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Ill * That under the mild auspices of the illustrious House of Brunswick , and that liberal construction of the Toleration Act which has prevailed in our courts
of justice , and which has been countenanced by the . spirit of the times , the Protestant Dissenters have actually enjoyed a considerable portion of religious
liberty-IV . That in the enjoyment of this liberty , notwithstanding the disabilities and penal statutes to which they are still exposed , and from which they still suffer occasional inconvenience , the
Protestant Dissenters throughout the kingdom , conscious of their attachment to the present Royal Family , and to the principles which placed them on the throne , and confiding in the gracious declaration with which their venerable sovereign
began his reign , of his purpose " keep the toleration inviolate / ' have been anxious to secure the goodwill of their governors and fellowsubjects , by contributing their full share towards the promotion of industry , knowledge , good morals , social order , and public
prosperity-. V . That the Protestant Dissenters in the north of England had participated with ttoeir breth - ren in other parts of the kingdom in the alarm excited by the introduction into the House of Lords
of a " Bill for modifying the Act of Toleration ; " although their distance prevented them from so prompt an expression of their sentiments by petition .
VI . That the thanks of this meeting are due to the House of Lords , who , attentive to the just alarms of so large a proportion of his Majesty ' s faithful subjects , * vere pleased to negative the mo *
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tion for the second reading of a Bill , which , if it had passed into a law , would have silenced or exposed to great hardships , thosc who should have conscientiously Continued that public worshi p and instruction which a very numerous class of Christians have been ac
customed to enjoy ; and would also have subjected the regular ministers of separate congregations and candidates for the ministry among Protestant Dissenters , to great and serious inconveniences . VII . That the thanks of this
meeting be given to the Earls Stanhope and Grey , and the Lords Erskine and Holland , for their manly and spirited opposition to the principle and provisions of this BilL and for their unanswer .
able defence of religious liberty . VIII . That the particular thanks of the Dissenters in the north of England are due to the Right Honourable Earl Grey , for his very handsome spontaneous testimony to his personal knowledge
of their peaceable and loyal conduct : and they trust that nothing in their future conduct will ever subject them to the forfeiture of the good opinion of their fellow subjects in these respects . IX . That the thanks of this
Meeting are also d ue to Earl Stanhope , and not of this meeting only , but of all Protestant Dissenters , for the cheering hope with which he has inspired us , by promising to introduce into the Mouse of
Lords a Bill , to procure an - crease , not a diminution , the enlargement , not the contraction ot our privileges * X . That this meeting notices with particular satisfaction the liberal declaration of the Arcnbishop of Canterbury , " that t *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1811, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2418/page/46/
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