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*> e 39 WEih ^* 4 w ^* * e appropriated . to the ^ t&cieqt . cftijqf of the 'P rotestants in the . South of France , whose sufferings have -j | oi « nly equalled , but exceeded , the repEe ^ entations given hy this Committee . THQS . MORGAN , Secretary . ^ " ^^^ S ^ M ^^^ BS ^ w ?**^
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lfl 8 Intelligenee . ~ -Meport qf 3 Iunchester College y York .
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. ftRLIGIOUS . Address qf the Catholic Bishops to his Royal ' Highness , the Prince Regent . To his jRoyal Hi _ gbness George Augustus Frederick , Prince of Wales ,, Regent of / the United &ingdom of Great Britain > and Ireland , The h \ unble & \ k& dutiful Address of the
. Roman Catholic Prelates of Ireland . May iTsPtEASE Yoca Rotal Highness , We , his Majesty ' s eiost dutiful ai > d loyal * abjeets , the Roman Catholic Prelates of JtBelaroL hqg leave to approach your Royal
i £ ig £ iness 9 wsih the tribute of our humble And sincere cobgjratttlation on the late signal success , with which it has pleased Almighty < &od to bless his Majesty ' s arms ; whereby the peace of the civilised world is likely to be ^ established on a solid and . p ermanent
foundation . Wie presume to avail ourselves < &f this &rstopportunity of expressing- our gratitude , ( for the relaxation which has taken ^| ace duffing his present Majesty ' s reign , of many of those penal laws which oppressed the RoBtD Catholics of Ireland ; and we humbly hope that the total abrogation of
our remaining grievances is reserved for the auspicious Adminstratioii of y * ur Royal Highness . To your Royal Highness it beleags to consummate the work of goodness , which was commenced hy your august Father ; and . great as the other achievements
randoubdy are , which have distinguished and wilt signalize your Government , we presume to . affirm , that the total emancipation of hie iftajesty ' s Roman Catholic Subjects will be recorded as a deed of grandeur , not inferior to any othev of your memorable Administration
-While thus we venture to diselose our sentiments most respectably to your Royal Highness , may we be permitted to represent that which most nearly concerns us as Ministers of Religion ? We beg * leave most humbly to submit to your Royal Highness , that no portion of his Majesty ' s subjects is ,
or fcft * 9 a * * ay time , been more eminently distinguished for pure , conscientious , and disinterested loyalty , than the Roman Catholic Prelate , ! of Ireland . With this impression of oar minds , we cannot but be surprised and alarmed , that under the pretence of securing the loyalty of our body , an intention has been manifested of
compeTliug u « , in direct opposition to the die * iatei of our consciences , to submit , in the event of Catholic Emancipation , to tb £ interference of persons of a different refigiotu perotiarfioiK in the appointment of
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DOMESTIC .
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The Report of Manchester C&lfoge , Y&rk } { Fov / aded at Manchester ^ February 22 , 1786 . —Removed to York * , September I , 1803 . J At the Twenty-ninth Annual Meeting , August 4 , 1815 . The Trustees of Manchester College hare the satisfaction of presenting * to its numerous Friends a favourable state of its Funds .
The amount of Annual Subscriptions hai this year been increased . The number oi Congregational Collections , however , they are concerned to state , has been only six ; and the supply derived from this source
would' have been very email , if it had not been for the very handsoxne contribution ! from the Members of the Old Meeting ** Birmingham , from whom any similar a * - ' sistanoe cannot reasonably be expected to be more than occasional . '
The Trustees are particularly desii&uf *» urg-e upon the Friends of the Institution ^^ mode of assisting its Funds * both as it is tb * one best calculated to > renda * its existe *** i and objects generally knowl ^^ ajd to obt *** for it a AUtofry a ** oaiy of Wubte , Butf ^
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the principal Ministers of our churoh . S ^ fj [ a measure , may it please yotir Royal H ^ b * ness , would qnly substitute , for one mode i of servitude , another still more galling and I oppressive . —The political freedom ^ flrfcb i Roman Catholics might be enlarged ; hat
their religious freedom , which they hold incomparably more dear , would be materially diminished . Under such a Festrktion , ^ iihe most extensive concession of temporal ad vantages wmild be followed 4 > y continual heartburning's and discontent .
Relying , therefore , on the wisdom < and equity of your Royal Highness , we must humbly implore your gracious interposition , that our long hoped-for emancipation m ^ y be free from a condition so degrading- to our characters as loyal subjects , and so a J arming to our feelings as Ministers of Religion . So
will your Royal Highness live in the hearts of a grateful and affectionate people ; and we will eudeavour to acknowledge this most signal favour of your Royal Highness , by our daily prayers for your prosperity and happiness , and hy every demonstration of duty , gratitude a&d zeal .
The receipt of this Address is acknowledged in the following Jetter s *—Dubiin Cattle ^ 8 < epK %% 1815 , Sir , The Lord Lieutenant having transmitted the Address from the Roman Catholic Prelates of Ireland to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent , I am to acquaint yqn thtt
his Excellency has received a letter from Viscount Sidmouth , one of his Majesty ' f principal Secretaries of State , signifying that his Royal Highness was graciously pleased to receive the same . I am , Sir , Your most obedient humble servant , The Rev . Dr . Troy . W . GREGORY
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1816, page 118, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2449/page/54/
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