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TherVmlgfit' b £ cRfflcttl ^ ei ait ^ cH i ^ tfe inHtesfcntetii ; but he lrald no' ddiito they iriighVbe p ttviate ^ , Irat if rtot , if % h 6 dioney w ^ afrsoltttcly voted ^^^ h ^ thkrbi wj&' ddne ? They had abundant resource ' s ; TWzeal arid piibl | 6 s ^ rtt of th 6 T body of Dissenters were their funds to resort to .
They made nd'scruple t > f embarking * their mobley in law ' -auits stid diancery-sufts , in Which they ris"fced V&tiffi * ' larger sums about mere private disputes , and why not risk something , here on a great question ? They had of life been called upon to spend little iu these matters , they had an accumulation of cash in hand , and how couM they spend it better ? But it was saidy Don t attempt to * fband a hew institution ; make a
vigdrous effort to compel admission to the okr Universities . Could such a proposition be * seriously and fairly pttifc . *• ijie proposed must know tha ^ the ^ might as well try t 6 puH dowtr St . Pto&Vb ; . The only way'W malne an approach to it wiis to su $ > oft tW plan . If the' Efiss ^ nWifs Wbuld-not do it , who should Y H e gaV 6 the motion YRk hearty concurrence ^ and conceived it an hbhour to vote for it .
Mt ; Bompas ( a barrister ) antfclpipd ; veiylittle difficulties as to the jtitrfLWot irivestmerii;— ; tlieyhad onl ^' totakfe c | ff ) i and keep each share or nuiriiber of shares in three or fouV nanies , and ih £ re wotiid be no difficulty about deaths . As to the right to make this appropriation , he had felt at first that there might be \ sonle difficulty ; bilt after the explanation given from the Chair , he could nbt believe any lawyer , knowiug ho \ V these
funds arose , without any limitation as to thfe discretldn of the Society , could have a moment ' s doubt . A Society was appointed to mattag 6 the civil aflfalrs of the Disseriterd , and in the course of their dtity received subscriptions for the purpose , whidh , instead of their spending , as tlie £ might have done , had , from accidental circumstances , accumulated . Could any one doubt that what such a Society
determine'd in its discretion to be a fit iiiode of pursuing t ^ e interests of' Diase ^ rii ^ ers , must he conclusive oh th ^ " sufije <* t ? If he tho ^ t there wa ^ ' a pretetfce ^ iot doubt , he wbul ^ take ali o {^ infoif'Od . thesifoje&j but a ^ it stood , hef coiiltf not for a , nfolmetit believe that they fl 1 iJWP any bther than a ^ fufll and free UbertV to decldfc for themselveri wnat
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S ^ ver ^ l ' artfcreiS'iiifteridW for tne ' pi ^ ehWumbey haW beeii uniivoldably ' 66 ' atboned . —Vlem * mMiite wilKartfear in ; U 5 & nekt Nunibeir . ^ rh ^ Cbtidvictoh VlU be glad to > re ^ eivd thr ^ emaSnin ^ pbrtlcrh of tn ^ artide fr ^ om Che ^ teirfieldL- ^ -Mr . Hollahd ' s le ^ u ^ sth ^ 'beetffeom ^ fed ^ Vittit . ^
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wais or riot for their interest i and if td decide , then certainly to act . Then the real q uestion was , whether this institution were a desirable one fpr Dissenters to support ? Everjf one wfio spbke ackh 6 wledged it was ; every one exhorted Dissenters singly to encourage it . Why , then , if good in the eyes of all Dissenters individuatiy , didl it cease to be so to them collectively ? But then they were told that this was doing things by halves ,
that they should attack the old Universities . Really , it appeared to him that the old proverb , that half a loaf Was better than no bread , was quite sufncieut answer to this reasoning ; N 6 one doubted that this institution , and th ' e prinHpie involved in it , deeply affected their interests , if they mu . st not use the wOrd rights ; and why not spend some of this money , intrusted to them , after all , to spend , not to invest in the funds ?
A Deputy opposed the motion at some length , undef supji frequent interruptions , by cries of " Question 1 Question ! •' that he br 6 ke ; o ^ T , and the Chairman , having put the quektion , and not' being able to decide by show * of harids , requested a division , anii tellers being appointed , the numbers Were declared to be , For the motion ...... 44
Against it .. 44 On which the Chairman gave the casting voice in favour of the motion . * ' ¦ TtiiA ? CJoinHnittee theii chosen for the enltiiiig ' year , were Charles C . Bomjias , Es < i , Temple ; J . B . Brown , Esq ., LL-RyTfemple ; Wiljiam Burls ; Esq ., 56 , LothbUfy ; Edward Busk ,
Es «[][ ., Temple ; SamueJMff lm ) , Esq ., Camberwell ; W . B . Guijney , . Es ^ Essex Street ; James Gibson , Esq . ^ Great Saint Helen ' s ; William Hale , Esq ., Homerton ; George Hammond , Esq ., Homerton ; Benjamin HattbUrvj EsiJ ., Blackfriars * Rbad ; W . A . HanKey , Esiq :, FenchUrch Street ; SamueT Jackson , Esq ., Clapliam ; R . H . Marten , Esq ., Mincing Lane ; Samuel Medley , Efeq ., TKrearfneedle Street ; John
T . Rutt , Esq > Clapton ; Benjamin Shaw , Esq ., Cornhill ; Richard Taylor , Esq . , Shoe Lane $ John Wilk ^ j E 9 C | ., Finsbtiry Square ; ThomaS Wdodi Escjr , Little St . r niomas Apostlfe 5 Jo 8 e '{) hYallbw , leyj Esq ., Red-cross Street ; William ! Ydckipe' ^ , E ^ q ., Bedford Street , Coveut Garden .
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232- Cofaispondmce .
Comeisfondfince.
COMEiSFONDfiNCE .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1827, page 232, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1794/page/72/
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