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ha ?? m&mfr-Qifc ^^ classes of i ^ ei ^ ty during this , ^ period ., Many indications « - that the Legi ^ JatureT participate ^ i the iacre ^ ing liberality of the rimesiare , recorded in the Acts and die votes of Parliameat ; and the
Deputies feel that they fcaire good . ground to anticipate the candid attention of their countryB ^ eja to t |\ e well-founded complaints-they have to prefer against t&e Test and Corporation Acts , whico PR !!?
tinue to aflix a stigma upon then ? , solely for the exercise £ > f the ^ judgments ujhm » the subjects of their religion . r I ^ fbey , therefore enjoin , upon $ ie Ck >/ nffc « tee to , proceed instantly , ardently and prudently to the consideration-of those measures
recommended in the . Resolutions of the 10 th of January last , as proper to be adopted for the promotion of the great object fpr which this Deputation was formed . ;
Resolved . That a special General Meeting of ^ he J } eputie 3 ? sJ # ilL pe , cpnvened xpx the second Friday in March , to receive from the Committee their Report , and to co-operate wjth thenj if needful , in " such , measures as may appear desiraWe in the
present circumstances . An amendment was then proposed , the exact form of which has not reached us ; but it purported , that the Deputies having experienced thfe attention and activity of former Committees in the
management of the important concerns committed to their trust , they relied with perfect confidence upon the zeal and activity of the present Committee ,, and deemed all instruction to them to be unnecessary . This amendment was
supported by its Mover , Seconder , and one or two other Deputies . The original Resolutions were then put to tne vote , of the Meeting , an ci carried with Pfie 4 is * sentient vote , tnat of the Deputy who proposed the amendment . " -. ? ' '
In the course of , the debate the Chairman remarked , and his long connexion with the Parliament entitles his remark to attention , that he believed the Parliament went before the country in liberal sentiments on the subject of religious
toleration and freedom . 'Arffl 'lie * instanced some late public occurrences which justified this opinion . He also noticed some of the difficulties which stood in the way of the Dissenters in they their grievances yfafo )^ rfUtXk&p $ the least of theni . ^ ' ™™ r' - > r ?> ^
As the mmmr % m \ &w'M"titim-^ PP ^ nted to ^ erforto , we tftfsVthey wiU herimppbrted by all Dissenting Societies
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A pist . qf the Committee of Depu ^ ties , appainted to protect the pivil Rtem $ Jffiihe Three Denominations , of Protestant JDigsenters , for % Ue , Year 1823 . , i ,. •/ .,
WiiitiAM Sm ^^ th , M . Vi , ( Jhdirmafi'i Joseph Gutteridge , Dtputy - ' Chairman / J&mes Collins , Tfvafiirer ; Samuel FaveD ; John Addhigton ^ Benjamin Shaw , Henr ^ Waymouth , William BurJs , Williaia * Alers Hanker , Jbliii T . Rutt , Gebrfe
Hammond , William Hale , Joseph Stonard , Edward tiusk , Joseph Hen well , WiiB ^^ i - Esdaile , B . P . Witts , ' Janifes Esdaile , Thomas Stiff , James Gibson ; David Bevan , ^ John Wilto , \( riliiiam Oill ^ man , R . H , Marten . ' f > l » !
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Thjs Rev . J . Briggs , known by-hia labours in the Unitarian cause at Selbyj Yorkshire , and its neighbourhood , has accepted the-pastoral charge of the old Unitarian Baptist Church at Bessels Green , Kent , vacant since Mr . Harding commenced his labours as a Missionary ^
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. ' ¦ "i 11 : i \> ' . \ ' }' .. ¦ * . t * . .. j , Thj ? Anniversary of the opening of the Unitarian Meeting ^ Homer Moor jJb < m Bolton * will be held on Easier Sunday and , IV lond ^^ xt , March 30 thi and , aiat > Tim cp ^ gxeKaiion feel happy in an » ounjc > ing to . |^ her ^ nda of Christlan i libert y and ^ 9 Wf ^ ''^ § f 7 * ' ^ PiiiUpp ^ of She © el 4 ^ add the Hot * Thomas ; M ^ dge hff circ
Qfe ^ # f ^ feh *> } Hiadly consented : t 3 > pr ^ pch on th e otcaaion . , > . t ¦ ir * UwK \ i , 1 ^^ 'iiK ^ fe imi ' .- ' firt ) t « NgM ' r- ; ii '> ' << ' ^ ty r ^ i tut 'm \ ^ T s . uits r . ¦ i -fififiit fTtf . TVit < i «> o | ij | M *
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Intelttgence .-r * JPtO € e $ ding ^ Protestant . Diesenting ^ Deputies , \ %
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throu ^ iit-the-epujttry : $ b& * $$ ' 9 . pB $ 5 ^^ tion , ^ nd . aU : | h ^ ^ jSI ! ^ p ¥ ^^^^^^^ wR ^ 5 ? lr % ^ * $ &mKt 8 * % i ^^ iS ? 4 m $ > shall be recommepded / ^ the . ' Depuxie ^ as best conducing to eflfect the meat ' of .
the obnoxious statutes , so justtydescnfed as being a dis ^ ade : to . oyr % ymftylF % the principle * of liberty are sapposed . to be % « C understood tnan in s $ fr oitier n ^ i oir ofEattipe . "We ^ iiiect * J » e atjen--t ioa&t ^ Mmm , st . l ^ t 8 uc& > f jaiein as . believe tik the brocri-essivf . > ;^> n ^ AW <»' of
nidit ' iS > f in ^ HkiaJW mnd sbdety , to ijie reiiflatlons addpt ^ J ^ iiaa ^ iimuHly , for we cannot rive ap tKe jtenn f (^ r one dissentieilt , byllie Deftiiiies . ' And we earnesty Ihtijkt ¦ ! % * % $ . useflieir exertiQns in the good cMse- Quf pages sna ^ fi be ' at taeir serried , sind S ^ tope in the ne ^ t ' Hetjositorjr to ^ e ^ il ^ p jans , ^ 01 the ' Comraittee df ^ e Deputies sb ^ jl recom - mend foV generaf adoption . - '" * '
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1823, page 121, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1781/page/57/
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