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protest against such infringement . That this hill , founded ^ as we conceive on groundless suspicions and unproved , we believe unprovable abuses , which , if they exist , may be remedied in a way purely civil , in peculiarly unjust ; inasmuch as in our apprehension , it involves the innocent many in the odium and inconvenience that ought to fall only on the guilty
few . That this meeting , cordially uniting with the dissenters in London , in their opposition to a
measnre , which they fear will only prove an introduction to others more rigid and severe , agree to petition Parliament , that the aforementioned Bill may not pass into a law .
That a committee be immediately formed to further this opposition , and to correspond with our friends in London and elsewhere ; and th ^ t this committee consist of the persons who signed the requisition for this meeting *
That a subscription be opened for defraying the expenses of such opposition . G . Lambert , chairman .
[ Mr . Lambert having left the chair , and Mr . Williams having been called to supply his place , it Vvas unanimously resolved , ] That the thanks of the meeting be gfv « n to the chairman , for the zeal and ability he has displayed in the chair *
That the thanks of the meeting be given to the deacons and managers of Fish Street chapel , for the use of the chapel . That the thanks of the meeting be given to the persons who signed the requisition * That the thauks of tire meeting
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At a General Meeting of Protestant Dissenters , and other Friends to Religious Liberty , at the London Tavern , Biskopsgafc Street , on Friday , May 24 , 1811 , convened to receive the Report of the Committee appointed at a for *
mer Meeting , to prevent by every legitimate effort , the successful progress of a Bill introduced into Parliament , by Viscount Sidmouth % relating to the Ads for Religious Toleration .
Samuel Mills , Esq . in the chair The committee reported—That by great exertions , aided by the generous sentiments which were universally excited , they had
obtained in 48 hours , 336 petitions from various congregations within 120 miles of the metropolis , signed only by males exceeding 16 year * of Age , ( exclusive of many
petitions that have been subsequently received , ) that those petitions had been presented to the House of Lords on Tuesday , and that in consequence of the number and respectability of the petitioners , of the attention of his Majesty ' s government , and of the assistance of many liberal-minded Peers , the motion that the Bill should be
read for the second time , was negatived without a division , and the Bill was consequently rejected .
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344 Toleration Act *
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be given to the Rev , G . Lee , for the essential service rendered by him in drawing up the resolutions and otherwise promoting the objects of the meeting . That the thanks of the meeting be given to those gentlemen , who spoke in support of the resolutions * That these Resolutions be published in the Hull papers , and in in two London papers .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1811, page 344, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2417/page/24/
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