plete summary of those duties which make up the Christian life that has been published in our age." He removed to London, where he was joint pastor with Dr. Williams, and afterwards his successor. He was born in Wrexham, and died rejoicing in Christ, declaring that he was fuller of comfort and happiness than he was able to express. Mr. Evans was succeeded by the Rev. John Kenrick, Wynnhall, near Ruabon. He was a faithful and devoted minister, and an eminent man of God. During the early part of his ministry, he with his friends were likewise the subjects of great persecution, and in 1715 witnessed the destruction of their chapel by a high church mob. The whole account of it is preserved in his diary, which is a most interesting historical document, illustrative of the spirit of the times in which he lived, and is still retained in his own hand-writing. The following is an account from the same diary of a pious layman, connected with the place. " 1st Oct. 1715. Our good friend Mr. Hugh Roberts died, a faithful, useful, judicious Christian, who laid himself out unweariedly to do good. He obtained a good report of all men, and of the truth itself, of whom I can safely say to his honour that he, having served his generation according to the will of God, fell asleep. I have none likeminded who naturally care for the things of Christ. A great loss to all North Wales. Help Lord for the godly man faileth.' We shall daily feel the loss of him under our present circumstances. Our meeting-house being destroyed and our troubles increased." The chapel was rebuilt by government in 1716. The Rev. J. Kenrick died in 1744, having been minister of the congregation 40 years. He was succeeded by the Rev. Francis Boult, who had previously been for a short time co-pastor with the Rev. Job Orton: he also continued minister of the people 40 years. The Rev. W. Browne, as his assistant and successor, continued minister 37 years, and was succeeded by the present minister in 1820.

AMBLESIDE, WESTMORELAND. In this town, beautifully situated at the head of Windermere, having, with circumjacent villages, a resident population of from 1800 to 2000 persons, and resorted to in the months of summer and autumn by a very large, and annually increasing number of visitors, there has been, hitherto, no provision for public worship and instruction for any class of dissenters from the Established Church. In the spring of 1839, a few persons agreed to meet for these purposes in a private dwelling, and from that time have constantly enjoyed the preaching of "the truth as it is in Jesus." Much attention was soon awakened, an earnest desire to hear the Gospel was manifested; God gave testimony to the word of his grace, and sinners were turned from darkness to light. In November, 1840, with the concurrence and assistance of the pastors and delegates of Congregational churches, in neighbouring towns, a church was constituted, which now includes 30 members. The necessity of providing accomodation for the rapidly increasing church and congregation, has rendered obvious the propriety and duty of erecting a chapel. A suitable site having been purchased, and presented by Thomas Wilson, Esq., of London, a commodious chapel has been built, and on October 27th and 28th, it was publicly dedicated to the worship of Almighty God. It is a neat and elegant structure, measuring in the interior 48 feet by 33 feet, besides a spacious entrance, lobby, and vestry. In the base. ment are school-rooms, light and airy, capable of accommodating 200 children, and a convenient residence for a chapel-keeper. The entire cost of the building, with the requisite fittings and furniture, is £1000, towards which somewhat more than £900 have been voluntary contributed.

The opening services were attended by large and respectable congregations, and were characterised by much solemnity, and by deep and hallowed impression. Sermons were preached by the Rev. William Brewis, of Penrith; C. H. Bateman, of Sedbergh; Archibald Jack, A. M., of North Shields; R. G. Milne, A. M., of Whitehaven; and Robert Machray, of Dumfries; and prayers were offered by several neighbouring ministers.

NEW CHAPEL, LIMEHOUSE.-On Wednesday, October 6th, a neat and commodious chapel for the accommodation of Congregational Dissenters, was opened in the populous parish of St. Anne's Limehouse, where there is no other place of worship connected with that body. The Rev. A. Reed, D. D. preached in the morning, and the Rev. G. Clayton, in the evening. In the afternoon, after dinner, the company were addressed by the Revds. J. Fletcher, D. D., A. Reed, D. D., J. Burnet, and John West. The cost of the building, exclusive of the ground, which was a gift, is about £1800. It seats about 700 persons; and is put in trust in the names of fifteen

trustees.

ORDINATIONS, ETC.

On Wednesday, August 25th, the Rev. Frederick Pollard, late of Homerton College, was ordained to the pastoral office over the church and congregation assembling in the Independent meeting, Saffron Walden. On the evening preceding, the Rev. George Clayton, of Walworth, delivered an introductory discourse. A meeting for prayer was held in the vestry on the Wednesday morning, at 7 o'clock. The ordination services were commenced by the Rev. Josiah Wilkinson, Baptist minister, of the same town. The Rev. Joseph Morrison, of Stebbing, explained the nature of a Gospel church. The Rev. J. A. Hopkins, of Newport, asked the usual questions. The Rev. Dr. Pye Smith offered the ordination prayer, with laying on of hands. The Rev. Robert Vaughan, D.D. of Kensington, gave the charge, from 1 Tim. iv. 16.; and the Rev. Samuel Thodey, of Cambridge, concluded with prayer.

In the afternoon, nearly one hundred gentlemen dined together. Thomas Spurgin, Esq., mayor of the borough, and a member of the church, occupied the chair. Interesting speeches were made by Drs. Smith and Vaughan, the Rev. Messrs. Morrison, Thodey, and others. In the evening, the Rev. George Clayton preached to an overflowing congregation, from Col. i. 7. All the services of the day were numerously attended, and many proofs of the Divine presence and blessing were, it is hoped, enjoyed.

On Wednesday, the 15th September, the Rev. Joshua Clarkson Harrison, late student in Homerton College, was ordained to the pastoral office over the church assembling in Edmonton and Tottenham Chapel. The Rev. S. A. Davies, of Enfield, commenced the services by reading the Scriptures, and prayer. The Rev. A. Wells, of Clapton, delivered the introductory discourse from John i. 19, 22, showing that Dissenters possess a valid and orderly ministry; the Rev. Dr. Henderson, of Highbury, asked the usual questions, to which the Rev. H. Pawling, of Winchmore-hill, replied on behalf of the church, and received the confession of faith from the young minister. The Rev. Dr. Pye Smith, of Homerton, offered the ordination prayer; the Rev. John Clayton, of the Poultry chapel, (Mr. Harrison's pastor,) gave the charge from Isaiah lxi. 1.; and the Rev. J. J. Davies, Baptist minister, of Tottenham, concluded with prayer. In the evening, after reading and prayer by the Rev. W. S. Palmer, of Hare Court, the Rev. James Hill, of Clapham, preached to the people from Rom. xv. 30. The addresses were all marked by appropriateness and beauty, and all the services possessed a tender and solemn interest. May the prayers then presented be abundantly answered, and the impressions produced, never be effaced.

The Rev. Joseph Bottomley has removed from Richmond, West Riding, to Sowerby, in the same Riding of Yorkshire.

BRIEF NOTES ON PASSING EVENTS.

The past month has not been barren of events of deepest interest amongst foreign nations, as well as in our beloved country.

A second British armament reached the shores of CHINA in August last, under the command of Sir Henry Pottinger, who, there is little doubt, has long before this taken some decided measures with its infatuated Emperor.

The friends of peace and freedom will rejoice in the speedy termination of the civil outbreak in SPAIN, though all must deplore, that France, herself free by the force of successive revolutions, should be suspected of employing her position and opportunities against the liberties of a neighbouring nation.

The just acquittal of M'Leod at Utica has saved us from an angry collision with the UNITED STATES, while the surrender of Major Grogan to the American authorities by the Canadian government, will tend to abate angry excitement in the mind of the federal republic.

The King of PRUSSIA has ordered public collections to be made throughout the evangelical churches on behalf of the new bishopric that is to be set up at Jerusalem, and to which the Rev. M. S. Alexander, a converted Jew, has been consecrated, by the Archbishop of Canterbury, with an episcopal jurisdiction extending to Egypt, Abyssinia, Chaldea, and Syria! How this strange scheme is "to work," remains to be seen. His majesty calls the German evangelical church" the mother of all the evangelical confessions;" and it is asserted in the Prussian government journals, that in the arrangements, the king has not "consented to any thing contrary to the firm, common basis of the entire German Protestant Church." These notions will but ill accord with the lofty claims of an Anglican bishop: but it may be that the new missionary bishops are not to talk so loftily as some of their lordships of the colonies have done.*

In the kingdom of DENMARK religious liberty is but little understood, and some members of Baptist churches in that country have been most unrighteously persecuted with fines and imprisonment, for not bringing their little ones to the font of the Lutheran church. The Baptist Association of the West Riding of York deputed Messrs. Giles and Dowson to visit Copenhagen on behalf of their suffering brethren. They were admitted to an audience by his Danish majesty, whose mind seemed disposed towards religious freedom; but the Bishop of Zealand and the clergy are, in the true spirit of an Establishment, strongly opposed. We honour our brethren for their manly, Christian course, and doubt not that the things that have happened are for the furtherance of the Gospel.

The first topic we record relating to GREAT BRITAIN is the mercy of God to us, in not only sparing the life of our Queen, but in making her majesty the joyful mother of a healthy, hopeful son, now a Prince for Wales, and at some far distant day, we trust, a King for the whole British Empire, educated in the principles, and following the example of his illustrious mother.

Other circumstances have transpired that possess a painful interest. The census reveals the fact, that there are 163,000 uninhabited houses in England alone, and that the increase of the population has been checked in a manner that is extraordinary and alarming. Distress is very extensively diffused throughout the whole trading community, and the early approach of winter will doubtless increase it.

* The Bishop of Newfoundland, in addressing the Christian Knowledge Society, said, "Without unduly magnifying my apostleship!!" If this be the tone at Jerusalem, what is to become of the Greek prelate who, according to the apostolical succession scheme, now fills the chair of St. James?

That there exists in many minds feelings of deep disaffection, and purposes the result of depravity and desperation, is unquestionable. The mysterious destruction of the great Armoury in the Tower of London, and the incendiary attempts that have been made to fire the Horse Guards and other public edifices, are decided systems of this, and call on Christians earnestly to implore wisdom and integrity for our rulers, that, with the sagacity and firmness of statesmen, they may prepare those measures that shall be instrumental for our national deliverance.

Church affairs, both in England and Scotland, supply abundant matter for lengthened remark. The conformity of the Rev. Waldo Sibthorpe, once the Clerical Secretary of the Religious Tract Society, and still a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, is a fact of the most admonitory character. True evangelical Protestants in the Church of England may now see whither the revised nostrums of the Laudean school will lead them, and at what peril to the truths of the reformation high church notions are to be taught. It will he curious to observe what Oxford doctors will do with Mr. Sibthorpe's fellowship. From the days of James II. till now they have stood upon their college rights as private foundations, to be regulated alone by the statutes of their founder. Surely they will discover nothing in the code of Bishop Waynflete against the popery of a fellow of his college. If the recusant retain his fellowship, where is their protestantism? and if he be expelled, where is the private constitution of their colleges-for he must be then cast out for national and not for college reasons. But perhaps Mr. Sibthorpe will relieve his brethren of the university from this ugly dilemma, by tendering his resignation. Time discloses what man cannot divine, and we shall very quietly await the development of that foul plot against the scriptural protestantism of England which has been devised in Oxford, and tacitly patronized by clerical cabals elsewhere, in the hope that it would afford another prop to a system that is shaken in its foundations, and assuredly destined to fall.

It seems that a commission of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland has presented to her majesty's government a memorial, which has led to certain negociations, which, it was alleged, tended to a compromise. The non-intrusion committee have therefore published resolutions, in which they declare the utter “impossibility of any measure being entertained or submitted to by the church which does not go the full length of securing to the church the liberty of carrying out the principle of non-intrusion. In the mean time, another outbreak and popular feeling against the ordination of an intrusionist minister has occurred at Culsamond, where, in spite of the sheriff and rural police, the ministers were driven from the church to the manse, where they ordained the pastor in private. Such violence shows how much the spirit of this world is mixed up with the question, and how much that saying is forgotten, "The wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God."

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Favours have been received from Rev. Drs. Raffles, J. P. Smith, Alliott. Rev. Messrs. J. Ely, J. Cooper, J. Sibree, Thos. Kennersley, W. Islip, J. Christy, E. Miller, T. Atkid, J. Pearce, J. Boddington, E. N. Davies, H. J. Rook, J. Pain. Thomas Wilson, Esq.

We sincerely condole with an esteemed brother on his recent bereavement, but he must excuse our declining to publish the obituary which he sent us, as it is not usual to publish any in our pages, excepting those of persons of public eminence.

The following errata, we regret te say, escaped our observation in the last number. Page 775, line 10 from bottom, for "diversion," read "division"-Do. last line, før “breath," read “breadth"”—p. 776, line 9, for “funish,” read “furnish”—p. 778, line 7, for there," read "then"-p. 780, line 9, for "have," read " has"-Do. line 20, for "nation," read "native."

We have received several communications in reply to the query on pastoral authority, but have delayed their publication to make room for the close of other articles that it was desirable to terminate in the present volume.

SUPPLEMENT

TO THE

CONGREGATIONAL MAGAZINE

FOR

1841.

THE EDITOR'S EXPLANATORY REMARKS.

FIFTEEN years have elapsed since the pages of this Magazine exhibited for the first time in the history of our denomination a list of the churches and pastors in this country who maintain evangelical doctrines and Congregational church polity.

The Supplement to the Magazine of 1826 contained the first and necessarily very imperfect list; which was therefore corrected and enlarged, with a synoptical view of the state of other denominations in each county, in that of 1827.

In 1829 a list of our pastors and churches in each county again appeared, with an elaborate table and introductory observations, intended to explain and compare the numbers and efforts of the various denominations of British Christians. This was designed to assist inquirers after truth on the subject of the voluntary support of religion, and the Editor believes that it was not without its use in that vitally important controversy.

Corrections and additions were made to the list in the Supplement of 1830; and in that for 1831 appeared, for the first time, an alphabetical list of ministers of the Independent denomination, with the names of the seminaries at which they were educated.

This was preceded by a brief account of the public colleges and private seminaries that have been, or still are, connected with the Independent churches, and designed to remove the imputation, that they are indifferent to learning as a qualification for the Christian ministry.

The Supplement of 1832 was devoted to the ecclesiastical statistics of the city of London and its adjacent boroughs, a subject which was more fully illustrated in a lengthened series of papers in the volume for 1838, which the Editor believes was also useful to show the energy of the voluntary principle in the metropolis itself.