These  difficulties,  however,  failed  to  convince  the  meet-
ing; and  Mr.  Clayden  and  Mr.  Edward  Enfield  were  ap-
pointed secretaries  with  a  view  to  further  action.  The
first  necessary  step  was  to  deprive  the  British  and  Foreign
Unitarian  Association  of  its  representative  function,  on
the  ground  that  being  "  formed  exclusively  for  the  pro-
motion of  Unitarian  Christianity,"  it  could  not  represent
congregations  which  inherited  "  a  constitution  free  from
doctrinal  restriction  " ;  and  before  the  Conference  broke
up,  a  letter  was  addressed  to  the  Committee  of  the  Asso-
ciation, giving  notice  of  a  Resolution  to  that  effect,  which
was  to  be  moved  at  the  forthcoming  Annual  Meeting.
This  was  forwarded  on  the  i6th  of  March  to  the  Rev.
R.  B.  Aspland,  the  Secretary  of  the  Association.  The
proposed  change,  which  might  seem  so  far-reaching,  was
in  reality  quite  insignificant;  for  the  rule,  permitting
representation,  had  remained  almost  a  dead  letter.  A
course  apparently  more  conciliatory  was,  however,  adopted
at  a  subsequent  meeting.  The  notice  of  motion  was  with-
drawn, and  Mr.  Tayler  and  Mr.  Aspland  were  requested
to  move  and  second  a  motion  appointing  a  Committee  to
consider  how  far  the  Association  could  be  modified,  or  to
suggest  a  division  of  work  between  two  agencies  that
should  co-exist  in  friendly  relations  to  each  other,  and  to
prepare  a  Report  embodying  the  results  of  their  inquiries.
