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- Speaking of Sir J . E . Smith , he observed , that his loss would be severely felt , as that of a man of the firmest religious principles , the greatest suavity of manners , and altogether a person whom those who had the happiness to know will not easily forget . ' The Rev . Robert Aspland . " The announcement of this toast
occasioned the warmest expressions of approbation , which having subsided , Mr . Aspland rose , and in a long and energetic address commented on the various topics which interested them as a body , and particularly the great subject of congratulation amongst them , the Repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts . This , indeed , was a triumph which he
had hardly expected to enjoy , and though undoubtedly it was not wholly unalloyed , ( for what human happiness is without some alloy ?) still it was a great and a glorious triumph , a triumph of principle over prejudice , of liberality over intolerance . He regarded it as the most important event , as connected with the march of religious freedom , that had occurred since the days of the
Revolution . In regard to the objections that had been urged by some against the declaration with which the Repeal had been clogged , he had a few words to say . No man would rejoice more than himself at the total and unqualified repeal of all restrictions on conscience , but in his judgment , it would be madness to reject a part because we could not obtain the whole . The wall of
bigotry was broken down , and Dissenters and Churchmen might henceforth meet together on terms of amity and equality : and was not this matter of rejoicing ? ¦ Mr . Aspland commented at considerable length on the absurd notions which , in the course of the Parliamentary debates , had lately been propagated against the Unitarians , and concluded with
observing , that though from principle he had generally found himself obliged to oppose Ministers , he would not shrink from praising them where praise was due , and surely that was cause for praise which united man with man , Christian with Christian , Briton with Briton , and Dissenter with Churchman ! ( Applause . )
The Chairman then gave the health of a Rev . Gentleman , who , though a native of America , was well known to them all by his writing * , and whose remarks on the Life of Napoleon bad obtained for him a warm eulogiuui even from the Quarterly Review , —he meant Dr . Channing . Soon after this toast , the
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worthy Chairmau left the Chair , which was then occupied by John Taylor , Esq ,, by whom several further toasts were given , which called up Dr . Rees , Mr . Bowring , Mr . Edward Taylor , Mr . Sur * ridge , and other speakers , whose observations our limits will not enable us to record . The greatest harmony and good order prevailed throughout the evening , and the whole of the proceedings of this Anniversary were considered to exceed in interest any former occasion .
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The Catholic Question . Lord Lanidowne ' s motion , that the House of Lords should accede to the conciliatory resolution of the Commons , was discussed , June the 9 th and 10 th , and ultimately negatived ; the numbers being , Content present .... 92 Proxies 45 137 Non-content present 123 Proxies 59 182
Majority ...... 45 On the last great division in the Lords the majority was 48 . The principal speakers were , for the motion , Lord Lansdowne , Lord Darnley , Lord Goderich , the Duke of Gloucester ,
Marquis of Bute , Lord Haddiugton , the Duke of Sussex , Lord Plunkett , and the Marquis Wellesley . Against , were the Archbishops of Canterbury and Tuam , Lords Wiuchelsea , Bathurst , Manners , Guildford , Colchester , Bishop of Bath and Wells , Lords Falmouth , Lyudhurst , Eldon , Redesdale , and Wellington .
The tone of the debate was considered to be more subdued than usual , and more admissive of the necessity of something being desirable to be done . The Duke of Wellington in particular threw out vague hints of the probability of something being accomplished , though he seemed very dexterously to aim at laying no distinct ground for hopes which at the same time he must have intended to excite . For ourselves we
should gather that his Grace would ( if he saw his way at all clearly ) readily come into some plan of Accommodation ; Although , from what dropped in th 4 Commous from Mr . Peel , he probably is nut seconded in his desires by eome others of the cabinet , wb oge antipathy ii founded on feelings in which we will do the Duke the justice of believing he docu not at all participate . In one branch of the Duke ' tf argument we think he jbhews a great deaj of sound sense . The acU
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Intelligence . ^ Catholic Question . SOS
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1828, page 503, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2562/page/71/
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