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That they have contributed to this memorable event will ever afford unaffected delight to all the members of otir committee , and they will not offend you
byreturning to you their thanks for those concurrent exertions which your own satisfaction will best reward ;;—and if you have not received our previous communications , we request that you will
not attribute to us any disrespect , but that it may be imputed to the short interval between the different readings of the Bill , and to the irnperfection of the lists we were compelled hastily to collect .
We must , however , remind you that very considerable expences have been incur red , and request that you will transmit to the treasurer , Robert Steven ; ' Esq . No ,
101 , Upper Thames-Street , London , such pecuniary aid as the collective liberality of your congregation , or the individual
generosity of your friends may afford . We also p . ppfise you that if any surplus should remain it will be appropriated to the purposes of a society proposed to be formed , and of which the plan shalL be
immediately transmitted , comprising all dissenting congregations in England and Wales , who may think proper to contribute a small annual sum , and of which their
ministers will ] be members—for effectuatip . g that co-operation amoilg Protestant dissenters on all important occasions , which is essential to their security—and for affording , to those who may be
persecuted , that extensive protection which is particularly required , and which experience has shown that they cannot otherwise obtain . Tfie Necessity of this measure , ikhe recent result has confirmed .
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At a General Meeting of the Deputies appointed for the Protection of the Civil Rights ty the three Denominations of Protestant Dissenters ^ held at the King ' s Head Tavern ^ in the Poultry , Londoriy the 2 % th of May , i 811 * William Smith , Esq . M . P * *» the Chair .
The chairman made a report of the proceedings of the committee upon Lord SidmttuthM Bill lately brought into th ^ House of Lords , intituled "Aft -Act to explain an *
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S 4 S Toleration Act .
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To bis Majesty ' s government , and to all the noble supporters of relu gious liberty , we are happy to acknowledge bur obligations : but we are persuaded that it was the
display of public opinion , in the number and respectability of the petitions , so rapidly collected with such imperfect information , which determined the administration- — which invigorated our
friendsand which obtained our success * But whilst our joy is vivid , and ^ our congratulations are sincere , we are &nxibus that no unworthy exultation should appear ; we desire and pray th ^ t pititis gratis
tucje may be th& iiibst Animated emotiori of our hearts ; and we would publicly and privately express 6 ur thankfulness to that Divine deliverer who has crowned our efforts by his blessing , and whom we hope that oui !* children will continue to praise , for this interposition , as long as history shall perpetuate the memory of the event . ¦ ¦ .
We are , Dear Sir , Your most obedient Devoted Servants , THOMASPELUTT , } Secretarie John Wilks , y
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1811, page 348, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2417/page/28/
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