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render more effectual certain Acts of the 1 st , ; yeWr of tlie reign of King Williahi and Queen Mary , ' arrd of the 19 th year of the reign of his present Majesty , so far as the satoe delate to Protestant Dissenting Ministers . "
Resolved , That this deputation , in confonjjity with the deep interest which they must always feel in every question affecting the civil and religious concerns of the
Protestant Dissenters , do , in the names of those by whom they are deputed , offer to their brethren throughout the kingdom , their sincere congratulations on the
rejection of the abpve-mentioned Bill , and especially as connected with the opinions sp generally expressed in the House of Lords , of the inex - pediency and injustice of infringing on the liberty of the subject in religious matters *
Resojved , That the thanks of this deputation be gratefully offered to the Marquis of Lansdowne , to Earl Stanhope , Earl Moira , Earl Grey ; to Lord Holland , and to Lord Erskine , for their able and
distinguished support of the cause of the Dissenters , and of the great and important principles of religious liberty , in the debates on the Bill lately introduced by Lord Sidmouth into the House of
Lords-Resolved , Thkt the thinks of this deputation be given to all those members of that Right Honourable House who coioperated in rfeject-H the said Bill .
Resolved , ' that this cleptitatibn a extremely happy in the 6 p-Portutiity df expressing tEeir high f tisfed tioh at the J 4 ist ^ iid liBe& sentittiehts itespectini the right of J « va ; te j ^ Merit ih relSgJoiis hiat-
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his Grace the Archbishdp of Canterbury . ' Resolved , That William Smiths
Esq . M . P . the chairman of this deputation , be desired to accept our warmest thanks , for his vigilant attention to the subject of the late measure ever since it was first
announced in Parliament ; for his ready and obliging communications with the Committee , in their attempts to dissuade the noble author from , actually bringing the same forward : and for his able
and active assistance in obtaining its rejection . And that this deputation entertains a strong and grateful sense of his constant and zealous support of civil and reli - gious liberty , and of the rights of Protestant Dissenters on all
occa . Resolved , That this deputation feel themselves highly indebted ,
and express their best acknow * ledgements , to John Guxney , Esq . their deputy chairman , for the zeal and ability which he on various occasions has manifested in
defence of the rights and privileges of Protestant Dissenters ; for his disinterested attention to the objects of this deputation , and particularly for his great exertions upon the present occasion , in clearly and forcibly stating to various members of the legislature
the highly objectionable tendency of the Bill lately brought into Parliament-Resolved , That the cordial thaqki of this deputation be given to tht committee ^ for the zeal and
promptitu de which they have so long . and so constantly manifested , in t | h ^ proteption of the civil figbtf . of Protestant Dissenters , both in the metropolis and in ike country , from every part of which applica-
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Toleration Act . 54 p
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1811, page 349, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2417/page/29/
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