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« $ « $ ^ W ^^^ WM ^ ^ Utgm ^ mw ^ ifcit fi&wMtfp&yMi ¥ * ydw > re # ) Melf emiM S ^ YSif ^ f ^ dXlty ^ fae iu iiftitatfeof fe ^^ ^ ^ ^^ » w » " *** * ii yw « ife cfi ^ catf ^ oiiy ; ebiw 3 iAli « - ' dtawtf- ^ tfie . ifcttM 11 ^*^ rff- W ^ cikdae - MHdi ^ thiif * 4 < My W ^ a ^ tb tfte > s&fety at * d jno& * ^{ y % r ^ ^ ti # y . ^ -. * . £ > - ¦ < * W . °$ IMi W& 1 * agath r ^ e and sard , i ^ l (' TOt ^ f » t fl ^ a » e * itf 6 it"to tlie hosjAtaWt ^ felW ^ # h $ fcfr glo \ ' Vs XVlthiii - yo-ar bBfenis ' - 'i ^^ i ^^ U ^ tftfe Opponuti ity t ^> e ^ fri e , wrtfttrft ^ fcjpret * si ri £ our unit e *! sentiment of gtatfttf&e and respect to
( fte tiobliP' Lord ( D&c * e ) who thin day 5 < i kfr / dlyWnd piieXpectedly honours us tfiVh his yremice . On a former occasibiV &t 015 r particular request , Ii 6 fatvdured iis vvirn * preMdihg at out- Annual
Meeting 3 ird unsolicited ou this bcca-6 t 6 n ftit ^ u rs u « with his company ; and v # e £ anfk' 6 ff" allfrw him to depart w i t ho ut expressing * our regard and gratitude for his continued : support to the great car . se
w'B have met to protect—and of our con (| deuce that he will Jive and die the Frieud and Advocate of Civil and Religious Liberty throughout the world . Mr . Wilfcs theu moved a vote of thanks to his Lordship , consonant with the seutittients of his speech , which was carried
with acclamations . liOM Dacrk rose , amid reiterated cfrfefjs , aftd saldy—However reluctant I mky at alf times be to address so large tuia respectable an assembly as the present , I in ast peculiarly feel my iuadeto the
^ nacy such a task afte r eloquent atfdie ^ s that you have just heard , Had I the eloquence of the noble Lord , who tins day ^ lls your chair , I might dilate on tlie Report which has heeir-made l ) y yoUr Wfti » trrbus ; iaud vcVy elo ^ tieut Secreraiy . Allow iiV on this ocdasiciii to aswure you ,
that ) 3 } y dcternmied isiij ^ ort shall atp tfll tteefe bp given tor the litirtost of my poweic , " to" the great ^ ir hM )» kj & which thia Sibntty endeavours' to Uphold , t wW # % tiif ) e t fi'Si ft that wh ^ ile you hk ^ e ^ t o ¥ ^ ^ tinhth '' -i 6 f Vexation and ffJ ^ pribJ ^ Opposition / you are still FOtec ^ d by the law of the land—and the
^ W ^ turi of oppobitiou , as it n ^ nltVstS the ^ la l ^ e , displays also the impotence of ytiiir foes . Sto long as you cootit ^ t ^ uj * to meet—so long as there it ^ ^ WtRPfWipV—sp long as you aid ine ett 0
''ts of your noble Chairman and < your able Secretary—^ o loi ^ g will your enorts be succes » fui in repelling the atla cks and nullifying the animosity of hv ^ tO Civil and Religious Liberty . 4 n dMe vievy especially , I observe the tM atl ° ! l 8 ° f lMs Society with admira . ^ J ^^ t » ope it forms a centre fro m fcSuS ^ ^ aty * ^ d important in * ^ miii ^ i 8 cfe uW 'mtoting .
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Witam centre moved , ^ , ^ r ^§ i ajttaigh Another sriHj aiid ^ iH ^ i o ^ lwwf 9 pr # a <| a ^? ^; ViS ^^ cr ; tA : ife * fjOL Mm k « bk ^ iiiy ^ cmi ^ er & tpJJfc ^ pfi ^ rf ^ g | r ^ ltWl b ) ot ^ on the Sta t ute Boo ^ t ^ ^ Mm U behoves all the ' 'ti $ ei $ i of cit ^ fl 4 | i ( f r ^ f& gioujj liberty to addressI . ^ e 1 ^ 6 m ^ t tra i tion aud energies , Ift ^ V ilb so ^ fe&l persuaded they will ultiipa ^ ii ^ uccS ^ tf & its removal £ i'Gn ? iihe cod ^ pt " BVItl ^ te ^ i
I cannot coaclude without assuiiii | f ytra of my siuceve gratitude for the v ^ t y ' fljttS . teriug manuer in which you ' fkk y ' ejccmdfei preuded to applaud my humbl | B efforr ^ i To receive the approbation and participate in the affection of c > ur MlbW-stib ^ jects , is the highest honour to which ^ public man can aspire—the ^ hij&eWgra ^ tiricatiou which a ptivate iifdividual caii
enjoy . The following were amorigst the Besd ( 4 lutious adopted at the Meeting : 4 < That while this Meeting approve p £ the postponement by the Committee of any applicatiou to the Legislature for the repeal of tlie Test and . Corporation ActJi during the . pregejat short ^ es ^ laq of Parliament , and amid the financial distresses
of the country , yet they trw § t neither the Committee nor any o | her ; friends to religious freedom among the members of the Established Church pr Piptestaut Dissenters , will ever forget , the existence of those Statutes , uor iieglept any fit opportunities for strenuous , extended aud per * severing at tempts * to obtain the . abroga-r tion of lavv y dishonourable to a free and
enlightened pepple—wbasiug % \\ e Saprament of the Church—* ueedles $ and , inefticitut-.-for its [ Jirotect 5 on ' -Tand dtgradatory to h vast anci incneasiag body oi honourable ^ loyal , patriotic , iudep ^ iideut niei ^ , .: •** That while this Meeting would allay
the excessive auxicty . manifested as t& the . Kegistrat ion of Births and Baptisim auif > iigiPr 0 te ^ twit / Pwenter « , since Iheii * present iiegist ratio us ai ^ useful aud convenient ,, yet ib ^ y much approve the appli cation oi ; the Committee to his Majesty ' s Government for the establishment at a
public * and authorized , though optional , Kegistration of Births , which , iucitiding Methodists and . Dissenters of all deiiqmiimtiona , would obviate many existiug e % ils , and place them , in a matter obvir ously important , in a situation equal with the , members of the Established Church ;
and they direct the Qomuputtee n , to relax ^ in their ^ xert ioa ^ ^ U they obtain , from Goveinmein and the Fi ^ i ^ ianieatthW much-needed aqd just relfef , ' _ . t . , 4 < That as t ^ e ^ oiiti ^ uq ^ a ^ ^ pra ^ gre ^ s of religWus . Wbm ^ W ^^ W $ m i » les , and th $ rei »© lB * l iefc ^ fel » 9 «^ f 9 <^^ and attainmeut of r ^ J k ^! a ^ ii ri g ^ t g u ? ay
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IntSm ^ n ^^^^ S ^ iif ^ ii&wH < m ^ KjpM&h . 429
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1826, page 439, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2550/page/59/
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