, 479. M'Alister's, Mr., Lecture at Belfast, 238. Manchester in rebellions of 1715 and Manchester, lectures at Cross - Street Manchester New College, 121, 480, 499, Manchester Sunday-School Association, Mardon, Mr., on biblical criticism and Owen, Dr. Charles, 700. Owens College, Manchester, 63, 122, Paley's theory of morals, 345. Papal aggression, 1,9, 58, 115, 120, 182, Parental affection, 32. Parkes, John, Esq., obituary of, 704. Marks' Sermons at the West-London Parr, Dr., original letters of, 21. Synagogue, 749. Marriage, 32, 33. Marriages, 64, 128, 256, 320, 447, 511, Marshall's Moral Aspects of the Exhibi- Martineau, Miss, on Cowkeeping, 113. Mathews, George, the religious swindler, Matthew i. 23, 515-xxiv. 51, 647. Miall's, J. G., Footsteps of our Forefa- Milton, John, 179. Ministerial exchanges, 575. Miracles of the New Testament, 710. Monthly Christian Spectator, 249. Muscutt's History of Church Laws in Parson, the good, 274. Perkins, Richard, obituary of, 125. Petition of Irish Presbyterians, 746. Plague of London, 472. Popular Historian, 497. Porter, Anna Maria, thoughts by, 29. Porter's, Rev. J. Scott, Lecture at Bel- Poynting's Temple of Education, 697. Prejudice, 32, 34. Presbyterian Classis of London (fourth), Preston, H. J., Esq., obituary of, 192. Priestley, Dr., 302. Original letters from N. on Isaiah vii., viii., ix., 513. Notes Prophets, on the, 35, 267, 478, 597. Proverbs xx. 25, 647. Provincial meeting, 435. |