was the interest which he produced, that he was called upon to repeat his eloquent delineations, his touching appeals, and his convincing arguments. His passing through Kendal was thought by some who were acquainted with his exertions in the cause of humanity, to be a favourable opportunity for directing the serious attention of our townsmen to the all-important question. The result more than justified every expectation, and the enthusiasm that prevailed, encourages us to hope, that the inhabitants of this town, ever active in a benevolent cause, will raise their voice in the accents of indignant remonstrance against those bloody edicts that still stain our statute-book. The room was crowded to excess, and the rev. lecturer, during his address, which was of more than two hours' duration, but which rivetted the attention of his hearers, was repeatedly and rapturously cheered. After the applause which greeted Mr. Harris on resuming his seat had subsided, Mr. C. Nicholson proposed, in a few appropriate words, a vote of thanks; which Mr. S. Marshall said he had the utmost satisfaction in seconding. The motion was carried by acclamation.—Mr. Harris briefly but feelingly acknowledged the compliment, begging the company, as the surest proof of their interest in the subject, to use their best efforts in obtaining petitions for the total abolition of death punishments. Mr. Ewart's motion had been received with more favour than might have been expected. Mr. F. Kelly had just given notice of a motion for a repeal of all capital punishments, except in cases of murder. Thus the subject was about to be renewed, and he hoped the opportunity would not be allowed to pass by, of pressing the matter on the earnest attention of the Legislature.-Kendal Mercury.

ON Sunday, April 19th, and Monday 20th, was celebrated the Eighteenth Anniversary of the Bolton Moorlane Unitarian Congregation. There were three services on the Sunday, all of which were conducted by the Rev. George Harris of Glasgow. The audiences were very large, and deeply attentive. Friends came in crowds from the surrounding towns and villages; individuals being present from Bury, Heywood, Rochdale, Chowbent, Astley, Tyldesley, Hindley, Park Lane, Swinton, Manchester,

Stockport, Rawtonstall, Padiham, Preston, Blackburn, Stand, Rivington, Walmesley, Ramsbottom, &c. The day was exceedingly beautiful, and the whole effect singularly impressive. Collections were made amounting to nearly £50.

On Monday Afternoon, April 20th, at 5 o'clock, the congregation and friends, to the number of more than 200, took tea together in the Temperance Hall. After which, the Rev. William Maccall, Minister of the Congregation, was called to the chair. After a short address on the social influences of such meetings, the Chairman proposed the following sentiment; "The Moorlane Unitarian Congregation: May the causes which have hindered its prosperity be removed; and may its members work harmoniously together for the pure and benevolent faith which they profess." Mr. John Bradshaw, the Secretary of the Congregation, briefly responded, entering into some interesting details respecting the present condition of the Society.-The Chairman proceeded to call on Mr. John Lingard, who prefaced, with some beautiful and appropriate remarks, the sentiment, "The strangers who have favoured us with their presence: May this meeting be the means of giving a fresh stimulus to their zeal, and a fresh influence to their social feelings."—Mr. Bradshaw then gave, "Our Brethren of the Bank-street Congregation." To this, Mr. C. J. Darbishire replied in a speech not less remarkable for its generous and charitable spirit, than for its just, and striking, and truly Christian observations.

"The Rev. George Harris: Thanks to him for his most eloquent and effective services yesterday; and may a long and untroubled career, permit the uninterrupted dedication to the world of his brilliant and varied talents." This, amid loud applause, was the next sentiment given. Mr. Harris, in reply, spoke at considerable length; and his earnest and stirring appeals elicited loud and frequent expressions of approbation.

"Unitarianism: May it, and all other rational and progressive religions, be enabled, by a proper selection and combination of agencies, to supplant the errors of practice and of belief, which are so fatal to the peace and the happiness of the community," was illustrated in a

most touching manner, by the Rev. Franklin Howorth of Bury.

"Freedom of inquiry; May all men not only have the courage and the honesty to examine the foundations of their belief, but the courage and the honesty also to avow the results of their examination." This sentiment was convincingly responded to by Mr. Boardman of Swinton.

In proposing, "Success to the motto,-England expects every man to do his duty," the Rev. John Harrison of Chowbent, eloquently dwelt on the physical, the moral, the mental destitution of the people in the manufacturing districts.

"Civil and Religious Liberty: May its missionaries be increased; and may the bad institutions that thwart its march be destroyed, especially that most obnoxious of all —an ecclesiastical establishment," furnished Mr. Isaac Barrow with the text for a powerful analysis of the causes and effects of spiritual despotism.

The Chairman then proposed "The Ladies: Our deep gratitude to them for the grace that they give to our assemblies; for the interest that they give to our undertakings; and for the gladness that they give to our homes."

The Rev. W. Mountford of Manchester, in a very interesting address, moved the thanks of the Meeting to the Chairman; and the Chairman having briefly replied, the Meeting separated about ten o'clock. The interest of the Meeting was considerably increased by Mr. Harrison of Chowbent-the father of the promising young minister of the Unitarian Congregation of that placekindly presiding at the seraphine, and, assisted by various friends, performing several pieces of sacred music in the course of the evening.

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In the morning and evening of Sunday, April 26, Mr. Harris preached at Maidstone in behalf of the schools supported by the Unitarian Congregation of that town. Sermons were the same day preached at St. Peter's Church, and at the Independent and Baptist Chapels, and at the Methodist Chapel for the Wesleyan Missions. Notwithstanding, the attendance at the Unitarian Chapel was considerable, and the collection larger than at any of the other places.

SUNDAY, May 3, Mr. Harris preached in the afternoon and evening at Tenterden to large audiences; and had the pleasure of hearing the Rev. E. Talbot in the morning, and of witnessing a much larger attendance at the celebration of the Lord's Supper than is common in the Unitarian Congregations of England. The new schoolrooms and additional burial-ground attached to the Chapel, are evidences of the Christian generosity of this society.

SUNDAY, May 10, Mr. Harris preached in the morning and evening at Maidstone, and at Chatham in the afternoon. Both the Chapels were filled with deeply attentive audiences.

SUNDAY, May 17, Mr. Harris preached in the morning and evening at Moor-Lane, Bolton, and in the afternoon at Chowbent. The weather was very unfavourable to the gathering of numbers, yet the Congregations were large. On Tuesday, May 19, on the urgent request of many persons of various religious denominations, Mr. Harris delivered a lecture in the Chapel at Moor-Lane, Bolton, to a large audience, on Capital Punishments.

AT the Justiciary Court held in Glasgow in April, Thomas Templeton, for the murder of his wife, was found guilty by the great majority of the jury who tried the case, and was sentenced to death. The circumstances which came out in evidence, exhibited a fearful picture of the melancholy and debasing effects of intemperance. Both husband and wife were addicted to the brutalising vice. Their home, if home it could be called without a desecration of the hallowed name, was a pitiable and disgusting scene. In one of the drunken brawls, which were of continual occurrence, the death-blow was inflicted. The jury unanimously recommended the prisoner to mercy, and subsequently addressed a memorial to the Queen for a commutation of the sentence. A letter has been received from the Marquis of Normanby holding out no hope. The following petition has also been forwarded, signed by upwards of eleven thousand persons; but as no respite has been received up to this date (May 25), and as the criminal was sentenced to be executed on

Wednesday, the 27th, we fear that the brutalising scene of a public execution will once more be witnessed in this City.

"To Her Majesty, Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,- The Petition of the undersigned male and female Inhabitants of the City of Glasgow,

"Humbly Sheweth,-That your Petitioners, holding that human life ought not to be taken away by any fallible tribunal, are, therefore, upon principle, decidedly op. posed to Death Punishment, for any crime whatever.

"That, in the opinion of your Petitioners, Death Punishments are wholly useless, as a means of deterring from crime; on the contrary, the Criminal Statistics of this country have demonstrated, that other penalties are more effectual in the repression of offences-the efficacy of punishment depending more upon its certainty than its severity.

"That the punishment of Death is every day becoming more unpopular in this country, on account of its brutalising tendency-its manifest impolicy-and its utter repugnance to the spirit and precepts of our holy religion.

"That, whilst we conscientiously entertain these sentiments, we have no wish to extenuate the crime committed by THOMAS TEMPLETON, now under sentence of Death in this City, but, lamenting the prevalence of those degrading customs, which are the exciting causes to such atrocities, your Petitioners would earnestly unite in the unanimous recommendation of the Jury, that Mercy may be extended to him, and some other Punishment substituted instead of that to which he has been sentenced.

"May it therefore please your Majesty to exercise, in the present instance, your Royal clemency, and your Petitioners shall ever pray."