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    subscription , to his memory , the surplus to be applied to the benefit of his family , and a committee was appointed for carrying this re . solution into execution . In the address of the committed , Mft Robinson is represented tx ) have been the instrument of diffusing the true spirit of Christianity through the large mass of the population of

    the town and neighbourhood , his home , his town , his country , having been especially enlightened , fructified and cheered by the beams of this spiritual sun . He was the father and founder of

    many new and excellent institutions . There is scarcely a charity school , jb , benevolent society , or an hospital within his sphere of action , which does not owe its debt of gratitude to his alms or to his

    eloqueuce , to his immediate or to his more remote influence . We were not acquainted with this excellent person but by report , and all that we have heard bore the same testi - mony to his zeal and his philanthropy , and his Christian spirit . Our views of religion evidently forbid us to subscribe to several

    . parts of hisr creed , which corresponded with that of the great bulk of professing Christians : but he added to it the zeal , which now in common parlance denominates a person to be evangelical , than which , indeed ., a better title cannot be devised for , nor desired by a Christian teacher . The good tirdings of the Redeemer ' s kingdom have long been proclaimed to man , and to diffuse its spirit is one of the noblest tasks in which we can

    JL > e engaged . This spirit Mr . Robinson seems to have in ) hi bed in a very hi g h degree , and we hope and trust thatihib lessons , as far as they vwere agreeable to - the truths of the gospel , will not be lost in the

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    neighbourhood , in which he finished an earthly career marked out by so many excellencies . An occurrence of a very different nature will give rise to different

    comments . It took place in Shropshire , where a clergyman of the name of Rakeshaw applied to Sir R . Corbett to disperse , what is called a conventicle , and to

    arrest the preacher , Mr * Wood , a carpenter , and any others who should manifest a disposition to riot . In consequence , a warrant was issued , and the constable .

    without shewing it , went up di . rectly to Mr . Wood , then on his knees , in the act of prayer , seized him and dragged him some paces . For this the constable was tried at

    Chester ^ found guilty and damages of two hundred pounds were awarded against him . Application was made to the court of King ' s Bench , for a new trial , which was not

    granted ; and Lord Ellenborough expatiated with great propriety on the unjustifiable conduct of the constable towards a person in the performance of his devotions , whether

    erroneously or not ; and it is to be hoped that this example will deter that officiousness , which would molest a ^ quiet , peaceable , worshiping society , and at the same time view with perfect indifference the mobbing and rioting of a multitude- collected for mere

    amusement * The catholic bill made great progress in tke Honse of Commons , and such an oath was formed , and such rules laid down ,

    as denote the times of popery to be goneJ > y ; for the present race of Roman Catholics may be considered now as members of the Romish church , but-entirely separated from the politics of the court of Rome . They are semi-protestants

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    354 State of Public 4 fairs .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1813, page 354, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2428/page/70/