in giving to the building a higher architectural character, so as to render it, in its form and finish, worthy to stand as a memorial for ages to come, erected in commemoration of an event which may justly be regarded as forming an epoch in the history of civil and religious liberty. "In pursuance of the design thus stated, the plan adopted is that of a small Gothic chapel, built of the same stone as that of the Castle walls, rough-hewn, with tooled jambs and quoins. The whole centre of the interior will be occupied with pews or benches for the congregation, care being taken, in either case, that all persons shall be so seated as to face the speaker, and that they shall not be separated into little secluded parties, as was formerly the case, when square pews, shut in with high backs and sides, sometimes with the addition of curtains, were in use. Round the sittings, ample space will be left for the aisles, running parallel with the interior walls, which, to the height of three or four feet, will be paneled with oak. Under the aisles will be carried an iron flue, placed in a hot-air chamber, from which the air will pass into the interior, through narrow grooves cut through the pavement, to the number of thirty or forty. The hot-air chamber will be fed by means of six quatre-foil openings in the outer wall; and the vitiated air will be allowed to escape through nine openings in the roof. Thus an essential part of a public building will become an ornamental feature of it. which, if at any future time required, a garden behind the chapel, and belonging to it, may be added. "The cost of the building, in its least decorated state, according to the estimate, will not be less than £800; towards which subscriptions have been collected, forming, with the large sum received from the London Committee, a total of £675. It is much to be desired, the object in view considered, that further subscriptions may be obtained, so that no fit or becoming ornament, which now, very properly, begins to be thought desirable in every case, should appear to be wanting in the case of an edifice intended to be a public testimonial of the gratitude of the religious community, in this and other countries, at whose expense it will be erected. Among such suitable ornaments, painted glass for the windows may be mentioned; and it seems almost to be required that a tablet should be placed in the interior, to record, in brief outline, the circumstances of an occurrence so important as that which has established, under the sanction of the national representatives, the Protestant right of private judgment, unfettered by the accident of ancestral creed, or by any inquisitorial interference whatever."" Westmoreland. 29. Kendal, built 1720.-The congre gation here has nobly raised a sum nearly amounting to £600, towards paying off a debt contracted forty years In their appeal, they state that "the uncertainty in which the congregation have been kept as to the security of their enjoyment of their chapel and endowments, until the passing of the Dissenters' Chapels Act, prevented their making those exertions to liquidate the debt which they would otherwise have made." The Unitarian public aid the Kendal brethren. have subscribed upwards of £400 to The Unitarian Association voted £50 to this object. ago. An open hanging oaken roof, containing six principals, will be supported by as many slender columns, rising from the aisles. In the east end will be placed a rose window, at a sufficient height above the pulpit, which will be raised not more than two or three steps above the level of the floor, as being the most favourable position for the speaker. In the opposite west end will be a large Gothic window, with appropriate tracery; and this will face the road. On the outside the walls will be flanked with five buttresses, and between those on the north side, the entrance-porch and the vestry will be erected. The site is a gently rising ground; and the building itself will stand upon a terrace, five feet in height, ascended by a flight of steps, commanding a fine view of the Castle ruins and of the intervening vale. The space between the terrace and the road, measuring forty feet, will be occupied as a cemetery; to Wiltshire. 30. Trowbridge. - The congregation here, influenced by their uncertain tenure of the chapel, have allowed it to fall into a very dilapidated state. They are now proceeding to repair it. Towards the cost, estimated at £80, they ask the assistance of Unitarian friends. They both need and deserve aid, being poor, but very zealous. Yorkshire. 31. Leeds. The Mill-Hill congrega tion have long been prepared to rebuild their chapel, when it could be safely done. The central and striking situation they possess makes them desirous of having a building that shall be an ornament to the town. Although they have a sum amounting to about £5,000 in the bank, they are now making an effort to increase that sum, in order that they may at once erect a handsome chapel, and avoid the evil of a chapel debt. We heartily wish them success in their spirited effort. 32. Bradford.-The congregation here propose, now that it can be done safely, to extend their chapel - buildings by erecting a new school-house. "The building at present in use consists of two rooms, one over the other, at a corner of the chapel-yard, the lower one having originally stood alone, as vestry to the chapel, and the upper one having been more recently added, as Sunday-school instruction commenced in connection with the congregation. When a vestry was formed out of a corner of the chapel itself, the lower room above described ceased to be used as vestry, and became an additional school-room. The two, being of small area, are now totally insufficient, and were never well adapted to the purpose of school-rooms at all; consequently, every exertion is now being made to obtain others, immediately adjoining, if possible, upon the chapel-yard." 33. Doncaster." Before the passing of the Dissenters' Chapels Act, the house belonging to the chapel wanted some extensive repairs, and a schoolroom was required to carry out the purposes contemplated by an educational grant of £20 from the trustees of Hollis's Hospital. As soon as the Act was passed, the congregation, having ground sufficient at the back of the chapel, agreed to erect a school-room. Nearly £40 was raised by the congregation, and from other sources rather more than £30. The cost of the building, with fittings-up and making a new entrance to the chapel, &c., was about £100. The school is now in full operation, and will, it is to be hoped, give such satisfaction to the trustees as to cause them to continue the grant.-The Sunday-school is small (15), but it is doing much good, and the congregation is considerably improved. The repairs of the house, &c., cost about £12, and considering the smallness of the congregation, and so few of them being able to contribute much, it is evident that the new Toleration Act has caused them to make exertions which would not otherwise have been advisable." Ireland. 34. Antrim (Rev. James Carley).The chapel has been re-roofed and repaired throughout. 35. Dunmurry (Rev. Dr. Montgomery).-The chapel has undergone general repairs, the vestry has been altered, and a room erected for the Sundayschool. We shall be glad to receive further particulars for a Supplementary List. Southern Unitarian Society. Our friend Mr. Kell has forwarded to us for insertion the following document in favour of Dr. Beard's Dictionary of the Bible. We are glad to find our own opinion of the merits of that work confirmed by so many of our brethren. nected with the Society of Unitarian "We, the undersigned ministers conChristians established in the South of England for promoting the genuine Knowledge of the Scriptures and the Practice of Virtue by the distribution of Books, believing that Dr. Beard's Dictionary of the Bible is admirably calculated to promote the cause of Biblical learning and rational piety, and interest in the perusal of the Scripto be especially adapted to excite an tures among the young,-and having now been able to form a more accurate opinion of its merits from the Parts "John Fullagar, Chichester. Edwin Chapman, Mead Row, Go- Maxwell Davidson, Billingshurst. John Cropper, Wareham. Mark Rowntree, Poole. Porter Orr, Ringwood. Thomas Foster, Portsmouth. Edmund Kell, Newport, Isle of Wight, Secretary of the Southern Unitarian Society." Names of subscribers will be received by any of the above ministers, or the numbers of the work may be obtained through any of the regular booksellers. Mr. Barker. Mr. Barker's friends have put out another appeal in behalf of the subscription now in progress for the purchase of a Steam Press to present to him. Appended to the appeal is a letter from Mr. Barker to Dr. Bateman, in which he describes what use he has already made of his press, and what further and more extensive use he designs to make. The letter is a very interesting document. We regret we have not room for it this month. When Unitarians, zealous for the promotion of pure religion and theological knowledge, learn that Mr. Barker has already printed more than 30,000 volumes of Dr. Channing's works, 15,000 copies of Elwall's Trial, 12,000 "One Hundred Arguments," 16,000 Questions to Trinitarians, Dr. John Taylor on Original Sin, and many other unobjectionable and admirable works, we cannot but hope their scruples (if they have entertained any) are removed, and that they will promptly mark their sense of obligation to this intrepid and persevering advocate of religious truth. We should indeed rejoice to see a cheap edition of Dr. Priestley's select works. The publication of the entire works in a cheap form is scarcely desirable. This, and the publication of works by Rammohun Roy, Locke, Lindsey and Ware, is what Mr. Barker desires and hopes to effect. We hope in our next volume to act on A. T.'s suggestion. His pamphlet was only lately received, and shall be attended to. The article on "Jeremiah White" is partly in type, and was reluctantly postponed to make room for articles of passing interest. Several articles of Review, Intelligence (particularly from America and Ireland), and Obituary, are also postponed. If possible, we would have found room for Enquirer's (of Bristol) objections to our reviewer's remarks on Mesmerism; but the Correspondence sheet was printed before his letter arrived. It is not expedient to carry the subject into another volume. Mr. Stephens' article is received. ERRATUM. P. 728, 5 lines from the bottom, for "Paul's Epistle to the Romans," read, "certain of Paul's Epistles." GENERAL INDEX. Act of Uniformity, 541. Ainsworth, chapel at, 843. Blackburn, Mr., at Dublin, 767. Bolton Unitarian Association, 516, 780. American Unitarian Intelligence, 119, Boston conference of Unitarian minis- 253, 317, 432, 507. Andresen's Account of Ronge, 416. 745. Animadversions on Sherlock, &c., 677. Aspland's, Rev. R. B., letter to Mrs. A. T.'s remarks on S. S. and Romans, Atheism and Pantheism, 558. ters, 513. Boston Unitarian Association, 592. Bowman, Mr., on chapel architecture, Bowring, Dr., quoted, 742. His Lecture Brief History of the Unitarians, 134, Bristol, chapel at, 845. British Quarterly Review, 179, 639, Brougham's Lives of Men of Science, Authenticity of Romans xv. and xvi., Bruce, Professor, and Mr. O'Connell, Bache's, Rev. S., speech at Welburn, Baltimore, ministry at large at, 513. Barker, Mr. Joseph, 53, 129, 227, 590, Barnes, Rev. J. W., Vicar of Kendal, Baths, public, 78, 107, Battle Unitarian Sunday-school, 328. B. C.'s obituary of Henry Enfield, Esq., Birch, Rev. Eliezer, first minister Birth and infancy of Jesus, 343. 647. Buckleys, the, of Dukinfield, 754. Burton's, Miss, Elective Polarity, 417. Canada, Religious Societies' Relief Bill, Carmarthen College, examination of, 588. Catholic Emancipation Act, new, 194. Chancellor's, Lord, speech on the Jew Channel Islands, Mr. Hutton in, 591. Chesterfield, chapel in Elder Yard, 842. Christian, the, by Barker, 53, 430. "Christians," the, of America, 318. Cirencester, chapel at, 843. Clarke, Dr. E. D., on public baths, 78. Coleridge on Jean Paul, 675. Confessions of Faith, by M. A. Coquerel, Congregational Intelligence, 592, 719. Considerations on the Explications of Cooke, Dr., of Belfast, disheartened by venile Miscellany, 116. Religious |