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&f . P ., Mr . Alderman Wood , M P ., Mr . J . C . Hobhouse , M . P ., General Phipps , M . P > , Mr . D . W . Harvey , M . P ., Mr . Spring Rice , M . P ., Mr . Coke , M . P ., Mr . J , Wood , M . P ., Mr . Western a , M . P ., Dr . Phillimore , M . P ., Mr . Mouck , M . P ., Mr . Guest , M . P ., Mr . Grattan , M . P .,
Mr . Easthope , M . P ., the Mexican Ambassador , Mr . Charles Butler , and many other Parliamentary and distinguished individuals . The room was quite full of company ; but the excellent arrangements of the Stewards prevented any inconvenience being felt .
On the Chair being taken , Dr . Winter said an appropriate and an impressive Grace . After the dinner was terminated , Drf Broadfoot returned thanks in an appropriate address . His Royal Highness the Duke of
Sussex , after proposing " The King , with Three Times Three "— " His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence , and the rest of the Royal Family "—gave " Every man ' s right , and every nation ' s best interest—Liberty of Conscience . " ( Longcontinued and enthusiastic applause )
The Duke next proposed— "The event we are met to celebrate , and our congratulations to our fellow-subjects upou the triumph of Religious Freedom and Christian Charity in the Abolition of the Sacramental Test" ( great and enthusiastic applause ) ; adding , < f I shall now only further say , Amen ; and that I hope soon to have the happiness to say Amen to other Acts following- up such piecedeuts . " ( Great applause continued for some time . )
Mr . W . Smith , M . P ., in a suitable speech , proposed the health of " His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , and the principles which placed his Family upon the British Throne . " The Duke of Sussex returned thanks in a most interesting speech , in which he observed , " I do feel pride—I assure you , real satisfactory pride , at seeing
myself surrounded by so many warm hearts and strong minds , pursuing a course perfectly consistent with sound constitutional principles , and claiming a right for themselves—and , while they are claiming that right for themselves , they will not , I am sure , forget that they are in duty bound
also to claim it for others . ( Loud and long continued cheers . ) My respected Friend , in proposing my health to you as a toast , connected it with the principles which placed my family on the throne . I intend to support those principles . ( Applause . ) It is my duty to support them ; I like those principles . ( Great applause . )
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Bnt , Gentlemen-, I mean to look those principles in the face ; I wish them to be fully acted on . I know no reduction of them—no frittering them away ; T know of no impediments in their way . Miue is a straight-forward road , and I believe a good conscience is that which ou all occasions gives the best advice . Seeing "
Lord Stafford , Lord Stourcon , and Lord Clifford present before me , I propose as our next toast— ' A speedy and effectual relief to all his Majesty ' s subjects who labour under any legal disabilities on account of their Religion . ' " ( It is impossible to describe the applause and en * thusiastic cheers which followed this toast . )
Lord Stourton returned thanks in a speech of great feeling . The next toast was— " The Noble Mover of the Repeal in the House of Commons , worthy of a name consecrated to Liberty—Lord John Russell . " Lord John Russell returned thanks in a speech received with great applause , detailing the progress of the Repeal Bill . The next toast was— " Our unequalled aud successful Advocate in the House of
Lords , aud the eloquent Supporter of the best Principles of the Constitution—Lord Holland . " ( Immense cheering . ) Lord Holland delivered a speech , of which we cannot say more than Jthat those who knew Mr . Fox , were strongly reminded by it of that great man ' s happiest
eloquence . The Royal Chairman then proposed — " Long life and better health to John Smith , Esq , the able and zealous seconder of the Motion for the repeal of the Tent and Corporation Acts in the House of Commons . "
Mr . Abel Smith returned thanks . " The immortal Memory of Charles James Fox , and of those enlightened Patriots who have maintained our cause in less propitious times , " was received in solemn silence .
The next toast was— " Tbe Health of the Deputy Chairman , William Smith , Esq ., the Honourable Representative of the Protestant Dissenters in the House of Commons , and the tried friend of the Rights of Conscience . " Mr . William Smith returned thanks .
" The Marquis of Lansdowne , the he- * reditary and unvarying friend to the Liberty of the Protestant Dissenters , and of all Mankind . " " Lord Althorp , the Friend of hts Country , and the County Members who supported the Repeal . " Lord Ai-thorp ' s speech was received with great applause .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1828, page 511, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2562/page/79/
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