Drama. By the Rev. H. H. Milman, Professor of Poetry in the University of Oxford. 8vo. 8s. 6d.

Sermons.

Objections to the Doctrines of the Trinity, stated in a Discourse delivered at Poole, on Wednesday, June 27, 1821, before the Southern Unitarian Society. By Thomas Rees, LL.D. F. S. A. 12mo. 18.

A Critical Examination of the Remarkable Prediction concerning the Messiah, contained in Isaiah ix. 6: being a Sermon delivered on Christmas Day, 1821, at the Upper Meeting House, Newbury. By John Kitcat. Svb.

The Christian Ministry-preached in the Parish Church of St. Leonard, Shore

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ditch. By Thomas Mortimer, M. A. Sunday Afternoon Lecturer. 1s.

The Vanity of the Earthly Hopes of Man preached in George Street Chapel, Glasgow, on Lord's-day Evening, December 9th, on occasion of the Death of Mr. William Friend Durant, of Poole, Dorsetshire, Student in the University of Glasgow. By Ralph Wardlaw, D. D.

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The Office and Duties of the Christian Minister delivered in the Cathedral Church of Chester, upon Sunday, December 23, 1821, at an Ordination of the Right Rev. George Henry Law, Lord Bishop of that Diocese. By Lawrence Gardner, D. D. F. A. S., Canon Residentiary of Lichfield, and Rector of St. Philip's, Birmingham. 2s.

BUCKLAND,

Professor of Mineralogy and Geology, at the University of Oxford.

[From a Correspondent, who sends it, we presume, as a copy, but without saying whence it is taken.]

I.

Mourn, Ammonites, mourn o'er his funeral urn,

Whose neck ye must grace no more, Gueiss, Granite and Slate, he settled your date,

And his ye must now deplore. Weep, caverns, weep, with filtering drip, Your recesses he'll cease to explore, For mineral veins and organic remains No stratum again will he bore.

II.

IV.

Where shall we our great Professor inter,
That in peace may rest his bones?
If we hew him a rocky sepulchre
He'll rise and break the stones,

And examine each stratum that lies around,

For he's quite in his element underground.

V.

If with mattock and spade his body we lay

In the common alluvial soil, He'll start up and snatch those tools

away

Of his own Geological toil! In a stratum so young the Professor dis

dains

That embedded should be his organic remains.

VI.

1821. Dec. 30, at Fryston Hall, near Ferrybridge, Yorkshire, aged 49, the Rev. T. LUCAS. He was seated with his family at breakfast, apparently in excellent health, when he suddenly dropped from his chair and expired without a groan or a sigh. He had discharged, for many years, the duties of domestic chaplain to Mrs. Milnes, and was formerly minister of a Presbyterian Chapel, at Morley, near Leeds.

1822. Jan. 18, in Bedford Place, after a long and most painful illness, Mrs. HEYWOOD, wife of Mr. Sergeant Heywood.

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-, 31st, at Nottingham, in the 30th year of his age, the Rev. HENRY TURNER, one of the ministers of the congregation assembling in the HighPavement Chapel in that town. Of the private sorrows awakened by this early removal of a son, a brother and a husband, it is enough for those to speak, who, in the sacred retirement of a mourning home, can soothe each other by remembering how deservedly the purity of his mind, the integrity of his principles, the sweetness of his temper, and the tenderness of his heart, secured their highest esteem and warmest love. Nor is it necessary, in the page which will be read by those who knew him as their friend and former fellow-student, to repeat, what their own hearts have already told them, of his claims upon their lasting and affectionate remembrance. A subject more properly belonging to the public remains in his character as a Christian pastor. It may truly be said of him, that he had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, aud to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments." He had completely that first and great recommendation of a religious instructor, a deep feeling, as well as a firm conviction, of religious truths. He could not understand why the best and noblest gift of God to man, should not enter into our highest enjoyments, and consecrate our sweetest affections. He beheld in religion an inmate sent down from heaven to gladden our homes, to mingle a gentle and cheerful wisdom with our social converse, and to speak continually to our friendships the promise of immortality. He believed that the purest union VOL. XVII.

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of hearts and mind could be perfect only among those who "have taken sweet counsel together, and walked to the house of God in company." He thought it natural, that "they who fear the Lord should speak often one to another" of the subjects included in their noblest knowledge, and connected with their most valuable hopes. Consistently with these views of religion, the whole temper of his mind was deeply devotional; and while this temper infused a truly evangelical spirit into his public services, it proved itself, in his manners, conversation and whole character, to be entirely removed from all affected or unseasonable gravity. His presence was never any restraint upon cheerfulness; yet it was always felt to be the presence of a religious man. With a gentle, but effectual firmness, he never failed to withhold the approbation of his countenance, at the first step beyond "the limits of becoming mirth." Nor was he restrained by any unchristian awe of talents, or learning, or eloquence, from more directly and forcibly opposing a sophistical argument, or rebuking a sceptical sneer. The constant union of steady principle with amiable manners, peculiarly fitted him to be the companion and friend, as well as the public instructor; and, happily, he had every encouragement, both in his own dispositions and those of his congregation, to make the social circle, and still more the fireside, auxiliary to the pulpit. He was truly the pastor of his flock. They were to him a sacred and beloved trust. They were all, both rich and poor, those to whom he was, by every means in his power, to prove himself a friend and brother"a helper of their joy" a soother and comforter of their sorrow-a strengthener of their hope-and a faithful guardian of their true and everlasting interests. It will be inferred, and it will be most justly inferred, that he took an earnest and active part in all their benevolent plans and useful institutions; and how valuable his assistance, how kind his care had been felt, was seen in the anxiety manifested during his illness, and in the tears which were shed at his grave, by the companions and objects of his labours. Whatever, indeed, could be done by a grateful and affectionate flock to shew their value for their pastor, has been done in their kindness to himself while living, and their unfeigned sympathy with his mourning

family. They who know what that kindness was, and how delicate and respectful have been the attentions prompted by that sympathy, cannot but feel that, even in this world, it is no mean reward of a faithful minister, to live so beloved and to die so lamented.

J. G. R.

Feb. 24, at his house in Stratton Street, at the age of 87, THOMAS COUTTS, Esq. the banker, who, in the course of a long life of active exertion, had amassed im mense wealth. He was familiar and respected in the highest circles of society, and has left numbers to lament him who were benefitted by his charities, which were habitual and eminently generous. His family consisted of daughters, for whom he formed the most honourable alliances: one is Lady Burdett, (the wife of Sir Francis,) another, Countess of Guildford, and the third, Marchioness of Bute, who is now in Italy, on account of her health.

Supplementary Obituary.

THE Rev. John Charlesworth, M.A. whose death is recorded, XVI. 735, is entitled to further notice, and we request some correspondent to favour us with a memoir of him. His name appears in

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Address from the Friends in Ireland to George the Fourth, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

May it please the King!

Ir having been the will of the Almighty to remove, by death, thy royal father, and to permit thee to ascend the throne of this realm; we, thy dutiful and faithful subjects in Ireland, of the Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers, desire thus to approach thee; and, bearing in remembrance the long and eventful reign of thy revered father, the recollection of whose many virtues is precious to us, we gratefully acknowledge the kind disposition he evinced toward us as á society; holding, as we do, some religious sentiments different from his other subjects: thus exhibiting his feeling for couscientious scruples, and evincing thereby his own religious consideration and acknowledgment of the power of Him,

whose right it is to rule in the hearts of the children of men.

We feel bound by the ties of duty and gratitude to fidelity and attachment to thy government. We are also bound by the stronger ties of the Christian principles, which teach us submission to those in authority, and first to the King as supreme.

We look back with satisfaction to those advances in the cause of humanity, and towards the amelioration of the state of mankind, which took place in the reign of our late King; during which an act was passed, abolishing that great evil, the African Slave-Trade. And thy royal father encouraged, by his example, the zeal and efforts of his subjects in promoting the diffusion of education, and the general dissemination of the Holy Scriptures: from this the good effects have extended to neighbouring nations, and even to those that are remote.

We offer thee our respectful congratu

lations, on thy accession to the British throne; and, with feelings of gratitude to Him who ruleth in the kingdoms of men, for that state of peace in which the sceptre of this great kingdom has been delivered into thy hands. We pray that He may cause this blessing to continue. May He influence thy heart to seek his divine counsel in all thy steps: and grant thee his holy aid to perform the various great and important duties of thy high station; so that being enabled to rule in righteousness, thou mayest, in the end, exchange thy earthly crown for an incorruptible crown of glory.

Signed at the Yearly Meeting of the aforesaid Society, held in Dublin, the 6th day of the 5th Month, in the year of our Lord 1820.

JOHN CONRAN, Clerk. [Transmitted by Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, to Viscount Sidmouth, and by him presented to the king.

Address of the Friends in Ireland to the King, 20th 8 Mo. 1821. To George the Fourth, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the dominions thereunto belonging. May it please the King! THY dutiful and loyal subjects, the Society of Friends in Ireland, commonly called Quakers, at their last Yearly Meet ing held in this city, anticipating thy fisit to this country, authorized us to address thee on their behalf on this memorable occasion. We should not do justice to our feelings did we not assure the King that our Society participates in the general joy caused by his presence. Although religiously restrained from demonstrating those feelings by public marks of

rejoicing, nevertheless we respectfully offer to the King a sincere and cordial welcome, and congratulate him upon his safe arrival upon our shores. We desire that thy visit may not only tend to thy own satisfaction and the joy of thy people, but that an event so auspicious may promote the improvement of Ireland and of her inhabitants, and thus render an important and lasting advantage to the empire. We wish to avail ourselves of the present occasion to renew the declaration of our love and our allegiance to thee our King under thy illustrious House. We, as a religious Society, have received many privileges; we are therefore bound, both by duty and by gratitude, to fidelity to thy Royal Person aud Government. We are thankful to the Sovereign Ruler of the Universe, that peace generally prevails; we pray that this blessing may continue, and spread wider and wider; and we desire for thee, O King, that thou mayest be enabled, under the influence of that grace which visits the hearts of all men, to live in righteousness, and be an instrument in the Divine hand to pro mote that state wherein all nations may join in the holy anthem, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill to all men."

To the Society of Friends.

It is highly satisfactory to me to receive your congratulations on my arrival in this part of my kingdom, and your assurance of attachment to my Person

and Government.

The loyalty of your principles and your regular and peaceable conduct entitle you You to my good opinion and esteem. may rely upon my constant protection, aud upon the continuance of those privileges which you now so justly possess.

Warwickshire Unitarian Tract
Society.

On Wednesday, July 25, 1821, the Annual Meeting of the Unitarian Tract Society for Warwickshire, and the neighbouring counties, was held at Leicester. In the morning the sermon was preached by the Rey. Mr. Wallace, of Chesterfield. The text was Ex. xx. 24: “In all places where I record my name, I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee." The discourse was replete with ingenious and

sound criticism. The preacher explained, in a very rational and satisfactory manner, many passages in the New Testament, which are usually brought to prove the omnipresence of Christ. It was the unanimous request of all present, that the sermon should be published, a request which we yet hope will be complied with. In the evening, the Rev. J. H. Bransby, of Dudley, preached from 1 Tim. ii. 5: "There is one God, and one Mediator betwçen God and men, the man