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That a subscriber of ten guineas , in one payment , be a tiienaber for life . That a subscriber of fifty guineas , in one sum , or five guineas annually , "be at liberty to attend and vote at all meetings of the committee .
That the business of the society be conducted by a' treasurer and committee ; the committee to consist of eighteen members , viz . two ministers and four laymen of each denomination . That one third of the committee shall be
renewed annually \ the tirst two years by lot , as to those who retire ; and by ballot , as to those who are to be introduced $ and subsequently by rotation , as to those who go out . That the committee shall meet four
times in the year ; and a special meeting may be called by a requisition of three members . That there be fi re auditors , of which two only shall be chosen from the committee . That there shall be a general meeting
of the society held annually , on the last Tuesday in May ; at which the treasurer , committee , auditors and other officers , shall be chosen , the audited accounts of the last year presented , and a report made of the pi'oceeding's of the committee *
That a special , general meeting * of the society may be called by the committee , or on the requisition of any ten inenibers of the society . That in consideration of the munificent
donation made by the Rev . T . Tayler , the Rev . Dr . Collyer , the Rev . J . PhiJipps , and James Gibson , Esq . trustees under the Will of the late William Coward , Esq . they shall be permanent members of the committee .
That in consideration of the munificent donation made by the Rev . John Townsend and the Rev . Dr . Collyer , of trust money , at their disposal , the Rev . John Townsend shall be a permanent member of the committee , the Rev . "Dr . Collyer being included in the former resolution .
That another general meeting be held at this house , on Tuesday , the 16 th instant , at eleven o ^ clock , for twelve o ^ clock ; and the committee be instructed to print and circulate the resolutions now adopted , to solicit support , and present to the next meeting the names of gentlemen for tr $ a ~ surer members of the committee , and secretary .
That the cordial thanks of this meetingbe given to John Gurney , Esq ., for the interest he has taken in the formation of this society , and for his conduct in the chair this day .
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the same day to appoint a secretary 3 the following * officers were chosen to conduct the business of the society for the ensuing year : Treasurer *
James Gibson , Esq . Trustees , James Gibson , Esq ., James Esdaile , Esq ., Henry Way mouth , Esq ., John Addington , Esq . Honorary Secretary , Rev . T . Cloutt . Committee *
John Addington , Esq ., Rev . Joseph Barrett , Edward Busk , Esq ., William Esdaile , Esq ., Thomas Gill espy , Esq ., Win . Gill man , Esq ., John Gurney , Esq ., Joseph Gutteridge , Esq ., Richard Holt , Esq ., Rev .
Joseph Hughes , A . M ., Ebenezer Maitland , Esq ,, Rev . William Newman , D . D ., Samuel Nicholson , Esq , Rev . Abraham Rees , D . D . F . A . S . &c , Joseph Trueman , Esq ., Henry Waymoutb , Esq ., Rev . Robert Winter , D . D .
Donations and subscriptions are received by the treasurer , No . 10 , Great St . Helens 5 the secretary , No . 14 , Penton Row Walworth ; and by Sir James Esdaife and Co . Lombard Street .
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Protestant Society for the Protection of Religious lAberty * Recollections of the interesting proceedings at the former annual meetings of this society , induced a very numerous and respectable assembly to thvong , on this anniversary , to the capacious room of the
Albion Tavern , on Saturday , May 16 , 1818 , at an early hour . The assembly included persons of considerable influence , from Ireland and Scotland , as well as from Eng ^ land and Wales 5 and more than one hundred ministers , of different denominations , concurred to evince their common interest
in the maintenance of the rights of conscience , which that institution was established to protect . The promised attendance of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , increased also , to an uncommon degree , the usual solicitude to be present on that occasion .
At 11 ojclock , the treasurer , Robert Steven , Esq . accompanied by Alderman Wood , M . P . for the City of London ; Alderman Goodbehere ; R . Haldane , Esq . of Edinburgh ; Rev . Mr . Wardlaw , of
Glasgow ; James Esdaile , Esq . * James Youngy Esq ., and other gentlemen of great respectability , - entered the room ; and the treasurer consented to preside until the Royal Chairman should arrive .
Thomas Pellatt , Esq . one of the sec re taries , gratified the meeting- by the reading * of the minutes of the committee during' the last year , and thereby apprized the ttfeeting * of the numerous ' and recent' objects to which their attention had been required *
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Intelligence . r--PrQtestant Society for the Protection of Religious Liberty . 455
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At a general meeting-, beid at the King's Head , in th * Poultry , on Tuesday , June 1 G 1818 , Homy Waymouth , Esq . in the Chair and a meeting" of the committee held < m
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1818, page 455, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2478/page/47/
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