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    t ^ bjeast this society is I tru $ t as deaf to my iteartj as it is to the most . zealous of yorirnierobers , as it isto the Honourableand Itigiii Reverend * Vice-Patron himself . But that grand purpose will never be furthered ^ much less accomplished , by such nieaas as are offered or afforded , by an irregular association like this : an association of a

    character so equivocal , that had not the Lords Bishops of Gloucester and of Norwich honoured it with their exemplary naimes v it might as well be supposed a Chsirch of Rome Society , -or a Scottish Kirk Society or a Swedenborgian CJhmrch Society , as to pertain to the Church of Kngfland . No—the conversion of the

    Heathen to the faith of the Son of ., God , must be founded , as at the beginning , on asysiein of ori > £ R and of union y ministened by men duly qualified and orderly consecrated to tbeir holy office . On such system 9 and on such men alone ^ can the grace of the Eternal Spirit , the God of order and of unity , and not of confusion , be reasonably expected to descend . The ground-work ,

    and little more than the ground-work of such a system is jnow laid in the East , founded on a regular apostolical coramissiooyunder the superintendence of a sound apostolical bishop . But with neither of these , it seems , does this Church Missionary Society hold communion . But , whether that be tbe fact or not , I call on you , as members of the Church of England , to look to that Chnrch .

    You are summoned hither to discuss the propriety of establishing * a Branch of this € !* urch Missionary Society in this city , under the patronage , not of the Lord Bishop of this Diocese , but of the Lord Bishop of Gloucester : who . himself , as Dean of

    Wells , owes canonical obedience to the Bishop of Bath and Wells ; aud who , moreover , has no manner of jurisdiction in this city , nor in this diocese , foeyomd his deai \ ery . As the Archdeacon of Bath , —

    In the name of the Lord Bishop d > f this Diocese , in my own name , in the name of the Rectors of Bath , and in the name of nineteen-twentieths of the clergy in my jurisdiction , — I protest against the formation o > f such society in this city .

    Whether , or in what manner , the Hon . and Right Rev . Vice-Patron and his friends will condescend to notice this Protest , I shall not stay to se £ «

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    Benotninatiqns of ProtestantDissenters im Derby , <> on behalf of ourselves and the membeds rof > our respective coflgregatioiiSj , approach your Royal Highness with feelings of dutiful and loyal attachment and of unfeigned sympathy . , It would be vain to attempt the expression of that sorrow which fills our hearts

    at the recollection of the irreparable loss which your Ro } 7 al Highness has been called to sustain . That heavenly Providence which ¦¦ rules over all , and wliose wisdom we can nejther fathom nor arraign , has remove ^ from the world your illustrious daughter ; and at a time , and under < eir « eumsranees , . which . to human apprehension rendered her continuance here the most to

    be desired . . : , To dwell on the virtuous and amiable character of Her Royal Highness , would be only to repeat the praises which fall from every tongue ; and we fear to dwell on a subject which , in the poignancy , of your Royal Highness e s affliction * might tend rather to renew your sorrows thai * to alleviate them . If effectual

    consolation were in our power , it would be our greatest happiness to open every source of it to your Royal Highness $ but He alone can bind up the heart who has broken it * , and to the Source of all good , whose ways though mysterious , are always merciful ^ our prayers are addressed , that he will grant such portions of his all-powerful

    aid as may support your Royal Highness under this awful dispensation of his power * We trust , also , that your Royal Highness will derive some alleviation of your grief , from the assurance of the affectionate and loyal attachment which pervades all ranks of people in these United King * doms .

    We offer it to the consideration of your Royal Highness as a , source of n © mean satisfaction , that a spirit of union and loyalty exists among the people of these realms which cannot be exceeded , and that every attempt to disturb the tranquillity of the empire has proved abortive .

    Addressing your Royal Highness from a county which has heen represented ( unjustly as we believe ) to be disaffected to the government of your Royal Highness , we have the highest pleasure in congratulating your Royal Highness on the very

    decisive testimony which was repeatedly borno by the Judges on the bench during the late trials for high treason , to the steady loyalty of the people at large 3 a loyalty which no intimidation could for & moment shake .

    It was with infinite regret that we ol ^ served occasional statements of the transactions which have disturbed our county ^ In which it was attempted to implicate the Dissenters in the recent outrages . That tindeviating' fidelity which the Protestant Dissenters have ever exhibited to the illus *

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    Megistef . of Ecclesimti&ahGommenls * § % 4 V .

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    Address of the Dissenters at Derby to the JPrince Regent : agreed upon De&ember

    I , 1817 . To His 4 $ oyal Highness George Prince of Wales , Regent of -the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland . May it please your Royal Highness , W ^ the undersigned , tile Ministers of the Presbyterian , Independent and Baptist

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1818, page 71, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2472/page/71/