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which will itself explain the views of those who offer it. "This Bible was presented at Lewin's-Mead Chapel, Bristol, on the morning of her marriage, Nov. 8th, 1860, to Lady Bowring, by Unitarians of both hemispheres, friends and admirers of her Husband, with sincere wishes for their united happiness."

Sir John Bowring, addressing the gentlemen of the deputation, said, with deep emotion, "Believe me, I feel too much and too deeply to give adequate expression to the thoughts and feelings which rush through my mind. On this day, and on this occasion, speech fails me to express the emotions by which I am moved. I will take an opportunity, when I am more equal to it, of putting on record some of those thoughts and feelings, and will only say now that I thank you most warmly, for myself and Lady Bowring, for all your kind wishes, and for these most valuable testimonies of your regard.'

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The whole proceeding excited the deepest interest throughout the congregation; and at the close of the ceremony many eagerly pressed around the altar to inspect and admire the splendid gifts.

We have received from Mr. Wansey for publication the following interesting letter, the promised acknowledgment:

"Hotel du Louvre, Paris,

Nov. 12, 1860.

"My dear Sir,-In the history of a long and eventful life, no circumstance has occurred of more touching interest than that which you associated with the memorable ceremonial of Thursday last.

"Such a mark of the kindness and affection of my Unitarian friends, coming in so acceptable and appropriate a shape, could not fail to awaken the strongest emotions of pleasure and gratitude.

"To yourself and to those you represented, allow me to convey the expression and to request the communication of the deep emotion with which I received the

sacred gift, and to record the humble hope that its divine precepts may ever be to me, and to her with whom on that occasion I was so happily united, the guide and the comfort of our coming days.

"I remain, my dear Sir, with every sentiment of respectful esteem, yours very faithfully, JOHN BOWRING.

"To Wm. Wansey, Esq., Bognor."

ELECTION OF MR. J. C. LAWRENCE AS
ALDERMAN.

Some of our readers may not be aware that Mr. J. C. Lawrence, the zealous Secretary of the London District Unitarian Society, has just been elected an Alderman of the city of London for the ward of Walbrook. The contest between him and Mr. Linklater,-in politics a Tory, in religion belonging to the orthodox body,— was a very severe one. Mr. Lawrence's opponents worked the "religious question' as much as possible to their advantage, and inquired of the electors whether they would vote for a Unitarian. This induced several to withhold their votes, though previously promised on behalf of Mr. Lawrence. But in spite of all the bigoted opposition raised on religious grounds, the close of the poll shewed a majority of nine votes for Mr. Lawrence. We rejoice at the result, as it is a triumph of liberal principles, both in religion and politics, over bigotry and intolerance; and we congratulate Mr. Lawrence on the attainment of a sphere of civic rank in which he may find full scope for the exercise of his intelligence and public spirit in the promotion of Reforms as much needed, perhaps, on the one as on the other side of Temple Bar.

To Dr. Cumming it may possibly afford another sign of the "Coming Desolation"-and as good a one as some of his other "signs"-that two Unitarians, of the same name and family, should now be found in the Court of Aldermen !

OBITUARY.

Sept. 22, at the North Shore, Sydney, FREDERICK PIPER, Esq., of the firm of Levicks and Piper, son of Rev. H. H. Piper, formerly of Norton, near Sheffield.

Oct. 14, at Belfast, Rev. GEO. HUTTON, aged 54.

Oct. 24, at Liverpool, LISA BEATRICE JOHNSTON, third daughter of Rev. W. H. CHANNING, aged 5 years and 7 months.

Oct. 27, Mr. ROBERT MUIR, for many years the zealous superintendent of the Sunday-schools of the Church of the Divine Unity, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Many influential members of the church and a large number of children belonging to the schools followed him to the grave, to shew their affectionate respect to his memory. On the following Sunday morning, Rev. William Newton conducted a funeral service in the church, in which he spoke of

the conscientious zeal of Mr. Muir in the performance of the duties of the Sundayschool, and urged upon others to follow in the footsteps of the departed.

Nov. 5, at Edgbaston, Birmingham, aged 78, Mr. WILLIAM READ, a native of Gloucester and many years an inhabitant of Cheltenham, and a member of the Unitarian congregation in that town. From Toryism and Trinitarianism he changed, when past middle life, to Liberalism and Unitarianism. He married first a daughter of a beneficed clergyman, and afterwards into a respectable Herefordshire family. His four surviving children, two by each wife, know that in all the relations of life he was a kind and useful man. His eldest son is minister of Salem chapel, King's Lynn. T. J. R.

Nov. 8, at his residence, Freazeley, near Tamworth, JOHN LAKIN, Esq., in his 81st year. Venerable alike for age and character, this excellent man passed through a long life in the quiet exercise of the virtues that adorn the Christian name and profession. Of him it may be truly said, that in simplicity and godly sincerity he had his conversation in the world. He was the oldest member of the Tamworth Unitarian society, and from his youth up had attended the chapel services there, never being absent save from circumstances beyond his control. His piety was fervent, steady and rational, the will of God being the actuating motive of his whole life;

and his death was calm, evincing the peace that passeth understanding. The simple Unitarian faith, the faith once delivered to the saints, was found amply sufficient to sustain and to cheer in the last hour. The meek and humble servant of the Lord has gone to his grave like a shock of corn in its full season. His departure has left an aching void in our hearts, but we are consoled by the thought that it is "well with him." T. B.

Nov. 8, Sir CHARLES FELLOWES, aged 64.

Nov. 10, at Woodcote, near Liverpool, R. RATHBONE, Esq., aged 72.

Nov. 16, at Lampeter, in the county of Cardigan, Rev. JOHN JEREMY, in the 78th year of his age.

Nov. 17, aged 65 years, at the house of her son-in-law, the Rev. C. W. Robberds, Oldham, JUDITH ANN, the beloved wife of the Rev. T. C. HOLLAND, and sister of the late Rev. J. G. Robberds, of Manchester.

Nov. 24, in the neighbourhood of his residence, Queen Square, Bloomsbury, the Rev. Dr. CROLY. He had only left home a few minutes, and was seen walking apparently in good health, when he staggered, fell, and almost immediately expired. He had been rector of St. Stephen's, Walbrook, for 25 years, and was much respected by his flock.

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GENERAL INDEX.

Adelaide, South Australia, Unitarianism
in, 56.

Advanced guard of the human race, 699.
Agate, Mrs., obituary of, 652.

Allen's, Mr. W. J. C., speech at Belfast,
385.

Almanacs for 1860, 51.

American orthodox spoliation resisted, 59.
American Unitarian Association, 522.
American View of the Decline of the Soci-
ety of Friends, 573.

Anderson, John Astley, obituary of, 260.
Andrew, Mr. George, obituary of, 260.
Anti-sectarianism, 15.
Anti-supernaturalism, 592.
Apostolical succession, 359.

Arianism of the Gothic tribes, 2.
Ashton, Mrs., obituary of, 191.
Ashton, Mr. Samuel, obituary of, 392.
Aspland, Rev. Robert, leader of the Uni-
tarian missionary movement, 200.
Aspland's, Rev. R. B., funeral sermon for
Mr. Harris, 196. Sermon and speech
at Southampton, 246, 252. Sermon at
Dukinfield, 307. Address to Home Mis-
sionary Board students, 420. Sermons
at Heywood, 770.
Aspland, Mrs. Lindsey, obituary of, 191.
Astley, Mrs., obituary of, 588.
Athens, and what it has done for reason
and liberty, 631.

Atonement, the doctrine of the, 244. Lec-
tures by Porter and Carpenter on the,
603.

Bache, Rev. Samuel, on Dr. Winer and his
expurgator, 47. On the National Re-
viewer, 149. Address on laying the
foundation-stone of new chapel, 576.
On Dr. Cumming, 713.

Baker's, Rev. F., address at Burnley, 256.
Tribute of respect to, 321.
Barnes', Albert, Life at Threescore, 178.
Barnett's, Henry M., Discourse on Theo-
dore Parker, 433.

Bath Unitarian chapel, re-opening of, 376.
Bauer, Dr. F. C., wild speculations of, 367.
Beard, Rev. Dr., on the Reformation in

Italy, 97. On the statue of Dr. Priest-
ley, 237. Ordination charge, 320. Rea-
sons why I am a Unitarian, 574. Review
of Essays and Reviews, 589. Rational
Primer, 706.

Bellew, Rev. J. C. M., on persecution, 50.
Bentley on Ducket the atheist, 80.
Best, Paul, two letters of, 632.
Bingley, Mrs., obituary of, 327.
Binns', Mr., Lecture on Theodore Parker,
638.
Birmingham, noble effort for hospital in,
121. Unitarian Brotherly Society, 190.
Graham-Street school, 450. Foundation
of Unitarian church in, 576.
Bischoff, Mrs., obituary of, 191.
Blackley Unitarian chapel, 581.
Blackley, Martha, obituary of, 715.
Bligh, Mrs. J. P., obituary of, 63.
Bold, Samuel, some account of, 466.
Bolingbroke, Mr. C. N., obituary of, 328.
Bolton Unitarian chapel, 321. District

Unitarian Association, 375. Moor-Lane
chapel at, 401, 404.

Book of Common Prayer, reform of, 59.
Bowring's, Sir John, scriptural hymns, 10,

96, 164, 202, 429, 495, 667. Lecture
on China and its people, 54. Lines on
Theodore Parker, 103. Account of, and
of his book on the Philippines, 104.
Speeches at Southampton, 247, 250.
Lines on the Priestley statue, 494-on
the birth and destiny of man, 546.
Marriage of, 772.

Bradford, meeting at, 437.
Brannon, Mr. Philip, the architect, of
Southampton, 252.

Brannon, Mr. George, obituary of, 327,
388.

Brierley's A Day out, 178.

British Almanac, 52.

British and Foreign School Society, 379.

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Carmarthen College examination, 444. Rev.
Stephenson Hunter's address at, 738.
Carpenter, Rev. Benjamin, obituary of,
125. Memoir of, 219.

Carpenter, Miss Sarah, obituary of, 125.
Carpenter's, Rev. R. L., Lectures on the
Atonement, 244, 603.
Census Bill, 445.

Cephas and Peter, 497, 566, 637, 692,
761.

Channing's, Rev. W. H., Sermon on Theo-
dore Parker, 638. Sermon at Heywood,
769.

Channing, Lisa Beatrice Johnston, obituary
of, 773.

Chesterfield, soirée at, 57. Sunday-school
and congregational anniversary, 771.
Child's, Mr., evidence respecting Bible
printing, 386.

Children of other Lands, reviewed, 178.
China and its people, 54.

Christ, the mind that was in, 556.
Christianity, truth of, 306.

Church-rates, petition against, 190.
Cirencester chapel, 584.

Clack, Rev. William, obituary of, 390.
Clarke, Mr. Charles C., obituary of, 124.
Clarke's, Rev. J. Freeman, Sermon on
Theodore Parker, 639.

Classon, Mr. John, obituary of, 392.
Cleator preachers and subjects, 583.

Codex Argenteus, 5.

Commins, Mr. John, obituary of, 63.
Concession, a theological, 555.
Converts to and from Unitarianism, 583.
Conway, Mrs., obituary of, 328, 587.
Coquerel, Etienne, on the reformation in
Italy, 97.

Coquerel, Athanase, on Preaching, 525.
1 Cor. xv. 20, scriptural hymn on, 10.
Cornell, Isabella Mary, obituary of, 327.
Correspondence between a Kentish rector

and one of his parishioners, 560.
Crabb, Rev. Habakkuk, 325.
Cranworth's, Lord, Endowed Schools' Bill,
189.

Creery's, Mr., sermon at Bradford, 437.
Crellius de Uno Patre, 79.
Croly, Rev. Dr., obituary of, 774.
Cubley's, Miss, Hills and Plains of Pales-
tine, 508.

Cumming's, Dr., prophetic tribulation
trash, 712.

Davenport, Mrs., obituary of, 392.
Davies, Rev. Dr. W., obituary of, 125.
Davis, Mr. William, obituary of, 456.
Davy's, Dr., speech on Priestley, 511.
Dean, Mrs., obituary of, 260.
Deference to custom, 115.

Derby congregation, letter of, respecting
Dr. Hutton, 304.

Development, theological, and progress,

15.

Devonshire Watchman, extract from, 123.
Dillon, Mrs. Frank, obituary of, 327.
Disney, Rev. Dr., 325.

Doctrine to be proved from Scripture, 602.
Drennan, Mrs., obituary of, 125.
Drummond, Rev. R. B., on Rev. George
Harris, 127.

Dukinfield, meeting at, on Good Friday,
307.

Eastern Christian Unitarian Society at
Framlingham, 448.

Edinburgh Review, 640.
Edinburgh Unitarian congregation, 717.
Ephesians iv. 26, hymn on, 165.
Erasmus and the Vatican Codex, 642.
Essays and Reviews, reviewed, 589.
Evans, Dr. John, 266.

Ewald as a theological critic, &c., 32.
Examiner, the Christian, of Boston, 644.
Exeter, the first city in England for Uni-
tarian worship, 123.

Fear of free inquiry, effects of, 224.
Fellowes, Sir Charles, obituary of, 774.
Filliter, Mary Cogan, obituary of, 456.
Finch, Miss, obituary of, 652.
Fisher, Mrs., obituary of, 260.
Florence, Christian church at, 101.
Framlingham, meeting at, 448.
Framlingham Pulpit, 766.

Francis, Joseph Tuckerman, obituary of,
192.

Free inquiry, 14.

Freeman, Mr., on Unitarian theology, 48.
Frost, Mr. F. A., obituary of, 588.
Fullagar, Miss, obituary of, 64.
Fyson, Mr. R. D., obituary of, 124.

Gangooly, Rev. J. C., and the Indian mis-
sion, 515, 579, 580, 647. Ordination
in Boston, 518.

Garnham, Rev. R. E., 325.

Gaskell's, Rev. Wm., ordination address,
321. Sermon, &c., at Bath, 377. Ad-
dress to students of Manchester New
College, 457.

George III. and Dr. Priestley, 499.
Glasgow and Rev. George Harris, 482, 490,
620.

Goethe, lines translated from, 746.

Gordon's, Rev. J., memoir of George Har-

ris, 193, 261, 393, 479, 620, 668, 717.
Gothic nation, their origin and faith, 1.
Version of the Gospels, 5.

Green's, Rev. Henry, address at Home
Missionary Board, 179.
Greenock, Unitarianism at, 271.
Greg's, Mr. Samuel, address at Dukinfield,
315.

Grundy, Mrs. Samuel, obituary of, 456.
Gulston, Bishop of Bristol, 1682, 470, 475.

Hackney congregation, social meeting of,

58.

Ham, Rev. J. Panton, speech and sermons
at Southampton, 252, 254. Sermons
on the Christian Life, 700.
Hands, Mrs., obituary of, 125.
Harmony of the spheres, 142.
Harris, Rev. George, death of, 64, 125.
Memoir of, 193, 261, 393, 479, 620,
668, 717.

Harris, Rev. Abraham, 261.
Harris, Mrs., 262.

Harrison, Rev. William, obituary of, 124.
Hawes, Mr. Benjamin, obituary of, 392.
Heape, Charles, obituary of, 192.

Hymn on opening the Southampton Uni-
tarian church, 246.

Ierson's, Rev. H., speech at Dukinfield,
312.

Ignorant infallibility, 563.

Ilkeston Unitarian chapel, 586.
Ilminster School, Case of the, 703.
India, missions in, 329, 410.
Inspiration, what it is, 600.
Interpreters of Scripture, progressive and
obstructive, 599.

Introduction to the Evidences of Christian-
ity, reviewed, 430.

Isaiah lxv. 5, hymn on, 202-xl. 28, hymn
on, 429.

Italy, dawn of the reformation in, 97.
James's, Rev. W., visit to the continent,
747.

Jameson, Mrs., obituary of, 260.
Jeffery, Mr. James, obituary of, 391.
Jeremy, Rev. John, obituary of, 774.
Job v. 26, lines suggested by a sermon on,
218.

John xi. 23, hymn on, 429.

Johnson, Edward Henry, obituary of, 125.

Henry's, Dr. W. C., speech at Oxford, 513. Johnson, Elizabeth Maria, obituary of, 716.
Hereditary creeds, 273.

Herford's Popular Tracts and Covers, 643,
767.

Heywood, mission chapel at, 715. Open-
ing services at, 768.

Heywood's, Mr. James, speech at Oxford,
513.

Hibbert, Mr. Samuel, obituary of, 125.
Hibbert, Mr. Joseph, obituary of, 456.
Higginson, Rev. Edward, the Unitarian
Minister and the National Reviewer, 38,
81, 277, 357. On the Morals of Belief,
568.

Higginson, Isabella, obituary of, 327.
Hincks, Rev. W., and Manchester New
College, 496, 564, 696.
Hindoos, religious condition of, 329. Mis-
sion, 585.

Holland, Mr. T. C., on the genuineness of
the New Testament, 371. On the re-
surrection of Jesus, 372.

Holland, Mrs. T. C., obituary of, 774.
Hope, Isabella, obituary of, 652.
Hopkinson, Jane, obituary of, 652.
Horsfield, Rev. Frederick, obituary of, 192.
Howse, Mrs., obituary of, 588.
Hunter's, Rev. Stephenson, address at
Carmarthen College, 738.
Huntington, Professor, an orthodox con-
vert, 645.
Address on Home and Col-
lege, 705.
Hutton, Rev. Joseph, of Dublin, 297.
Hutton, Rev. Dr., memoir of, 297.
Hutton, Rev. J. H., tribute of respect to,
57.

Hutton, Rev. George, obituary of, 773.

Jones, Mrs. W. A., obituary of, 652.
Jowett, Professor, on interpretation of
Scripture, 597.

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