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strongly recommend this pamphlet to the attention of the friends of Mis

sions.

"An Exposition of the Old and New Tes tament: wherein each chapter is summed up in its contents; the sacred text inserted at large, in distinct paragraphs; each paragraph reduced to its proper heads; the sense given, and largely illustrated; with practical remarks and observations. By Matthew Henry, late Minister of the Gospel A new Edition, carefully revised and corrected. In six volumes. New Testament. Vol. I." London; Joseph Ogle Robinson, Jun., Ludgate Hill. Large 8vo. pp. 1238.

THIS is a beautiful book; and surpasses in many respects every attempt we have yet witnessed, to condense the extensive works of our best authors into portable volumes. Several publications have taken place, within the last few years, of standard works, originally issued in several quarto volumes, in two or three thick octavos, thereby furnishing them at a small price, to many who could never have commanded the more expensive editions. It has appeared to us, however, that hitherto the projectors of such publications have deserved more credit for their intentions than their success. We have ourselves purchased some of them, but have found them very inconvenient to use from the smallness of the print, or the extreme thickness and weight of the volumes. We can most conscientiously say, that the book before us, in largeness and clearness of type, convenience of size, and in the ease and fulness with which it opens, will bear comparison with anything of the kind with which it has been our lot to

meet.

The work is the first volume of an edition of Henry, intended to be complete in six. It contains the four gospels, and is in a manner complete in itself. The work is also to be had in weekly parts. It is stated to be " corrected," as well as revised. We can. not, of course, pretend to have examined into this by any thing like an extensive comparison of the edition with others; we have, however, personally looked to some particular places, and have found important corrections of previous errors. We have great pleasure in cordially recom

mending the work to the patronage of the public-a patronage which it deserves, and which it must, we think, eventually secure.

LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.

WORKS AT PRESS, OR IN PROGRESS. To be published by subscription, under the sanction of the Congregational Union of England and Wales, in two thick volumes, octavo; price One Guinea to Subscribers, Twenty-six Shillings to Non-subscribers. Historical Memorials, relating to the Protestant Dissenters of the Independent Denomination, otherwise called Congregationalists; from their Rise to the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660, including a View of their distinguishing Opinions. By Benjamin Hanbury.

This work, which originated in a Resolution of the Cougregational Union, was at first designed to comprise merely a popular sketch of the History and distinctive Opinions of the Independent

Protestant Dissenters. But the search for materials led to the conclusion, that no single work extant presents an authentic exhibition of Independency, from its rise to the period when it had become an inseparable portion of Ecclesiastical and of British History. The religious body, bearing the distinctive appellation of Independents in the present day, forms no inconsiderable section of the Protestant community, not only in point of numbers, but as regards the important part they have sustained in the maintenance of our civil and religions liberties. It cannot, therefore, but be deemed desirable, that their opinions should receive the historical illustration which it is the design of this work to furnish. The gentleman to whom the task has been confided, is already advantageously known to the public by his edition of the "Ecclesiastical Polity" of Richard Hooker, the Champion of Episcopacy, and by other productions of his pen. A portion of the Manuscript already prepared has been submitted to the in

spection of two very competent judges in this branch of literature; and has received their warmest commendation. The Committee of the Union have therefore encouraged the Author to prosecute the work according to his own plan, which will bring down the history of Independency to the period at which it happily became too firmly rooted to be extirpated by persecu

tion.

The first Volume will be put to press as soon as Five Hundred Subscribers shall have been obtalued. It is earnestly hoped that the friends of the Congregational Union, and others favourable to the design, will exert themselves to enindispensably necessary for the due appreciation conrage the publication of a work which seems of the principles and practices transmitted to us by men" of whom the world was not worthy."

Subscribers' names will be received at the Congregational Library, or by the Secretaries of the Congregational Union.

We understand that Mr. Scott, of Teviotbank, bas in the press, a work entitled,-"The Harmony of Phrenology with the Doctrines of Christianity; being a Refutation of the Errors contained in Mr. Combe's Constitution of Man, in relation to external objects."

Shortly will be published, in 1 vol. 12mo. of about 500 pages, cloth, "The Union of Church and State antiscriptural and indefensible;" including a particular Review of Chancellor Dealtry'

"Sermon," and of Archdeacon Hoare's " Charge" in defence of the Church of England; and ex

hibiting every material argument hitherto ad

vanced for and against_political establishments of chester. Christianity. By the Rev. Wm. Thorn, Win

TRANSACTIONS OF THE CONGREGATIONAL DISSENTERS.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL AS

SEMBLY OF THE CONGREGATIONAL

UNION OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

The deliberations of an ecclesiastical body, that greatly exceeds in the number of its ministers and congregations the national Church of Scotland, cannot be uninteresting to the religious public at large, and must powerfully affect those who are associated in its fellowship.

In recording then the transactions of the sixth annual assembly of the Congregational Union, we are thankful to state that the attendance of ministers, delegates, and other gentlemen, from all parts of the united kingdom, was very numerous; and feelings of united purpose and fraternal love prevailed in all the deliberations, while the business which was transacted at its successive sittings is, in our judgment, eminently adapted to promote the interests of the Congregational Churches and of the common cause of Christian truth and liberty.

Pursuant to the resolution of the Assembly last year, an introductory public meeting was held at the Weigh House Chapel, Fish Street Hill, on Monday evening, May 9th, the Rev. GEORGE PAYNE, LL.D. of Exeter, presided, who, after prayer, by the Rev. Joseph Turnbull, B.A. of Brighton, opened the business with a brief and appropriate address.

The Rev. J. Blackburn, one of the Secretaries, read the constitution of the Union, laid before the meeting letters which had been received from the islands of the Pacific, Australia, and North America, and introduced to the meeting the Rev. Robert J. Breckenridge," Bishop of the second Presbyterian Church in Baltimore," as the delegate from the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, who then addressed the meeting, and afterwards received the right hand of fellowship from the Chairman in the name of the Union.

The Rev. Professor Vaughan, D. D. moved, and the Rev. H. F. Burder, D.D. seconded the following resolution, which was adopted.

I. That this Meeting derives great pleasure from the presence of the Rev. Robert J. Breckenridge, as a delegate from the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America to this body; and recognizing as special bonds of union and sympathy with those numerous and flourishing congregations, their participation in the same evangelical faith, and in the same great scriptural and voluntary principle on which they are built, in common with the churches constituting this Union, rejoices in the present opportunity of expressing the most fraternal regards towards them, and of hearing of their prosperity and in

crease.

The Rev. Robert Baird, an American clergyman resident at Paris, was then introduced to the meeting, and gave some cheering details of the progress of evangelical religion in that country.

The Rev. A. Reed, D.D. moved, and the Rev. J. Blackburn seconded,

II. That the Rev. Robert Baird, from Paris, be received as a visitor and corresponding member during the sittings of this Assembly.

The Rev. Henry Wilkes, M.A. from Edinburgh, then addressed the Meeting as a delegate from the Congregational Union of Scotland; and R. N. Matheson, Esq. of Dublin, on behalf of the Congregational Union of Ireland.

The Rev. John Morison, D. D. moved, and the Rev. W. S. Palmer seconded,

III. That this Meeting has heard with lively satisfaction the statements made by the representatives of the Congregational Unions of Scotland and Ireland, relative to the prosperity of the churches comprising those bodies, and to the gratifying success which has attended their missionary

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John Morison, D.D. Chelsea
William Legge, B.A. Reading
William Gregory, Bristol
John Hall, Chesham
John Pulling, Deptford
James Mather, Clapton
John Jukes, Yeovil
R. W. Hamilton, Leeds
J. P. Dobson, London

H. F. Burder, D.D. Hackney
Thomas P. Bull, Newport Pagnel
James Matheson, D.D. Durham
John Leifchild, London

J. E. Richards, Wandsworth
Richard Fletcher, Manchester
James Sibree, Hull

C. N. Davies, Norwood
J. Hopwood, Chelsea
W. P. Wastell, Hackney
J. Robinson, London
J. A. Dubourg, Clapham
T. Atkinson, Hounslow
Joseph Patteson, Wem
N. Hellings, Exmouth

W. J. Hope, M.A. Lewisham
William Spencer, Holloway
John Raven, Hadleigh
John Arundel, London
Charles Hyatt, London
David Smith, Brentwood
Archibald Douglas, Reading
Edward Muscutt, Brentford
John Adey, London
J. Bristow, Exeter
J. Rowland, Baldock
T. Binney, London

H. B. Jeula, Greenwich
M. Butler, Southgate
R. Connebee, Dorking
G. Evans, Mile End
Henry Madgin, Duxford

Rev. Messrs.

Samuel Luke, Chester
Thomas Smith, M.A. Sheffield
Charles Gilbert, Islington
E. Prout, London
R. Saunders, Mile End
Joseph Turnbull, B. A. Brighton
James Drummond, London
W. Campbell, M.A. Cheltenham
E. Mannering, London
Thomas James, Woolwich
William Harris, Wallingford
William Owen, London
H. Pawling, Winchmore Hill
W. H. Dormer, Islington
J. A. James, Birmingham
R. Ross, M.D. Kidderminster
J. Edwards, Brighton
J. Bennett, D.D. London
John Hunt, Brixton
H. J. Roper, Teignmouth
A. Reed, D.D. London
G. B. Kidd, Scarborough
John Campbell, Kingsland
J. Wilks, Ponders End
H. Richard, London
Samuel Ransom, Hackney
John Tippets, Gravesend
S. Mummery, London

J. Jefferson, Stoke Newington
R. Penman, jun. Tunbridge
G. Rose, Bermondsey
J. Boddington, Bermondsey
Thomas Muscutt, East Bergholt
E. A. Dunn, London
T. Timpson, Lewisham
John Varty, Mitcham

Thomas Morell, Coward College

J. P. Smith, D D. LL.D. Homerton
Edward Giles, Newport, I. W.
Henry Cresswell, Canterbury
Robert Vaughan, D.D. Kensington
John West, London

George Collison, Hackney
William Rooker, Tavistock
Robert Ainslie, London
John Stoughton, Windsor

Philips, Burnham, Norfolk
John Waddington, Stockport
Thomas Aston, Wingrove
John Green, Uppingham
John Reynolds, Romsey
Thomas Hitchen, Edgeware
E. W. Harris, Dartford
James Dean, Sidmouth
Thomas Cousins, Portsea
T. Hickman, Long Melford
Robert Ferguson, Finchingfield
H. B. Martin, Richmond

Rev. Messrs.

E. Jones, Rodborough
Patrick Thomson, M.A. Chatham
John Flower, Beccles
John Sibree, Coventry
Joseph Gray, Chelmsford
J. A. Davies, Enfield
Joseph Fox, Sheffield
William Henry, Tooting
Joshua Sewell, Thaxted
C. J. Hyatt, London
Isaac Tozer, Ongar
Algernon Wells, Coggeshall
G. Redford, LL.D. Worcester
Eben. Temple, Rochford
Thomas Wills, Basingstoke
John Millis, Lavenham
Samuel Hillyard, Elstead
Joseph Moxon, Mile End
Caleb Morris, London
W. S. Palmer, London
J. Blackburn, London
J. Hoxley, Sherborne
W. Foster, Hadham
Thomas Russell, M.A. Enfield
Joseph Denton, Wenslow

Secretaries

David Jones, Missionary, Madagascar
J. W. Morrin, Hackney

J. Woodwark, London
J. Davies, London

J. Mason, Mile End

William Legge, Fakenham, Norfolk
G. N. Watson, Chigwell Row
J. Moreland, Milton, Kent
W. P. Bourne, Leek.

LAY GENTLEMEN.

S. Houston, London
J. K. Knight, Lane End
J. E. Spicer, London
R. Law, London
G. Bennett, Hackney
W. Clark, London
J. Morley, Hackney
W. A. Hankey, London
J. East, London
P. Jackson, London

J. Byles, Ipswich

E. Tindale, London

T. H. Justice, Mallow, Ireland

J. James, Birmingham

J. D. Goodchild, Henley upon Thames

H. O. Wills, Bristol

H. Terrill, London

J. Whitehouse, Dudley

J. Osborne, Morden, Kent

R. L. Sturtevant, Hackney
G. Bland, London
G. Gull, London

N. s. No. 138.

J. B. Brown, LL.D. London
M. Fisher, Blandford

T. Nunnelley, Leicester
J. Wilson, London

T. Piper, London
H. Bateman, London
Josiah Couder, Watford
J. Brown, Wareham
J. Rout, London

T. Tame, Jun. Woolwich
John Childs, Bungay
Joseph Wontner, Islington
B. Hanbury, London
E. Tindale, Ratcliffe
J. Hooper, Ratcliffe
T. Tame, Woolwich
S. Martin, Ditto

G. Soundy, Henley on Thames
R Gammon, Bethnal Green
T. R. Prior, Kingsland
J. Elliot, Hackney

S. Evans, Ottery St. Mary
S. Ives, London

R. Starling, Islington
S. Hillyard, Elstead, Surrey
J. Rudhall, Deptford
W. Temple, London
D. Beatson, Rotherhithe
C. Dawson, Chelsea
D. T. Lownds, Ditto
A. Gray, Deptford
H. Mitchell, London
T. H. Tooke, Ditto

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A J. Slatterie, Coward College
G. Turnbull, Homerton College
H. Helmore Ditto

W. C. Milne, Ditto

D. Harrison, Hackney Academy
J. Chater, Ditto

W. Heal, Ditto
J. Spencer, Newport Pagnel
H. Penry, Ditto

The Chairman then called upon the Rev. John Blackburn to read the Report of the Committee. After which, Dr. J. B. Brown presented the audited account of the Treasurer.

The Rev. John Leifchild, of London, moved, and Malachi Fisher, Esq. of Blandford, seconded,

I. That the Report now read be adopted and printed under the direction of the Committee.

J. B. Brown, Esq. LL.D., moved, and Josiah Conder, Esq, seconded,

II. That all copyrights, books, and all other the property of every kind now belonging to the Congregational Union of England and Wales, shall become the property of and be vested in four Trustees; and that all property hereafter acquired by such Union shall be conveyed to and vested in such Trustees for the time being, to be held by them in trust for the Members for the time being of such Union, and to be assigned and disposed of in such manner, and controuled in every respect, as such Members at their Annual General Meeting, or as the Committee for the time being of such Union shall, by Resolution signed by the Chairman, for the time being, direct and appoint; and that such Trustees shall, on their appointment, execute a Declaration of Trust in reference to such property, in favour of the said Congregational Union of England and Wales.

That the Members of the Congregational Union of England and Wales shall have power at their Annual General Meeting to remove any Trustee, or to accept the resignation of his Trusteeship, and to fill up all vacancies in the Trust; but in the event of the number of the Trustees being reduced by death to two, that the Committee, for the time being, shall have power to fill up the number, subject to the confirmation of the appoint

ment of the next Annual General Meeting of the Union.

Rev. James Bennett, D.D. of London, moved, and the Rev. J. Reynolds, of Romsey, Hants, seconded,

III. That James Baldwin Brown, Esq. LL.D. of the Inner Temple, Barrister at Law; John Remington Mills, Esq. of Tavistock Square; Joshua Wilson, Esq. of the Inner Temple, Barrister at Law; Benjamin Hanbury, Esq. of Blackfriars Road, Surrey, having, on request, consented to become the Trustees of the Congregational Union of England and Wales, be hereby nominated and appointed such Trustees; and the copyrights, books, and all other the property of the said Union, be hereby vested in them upon trust accordingly.

The Rev. George Redford, LL.D. of Worcester, moved, and the Rev. J. A. James, of Birmingham, seconded,

IV. That the best thanks of this Assembly be presented to Benjamin Hanbury, Esq. for the laborious researches he has prosecuted into the early history of our denomination, which he is earnestly requested to continue; and that the Committee be authorized to obtain Subscriptions, and to proceed to its publication, when an adequate number of names shall be obtained.

The Rev. John Morison, D.D. of Chelsea, moved, and the Rev. James Matheson, D. D. of Durham, seconded,

That this Union having, for its first object, the promotion of evangelical religion, rejoices in the proposed formation of a Colonial Missionary Society, to establish churches of our own denomination in the British Colonies; also, that in the opinion of this Meeting, the state of religion in our own country requires, that the Union should undertake Home Missionary operations, and that the Committee be instructed to make arrangements accordingly. The Rev. Dr. Redford, and the Rev. A. Wells having objected to this motion, urging, that the Colonial Mission should be part of that Union, and dependant upon it, a lengthened discussion took place, after which,

The Rev. Dr. Ross, of Kidderminster, moved, and the Rev. G. B. Kidd, of Scarborough, seconded,

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