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Chair . After the cloth was drawn , Non Nobis JJomine was sung in fine style , and the following toasts were given from the Chair : — " The King ; and inay he never forget the principles which seated his family on the throne . "—This toast was prefaced by an appropriate speech from the
Chairman " . Civil and Religious Liberty all the world over . " —This toast brought up Mr . William Frend , who animadverted with great propriety on the prospect of their permanent establishment in Spain , and related some striking instances of the baneful influence of persecution for
religious opinions . " The memory of our departed Worthies . "—{ Standing and in silence . )
" The Unitarian Fond and prospenty to it . "—When this toast had been drank , Mr . Christie rose for the purpose of giving the meeting an account of the origiu and objects of the Society . This was an interesting and impressive speech , and was received by the company with abundant marks of applause . " The Rev . Russell Scott , and thanks to him for the excellent Sermon which
he had that day delivered before the Society . "—This toast was drank with considerable enthusiasm , which continued to be manifested during the whole of the very impressive speech with which he favoured the meeting .
" Mr . John Towell Rutt , and the repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts . " —Our limits will not allow , or we should be glad to print every thing which this gentleman said in favour of this very important measure . " Mr . Wright , and the other Missionaries connected with the Unitarian Fund . "
—This gentleman delivered a very animated speech , replete with good sense , and remarkable for the simplicity of its detail .
. " Mr . Wm . Smith , the Representative in Parliament for the city of Norwich ; and a speedy divorce between us , and the Athanasian , Marriage Ceremony . " in giving this toast , Mr . Aspland took
occasion to pay a very handsome , and at the same time a very just tribute to the character of Mr . Smith , as the long-tried and steady friend of Civil and Religious Liberty ; regretting that the unexpected change of the day from Wednesday to
Thursday should have been the , occasion of depriving the Society of his services in the Chair . The nature of the Bill which has been presented to Parliament for altering the Marriage Ceremony in favour of Unitarians , was also explained by . Mr . Aspland with neatness and perspicuity .
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" The health of Mrw Christie ^ our Trea - surer . " * ; r < " The York College , not forgetting Mr . Yates and 1 Vlx . r Kentish . "—When this toast had been drank , the Rev . Mr . Yates , of Liverpool , rose / to > explain some * of * the
objects of that establishment , which was formed for the purpose of educating young gentlemen of the Unitarian persuasion for the Christian ministry . > The Rev . Mr . Kentish , of Birmingham , then took a different view of the various advantages resulting from that institution , and assured the meeting of his determination
to exert all his influence m promoting the prosperity of the College . Both these gentlemen gave an animated account of the flourishing nature of that seminary , and each of their speeches was received by the company with the warmest tokens of satisfaction and pleasure . " Mr . James Young and the
Unitarian Association . " —Mr . Young returned thanks in a very neat speech , explanatory of the design and objects of that Society . He stated it to be an Association which was formed in the metropolis early in
the last year , for the express purpose of Protecting the Civil Rights of Unitarians Mr . Aspland followed in a course somewhat similar , and expatiated with some warmth on the injustice and impolicy of allowing penal laws against Unitarians and other Dissenters to remain on the
Statute Books , when the Government knows that it will be necessary to pass a Bill of Indemnity every year for the protection of those who have rather chosen to break an unjust law , than do a violence
to their consciences . " The Rev . W . J . Fox , our able and worthy Secretary . "—The proposal of this toast produced an universal burst of acclamation , which continued for a considerable time . When silence had
been obtained , Mr . Fox rose to address the Meeting . This gentleman is the minister of Parliament-Court Chapel , Artillery Lane , Bishopsgate Street , who signalized himself by the publication of a volume of Lectures , and by a Sermon which he printed soon after Carlile ' s trial ,
" On tjhe Conduct proper to be observed by Christians towards Deists . " This gentleman commenced his speech by expressing the pleasure and satisfaction which he felt in paving been elected the Secretary of so important a Society . He then explained , m a very impressive way , some of the advantaged which are likely to result from the establishment of this
and similar societies . He told us that he had himself formerly held Calvinistic opinions , and therefore was able to appreciate the importance of being delivered from so deplorable a thraldom . . He ha 4 ,
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370 Intelligence . — Unitarian \ Fuml .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1820, page 370, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2489/page/46/
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