examination, which took place on Friday, July 13th, was of a character to confirm all we have said. We regret that we can

give no more than a catalogue of the performances.

JUNIOR CLASS.

1. The Comparative Advantages of Reading Sermons, Reciting Memoriter, and Extemporaneous Discourse.-Horatio Alger. 2. The Use of a Liturgy.-William Barry.

3. The Circumstances of Peter's Denial of his Master.-Hersey B. Goodwin,

4. On the Spirit of Persecution, and the different Forms under which it has appeared.-William Newell.

5. Miracles; their Susceptibility of Proof by Human Testimony.-Cazneau Palfrey.

6. An Explanation of Matthew xii. 1-8, 'At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn,' &c.-George Whit

1. On St Paul's Epistle to the Galatians.-George P. Bradford.

2. On our Saviour's Prophecies respecting his Second Coming during the Lifetime of some who heard him, compared with the Expectations of the Apostles upon this Subject.-Jonathan Cole.

3. On the Influence which the Fact, that the Apostles expected a Personal Return of our Saviour to the Earth, at no distant Period, should have upon us of the present Day.-Frederick Augustus Farley.

4. A View of the Ecclesiastical, Moral, and Intellectual Condition of Europe, previous to the Reformation, showing the Necessity and Sources of that Event.-Frederick H. Hedge.

5. On the Conversion of Rammohun Roy, and its Effect upon Christianity in India.-Samuel K. Lothrop.

6. On the Connexion between Enlightened Views of Christianity and Lukewarmness in its Cause.-William P. Lunt.

7. The Advantages and Disadvantages of a Church Establishment, and the probable Effect of the Absence of one in this Country.-Artemas B. Muzzy.

8. On the Sabbath.-John L. Sibley.

9. On the Uses of Controversy.-Moses G. Thomas.

SENIOR CLASS.

1. On the Disinterestedness and Devotedness required in a Christian Minister.-Daniel Austin.

2. The Comparative Value of the English and French Styles of Preaching as Models of Pulpit Eloquence.-George W. Burпар.

3. The Present State of Religious Inquiry in this Country, as relating to the Ministerial Office.-Christopher T. Thayer.

4. Importance to the Young Preacher of cultivating Religious Feeling.-William H. White.

5. On the Advantages of Permanence in the Relation of a Pastor to his Flock.-William A. Whitwell.

Young Men's Unitarian Book and Pamphlet Society.-The formation of this Society among the young men of Boston, at once the evidence and result of the increasing demand for Unitarian publications, has been noticed by us with no ordinary satisfaction. The American Unitarian Association has hitherto been the source to which the public has looked for the supply of Unitarian tracts; but the calls for them have been more numerous than they could answer. We rejoice that in this Society, the public have hope that the demand will be more completely supplied. The publications it furnishes are to be gratuitously distributed. The Constitution provides that an annual subscription of not less than one dollar shall constitute any individual a member, and give him the right to recommend any person as an object of the Society's benefactions. 'In respect to the subject before us,' say the Committee to whom the project was referred, 'let the members of the Society be actuated by a christian temper, in all their deliberations and doings; let the publications they distribute, breathe the spirit of the Gospel, while they expose error and inculcate truth; let them not be obtruded where they are not asked for, and do not promise to be useful; and let there be nothing offensive in the mode of procuring funds for the accomplishment of the Society's object, and your committee have no doubt that the plan which has been submitted to them to consider and forward, will prove highly useful to the community, and at the same time contribute not a little to the advantage of the members of the Society themselves, by interesting them more in one another, and in the love and practice of the religion which they undertake with a zeal so praiseworthy, to recommend to others.'

Unitarian Dissenters' Marriage Bill. This Bill has passed through the House of Commons, almost without opposition. The little objection that was made to it has been removed by an alteration of it in its progress. The plan of the present measure is to enable Unitarians to enter into the marriage contract before a magistrate, and to record the marriage in the parochial register. The choice of a religious service is left to the parties marrying. The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Chester have signified their approbation of the Bill. Lord Eldon, the late Chancellor, is in opposition to it, and has divided the House upon it; there was a majority of 7 for its going into Committee. The present Chancellor befriends the measure. What will be its fate, is at the moment we write, uncertain; yet it is hard to suppose

that a measure confessed on all hands to be necessary, can be defeated by a part of the present opposition in the House of Lords, against the sense of the episcopal bench and the wishes of a Cabinet Minister, the Marquis of Lansdowne, by whom it is brought forward.' Christian Reformer.

British and Foreign Unitarian Association.-The Monthly Repository for July, contains a long account of the celebration of the second anniversary of this Society, with reports of the speeches made upon the occasion, from which we make the following extracts.

'The Second Anniversary of this Society was held on Wednesday and Thursday, the 6th and 7th of June. The meeting for transacting the annual business was held at the Unitarian Chapel, South Place, Finsbury, on Wednesday morning: JOHN CHRISTIE, Esq. in the Chair.

'The CHAIRMAN observed, that it became his duty, as Treasurer of the Society, to read the statement of their funds, which, he was happy to say, were in a flourishing condition. He then enumerated the various items of receipt and expenditure, from which it appeared, that during the last year the former had amounted to the sum of £1138 18s.; to which was to be added the balance of £329 4s. 9d. in the hands of the Treasurer at the last Anniversary, which, with the exception of £359 14s. 11d. yet remaining in his hands, had been expended in effecting the diffusion of Unitarian principles in this and other countries.

"The Rev. R. ASPLAND, the Secretary, read the Report of the proceedings of the Committee during the past year. It commenced by stating, that the result of their exertions for the spread of true and liberal Christianity, was on the whole satisfactory, and that their labors had not altogether been in vain. The Report was divided into four parts: 1st. The Home Department; 2d. Civil Rights; 3d. The Book Department; 4th. Foreign Department. Upon the first, it stated, that the principles of Unitarianism were making slow but promising progress in various parts of the United Kingdom.'The Report then proceeded to detail the exertions of the Committee for the attainment and preservation of their civil rights.'

A detail is then given of measures adopted in relation to the Unitarian Marriage Bill, and notice taken of 'the strenuous ef forts that had recently been made by the various denominations of Protestant Dissenters, for the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts,' in all which endeavours the Committee of the Association had cordially joined.

'The Rev. Dr REES read the Report of the Book and Tract Department. It stated the junction of the Unitarian Book So

ciety with the Association, and that books and tracts had been distributed in Calcutta, Paris, Glasgow, and in various other towns in England and Scotland. It also announced, that the Monthly Repository had been purchased by the Association, with the aid of donations and loans from private individuals, and would in future be conducted under the direction of the Committee.

'Mr BOWRING read, in the unavoidable absence of Mr Fox, the Report of the Foreign Department. It stated, that a mission had been established at Calcutta, under the superintendence of Mr Adam.'——— At Madras, a Unitarian Church had been for some years in existence.'' The Report further stated, that in the United States of America, measures had been taken to unite the different and scattered Unitarian interests into one grand and efficient body, from which the happiest results were anticipated. From Transylvania, which might be deemed the mother country of Unitarianism, the Committee had received the most gratifying accounts. The number who professed that faith in that quarter, was estimated at 50,000. The superintending authority was vested in the preses of the general Synod. A college had long been established at Klausenburg, which contained about 300 students; besides, there were two gymnasia, or preparatory schools, at Thomburg and Keresztur. In France, and other countries on the continent, the Committee flattered themselves they saw an opening for the introduction of their tenets.'

In the evening and on Thursday morning, there were religious services in the Chapel and sermons preached by Rev. Edward Tagart of Norwich, and the Rev. John Kenrick of York. The account is closed with notices of toasts and addresses given at the dinner at the London Tavern, from which our limits will not allow us to make extracts. The celebration appears to have been conducted with spirit, and to have afforded much gratification to those who participated in it, and great encouragement for their cause.

Second Unitarian Church in New York.-From a letter addressed to us from New York, it appears, that the enemy,' as they would have said at New Lebanon, has been industriously circulating erroneous statements respecting the condition of this new church. The establishment of a second Unitarian church in New York, it is said, was premature. In consequence but few pews have been sold, the services are ill attended, and the whole concern is in a desperate sinking condition. Unitarianism, therefore, has really few supporters in the city, and is not making the rapid progress there, its advocates fondly imagine. But the truth is, that 'the enemy,' to quote the Revivalists once more, is deceived. We would not for the world suppose honest, fairminded Orthodox partisans practice deception upon others.

But however this may be, the letter before us, and it is from the best authority, shows that the step taken by the Unitarians of New York was a most judicious one. The church is built in a part of the city which is rapidly increasing in population, and bids fair at no very distant period to be the centre of that metropolls. The pews sold have been as many as were sold in the same time either in the last Unitarian or last Orthodox church erected in this town, and that, too, without a settled minister. Its funds are in a good condition; its numbers constantly increasing, and nothing is wanting to its complete success but the settlement of an able, enterprising, and devoted minister.

Obituary.

Died, at Plymouth, July 15, ALEXANDER BLISS Esq. of Boston, Counsellor at Law, aged 34.

[We have been permitted to publish the following extract from a sermon preached the Lord's day after the death of Mr. Bliss, by the minister of the New South Church, where he worshipped. The subject of the discourse was "The peculiar Dangers and Temptations incident to Young Men in our State of Society.']

"It is delightful and animating to witness, from time to time, instances of young men, who, by the force of decided principle, have been enabled to shun the perils and to overcome the temptations incident to their condition; who, when tried in the fiery furnace of the world's communion, have come out, not merely unharmed, but refined and purified. When death has set his seal upon the character of such an one, and there remains for him no further duty or trial upon earth, it is proper, it is salutary, to record his success, and attest his worth. An impartial tribute to the memory of departed excellence may serve as a lesson and encouragement to the living.

The legal profession in this place has within a few years been peculiarly afflicted by the premature departure of young men of high character and distinguished promise. The last week has lengthened their death-roll, by adding the name of BLISS to the hallowed names of GALLISON and SPOONER. In the removal of such men, possessing high capacities and attainments, diligently employing them for the benefit of others, and adorning them moreover with pure principles and an exemplary life, the community sustains a loss which it is not easy to estimate. It is a loss, not merely of their actual services and personal labors, but of the good influence of their example; an example widely recognized and appreciated.

The religious society, of which Mr BLISS was an esteemed member, deplore his sudden and early death, and unite with his friends, with his professional associates, and with the community, in lamenting the common calamity. His life was a brief one. The days of his youth were shortened. But if life be measured by what is effected and what is purposed that is worthy and good, he had lived long. He had lived long enough to convince the public that he possessed the means of being eminently useful, and that he was willing and determined to employ them. He had lived long enough to satisfy his friends that his principles were right, and that his conduct was invariably regulated by his principles.

'Engaged in a laborious profession, to which he was strongly attached from early choice, and placed in a situation where perpetual calls were made upon his services, he devoted to it a clear intellect and a discriminating judgment.