71 clauses is now printed, (occupying 40 octavo pages,) for the use of the shareholders, who are required to sign the original document without delay. It in course is much too long and technical for insertion in our columns, but we transcribe a few of the clauses, which will give our readers information on the most important parts of its constitution. "2. Therefore, this Indenture witnesseth, and it is hereby agreed and declared, that the several persons, parties to these presents, being the persons who have so agreed to become proprietors or shareholders of the aforesaid capital, in the share or shares set against their respective names in the schedule to these presents, and who are hereinafter distinguished by the title of 'Proprietors,' and the several other per sons who shall become proprietors, as hereinafter mentioned, shall be and continue an Association, or Institution, by and under the name of The Proprietors of the University of London.' But it is hereby expressly agreed and declared, that the said Association or Institution, or the present or future proprietors of the shares of the same, shall not assume or pretend to be or to act as a corporate body, unless or until they shall hereafter be legally incorporated; and that none of the provisions contained in this present indenture shall be deemed or construed to imply any intention on the part of the said Association or Institution, or of the present or future proprietors of the shares in the same, to be a corporate body, or to act as such. And this Indenture further witnesseth, and it is hereby declared and agreed by and between the said parties to these presents, in manner following, (that is to say;)- "3. That the object of the said Institution is the advancement and promotion of literature and science, by affording to young men residing in or resorting to the cities of London and Westminster, the Borough of Southwark, and Counties adjoining to either of the said cities, or to the said Borough, adequate opportunities for obtaining literary and scientific education at a moderate expense. "4. That, for effecting the said object of the said Institution, a piece of land, near Gower-street, in the parish of Saint Pancras, in the County of Middlesex, has been purchased, and the purchase of it has been, and is hereby approved. "That halls, schools, lecture rooms, offices, and other buildings, proper and suitable for receiving professors and pupils, and for carrying into effect the object of the Institution, shall be erected upon the said purchased piece or parcel of land; and that the said building, when completed, shall be called, "The University of London," and appropriated solely to the objects of the Institution. "5. That the said capital of the Institution shall not amount to more than three hundred thousand pounds, or to less than one hundred and fifty thousand pounds, and shall be raised by subscription for shares, of one hundred pounds for each share; but that no one person shall be capable of holding, directly or indirectly, more than twenty such shares; and that, to the extent of his or her share, or respective shares, and to that extent only, each proprietor for the time being shall be liable to the Institution, or to the fulfilment of the contracts and engagements to be entered into by the council, or session of council for the time being, constituted and nominated as hereinafter mentioned, on account thereof. "30. That the session of council, for the time being, shall have the power of appointing a secretary, or clerk and clerks, for conducting the business of the Institution; and also a librarian, or librarians, and professors, masters, tutors, officers, agents, messengers, workmen, and servants, and of procuring such aid or assistance as the object, business, and concerns of the Institution shall, in the judgment of the session of council, for the time being, require; and shall allow to persons employed by them in any of the capacities, or for the purposes aforesaid, respectively such salaries, wages, compensation, gratuities, privileges, and benefits, as well in respect to past as future services, as the said session shall think proper, and shall have power, from time to time, to delegate to them respectively by any instrument in writing, or otherwise, such powers and authorities as the said session may deem expedient; and to vary and alter, or revoke such powers and authorities, and delegate others whenever, and so often as the session of council, for the time being, may think proper; and shall have power to suspend, displace, or remove any secretary, clerk, librarian, professor, master, tutor, officer, agent, messenger, workman, and servant, either as occasion shall require, or as the said session shall think fit, without being compelled to assign any reason for such suspension, dismissal, or removal; and also, from time to time, if deemed expedient, to appoint persons to supply the vacancies occasioned thereby. Provided, nevertheless, that the professors, masters, and tutors, shall have the privilege of appealing against such dismissal within one month after the same shall have taken place, to a General Meeting of Proprietors, to be called by the clerk of the institution fourteen days after notice of such appeal." We regret to learn, that the embarrassments of the commercial world have prevented many subscribers fulfilling their promises of support, but there is capital enough untouched by these calamities March 29, 1826, the Associated Ministers of Sheffield, Wakefield, and Rotherham, &c. held their half-yearly meeting at Melton. The services commenced on the preceding evening, when a sermon was de livered by Dr. Cope, of Wakefield, on "the Kingdom of Christ, and the Means of its Advancement." The next morning, the Rev. Mr. Boden, of Sheffield, preached on "Satanic Influence," and the Rev. Mr. Dixon, of Sheffield, on " Christian Watchfulness." The Rev. Messrs. Nichols, of Bawtry, Docker, of Sheffield, Dr. Bennett, of Rotherham, and J. Woodwark, of Doncaster, engaged in the devotional parts of the services. CHAPELS OPENED. On Tuesday, Dec. 27, 1825, a neat and commodious place of worship, connected with the Independent denomination, was opened for divine service, in the pleasant town of Solihull, Warwickshire; on which occasion three sermons were preachedthat in the morning, by the Rev. J. A. James, of Birmingham; that in the after noon, by the Rev. J. W. Percy, of Warwick; and that in the evening, by the Rev. T. East, of Birmingham. On the following Sabbath-day, sermons were preached, in the morning and afternoon by the Rev. W. Hood, minister of the chapel, and in the evening by the Rev. J. Sibree, of Coventry. After which latter service a collection was also made. The collections amounted to £43. 4s. 2d. The devotional services were conducted by the Rev. Messrs Sibree, Jerard, Barker, &c. The success attending the erection of the above place of worship, is at once most surprising and gratifying. This town, containing from two to three thousand souls, was previously, for upwards of twenty years, destitute of evangelical preaching by any denomination of Dissenters. An eligible piece of ground was purchased by the Rev. J. Sibree; a chapel has been erected; a minister, in the cha racter of a Home Missionary, is become a resident in the town, to preach regularly in the place, and in the neighbouring destitute villages; many of the pews in the chapel have been let to respectable families; the place is crowded with attentive hearers every Sabbath-day; and upwards of a hundred persons attend the week-day evening lectures. Thus a work has been accomplished, within the short period of one year, which, in all probability, would not have been performed in ten or fifteen years by the usual mode of entering into destitute towns. A debt of £400. remains to be defrayed; to effect which the aid of the benevolent public is earnestly solicited. A new Independent chapel was opened at Bawtry, Yorkshire, on Wednesday, the 15th of March, when sermons were preached by the Rev. James Parsons, of York, the Rev. W. H. King, of Gainsborough, and the Rev. Dr. Bennett, of Rotherham. A sermon was also preached the preceding evening, by the Rev. James Parsons. These sermons were impregnated with the most important and essential truths of the Gospel; the attention and the number of the auditors was highly encouraging, and their contributions truly liberal. ORDINATIONS. On Wednesday, the 29th of March, the Rev. J. W. Wayne, from the Newport Pagnel Evangelical Institution, was ordained to the pastoral office over the Independent church at Hitchin. The Rev. C. Gilbert, of Stony Stratford, commenced the service, by reading the Scriptures and prayer. The Rev. S. Hillyard, of Bedford, stated the nature of a Gospel church, and asked the usual questions. The Rev. D. W. Aston, of Buckingham, (Mr. W.'s pastor,) prayed the ordinationprayer, with imposition of hands. The Kev. T. P. Bull, of Newport Pagnel, gave the charge to the minister, from 1 Tim. iv. 16; and the Rev. W. Chaplin, of Bishop's Stortford, a discourse to the people, from Matt. v. 14; and the Rev. J. Geard, the venerable Baptist minister of Hitchin, concluded the interesting service with prayer. In the evening, the Rev. J. Slye, of Potter's Parry, delivered a discourse from Rom. iii. 31. The Rev. Messrs. Early and Hawkins engaged in prayer. On Thursday, April 13th, the Rev. George Moase, late of Okehampton, Devon, was publicly recognized as the pastor of the Congregational church, Artillery Street, Bishopsgate Street, London. The Rev. J. Blackburn read and prayed. Dr. J. P. Smith delivered the introductory discourse; Rev. J. Fletcher, M.A., offered the intercessory prayer; Dr. Winter addressed the minister and people, from 1 Thess. iii. 8-" Now we live," &c.; and the Rev. J. Meek, of Painswick, concluded with prayer. REMOVALS, APPOINTMENTS, &c. The Rev. John Clayton, for 47 years the honoured pastor of the Weigh House Meeting, East Cheap, has resigned, and the church have unanimously invited the Rev. Edward Parsons, of Halifax, to succeed him, who, we understand, has accepted the invitation. The Rev. Thomas Russell, M.A., the laborious editor of Dr. Owen's works, is appointed Trustee to Mr. Coward's funds, vacant by the death of Mr. Townsend. Dr. Harris has accepted the invitation of the church at Newington to become their pastor, and will therefore resign his office, as resident tutor at Hoxton Academy, at Midsummer, but will still retain the theological chair in that Institution. The Rev. George Collison has relinquished his ministerial connection with the congregation at Well-street, Hackney; and the Rev. Mr. Hughes, late of Hoxton Academy, succeeds him, RECENT DEATHS. Died, on Wednesday, March 29th, the Rev. P. S. CHARRIER, of Liverpool. He had been only a few days confined to the chamber of affliction, and, in the week preceding his death, had been actively engaged in the discharge of pastoral duty, and in making arrangements for the public services of the Rev. W. Cooper, of Dublin, on behalf of the Irish Evangelical Society. That gentleman arrived in Liverpool, in pursuance of those arrangements, on the morning of the 29th, and, on entering the place of Mr.Charrier'sresidence, received the distressing intelligence of his sudden removal! Scarcely had he recovered from the shock of this mournful announcement, when a letter was put into his hands, which had just been received from London, containing the information that Mr. Cooper's youngest son, Mr. CHARLES CooPER, A. B., who had been appointed, only a few weeks before, the Classical Tutor of Cheshunt College, was in dying circumstances! The father hastened from the scene of death to the metropolis, and arrived just in time to witness his son's dissolution! Thus one who had just girded on his armour in the service of his Lord, was suddenly called from the field of action to his eternal reward; and another, distinguished by his matured experience and honourable activity, who had, indeed, passed the meridian of his life, but on whose long-continued exertions all who knew him fondly, calculated, was also called most unexpectedly to "rest from his labours!" "Even so, Father; for thus it seemed good in thy sight." persecution in that country to England, of the Gospel, both at home and abroad, cess. We hope to be able to present a memoir of this excellent man in a future number. NOTICES. The Anniversary of the Union of Christians for Bedfordshire and neighbouring places will be held at Bedford, on Wednesday, the 31st of May, when the Rev. James Stratten, of Paddington chapel, and Rev. John Morris, of Olney, are expected to preach; the former in the morning, at 11 o'clock; the latter in the evening, at half past 6. Hoxton Academy. The Anniversary of the Hoxton Academy (when three Students will deliver short discourses) is to be at Claremont chapel, on the evening of Wednesday, the 28th of June. The examination of the Students is to take place on the day preceding; but the annual meeting of subscribers will be postponed till Tuesday, the 5th of September, when it is hoped that the friends of the Institution may assemble at Highbury College. It is Mr. Charrier was, we believe, a native proposed to postpone also, till that time, of Portsmouth. His father was a native of France, and had fled from the storm of the annual meeting of the ministers of the Hoxton Association, 1 COMMUNICATIONS have been received this month from the Rev. Messrs. S. HillyardJ. Jukes-H. F. Burder-J. Gawthorne--Isaac Taylor--John Sibree-Thomas Fisher -Thomas Mann--W. Orme-S. Curwen - J. Betts--J. Fletcher--J. Roberts-J. Holgate--G. Redford--Dr. J. P. Smith--J. Blackburn. Also from Messrs. A. Pellet-James Edmeston--W. G. Wilkins--C. Holmes--M. Swinney-J. B. Williams--Thomas Wilson--Amicus-A. G. L.-L. No Sceptic begs to propose the following Query:--After the revolt of the ten tribes of Israel from the house of David, by whom was the order of Priesthood supplied in Solomon's Temple at Jerusalem? Were individuals selected from among the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, or was only part of the tribe of Levi implicated in the defection of their brethren? Is it not implied in the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah, that the "Priests and Levites" were partakers of the captivity of Judah and Benjamin ? A Country Pastor, having been called upon in his ministerial capacity, to baptize the child of an unmarried female, wishes some of our intelligent Correspondents would give an answer to the following query. viz: What are the reasons, if any can be assigned, for not baptizing children who are thus born into the world; and if they should be baptized, what arguments can be adduced for the practice ? A Dissenter begs to ask, What civil privileges are enjoyed by the Protestant Dissenters of Scotland and Ireland, which are not possessed by English Nonconformists? L. refers to the great interest excited by the course of Lectures recently delivered in London to mechanics, on the Evidences of Christianity; and, from the large attendance of young persons of a superior order also, he suggests that such a series would be highly beneficial in most towns throughout the kingdom. A Correspondent in Derbyshire informs us, that a pamphlet, entitled "The Unitarian's Appeal," printed at Yarmouth, has been forwarded to himself, and other Calvinistic ministers, by post; by which they were most unjustly subjected to the charge of a HEAVY DOUBLE POSTAGE. As the "Appeal" is, in every sense, worthless, he returned it to the publisher by the same conveyance; which course he recommends his brethren to adopt, in similar circumstances, as the most effective method of restraining this unrighteous effort of Socinian zeal. A facetious Correspondent recommends Young Mortality to imitate the doings of his venerable ancestor, and repair the inscriptions he gave us in the Monumental Remains, inserted in the last number, as he detects the following errata : For Ecclesiæstee read Ecclesiastæ, For conivci read conjugi or conivgi. A Looker-on, observing that there are nearly fifty public services, and meetings of various Religious Societies, advertised for the present month, begs respectfully to intreat those gentlemen who may take part in the same to regard the exhausted state of those who will form their audiences, and to let short reports, short sermons, and short speeches be the order of the month. Our friend Rehsift will perceive that the delay of his communication was not its rejection. We wish to "act fairly towards all" our Correspondents, which was the very reason we inserted the paper to which he alludes, rather than his own. He does not know how long that article was in our Portfolio before his communication came to hand. |