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lion J anJ to . carry any plan they may deem eligible , into immediate effect , VI . That , as expences have been unavoidably incurred , to an arnou ^ nt , certainly great , although unascertained , all gentlemen present at this meeting be requested to subscribe such sums as their
liberality may suggest ; and that all congregations be requested to transmit their collective contributions , or individual assistance , to tire treasurer , Robert Steven , Esq . at 101 , Upper Thames Street ; or at the London Tavern
Bvshopsgate Street ; or New London Tavern , Cheapside ; or to Sir James Esdaile , & Co . and Messrs . Rdbarts , Curtis , & Co . Lombard Street ; and
Messrs-Down , Ihornton , and Free , Bartholomew Lane , without any avoidable delay ; and tfcat the committee appointed at the last meetihg be solicited to continue to
execute all the powers with which they were then invested , and which they have so usefully employed . VJT . That the energetic and judicious exertions of that com-Inittee , who have awakened with
so much advantage a laudable spirit among Protestant dissenters and the friends to religious liberty , merit the highest approbation ;
and present ai ? example for universal imitation , whenever the smallest infringement of the most extensive toleration , be hereafter attempted .
VIII . That the thanks of this meeting be presented to the Right Honourable Spencer Perceval , for the politeness with which he attended to the representations of their committee ; and to every member of t ^ is Majesty ' s govern-
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ment , for withholding from tfc < - Bill their important support . IX . That this meeting cannot adequately praise ihe Right Honourable Earls Stanhope and Grey , and Lords Holland and Er ^ kiae , for their manly and eloquent opposition to the principle and pro * visions of the Bill , and for their unanswerabk ^ fle fe tfce of religion liberty ; but that they be requested to accept their warmest thanks . X . That His Grace the Duke
of Norfolk , the Most Noble the Marquis of Lansdowne and the Right Honourable Earls Moira , Lauderdale and Rosdyn , have , by their prompt and generous assistance , excited in this meetii ) g the most ardent gratitude . XI . That the committee for
guarding the privileges of the Methodists in the connection of the late Rev . John Wesley , having essentially contributed to this important success by' their concurrent efforts and cheerful
cooperation , have increased the esteem which this meeting previously entertained , and have proved themselves to be , sincere friends to the best interests of mankind .
XII . That this meeting are also grateful to those clergymen and other members of the established church , who by their strenuous opposition to the rejected Bill , have evinced their unfeigned attachment to the cause of religious
liberty . XIII . That the attentions of the worshipful the Mayor and other gentlemen of Bristol , and of the members of several corpo rations , have ipade an indeiib ^ impression on this meeting , and t are enti tled to gratitude ^ perpaaneat and sincere . . . . ¦ ¦ ; ' •' ¦ :- . ¦ . ; : ¦ . '
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1811, page 346, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2417/page/26/
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