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Mis Mf ^ eHy ' s Reply * "This pii ^ fic demonstratibti of your attachment to iny person and government is entS tied to itoy warmest thanks ; " The jtrstice wliich you have rendered to the nremdry of my lamented brother , and the gratitude which you express for the full njeasiire of relief granted dining his reign to ' the Protestant Dissenters of the United Kingdom , are highly consolatory stnd satisfactory to my feelings .
¦ ' * I place entire confidence in the fulfilment tof your engagements to promote among those of my people who are committed to yotir spiritual charge , loyalty to the throne , and obedience to the laws ; and I assure you , in return , that it will be one of the first objects of my solicitude to maintain inviolate the civil rights and privileges of all my faithful subjects . " ' * To the Queen ' s most Excellent Majesty *< May it please tour Majesty ,
. ** We , the Protestant Dissenting Ministers in ; and about the cities of . London and Westminster ^ beg leave to approach your most gracious presence , to offer our cordial congratulations to your Majesty ou the accession of your Royal Consort , our beloved King-, to the throne of his ancestors .
"We have ever been devoted in loyalty to his Majesty's illustrious House , under ¦ wh ose mild and paternal government we have enjoyed an unexampled degree of happiness ; and we rejoice iii his Majesty ' s known character as a pledge of his . protection and favour . .
.. " It adds to our joy upon this occasion that it has pleased the Divine Providence to associate with his Majesty upon the Throne of these realms a Queen Consort , whose virtues arc an earnest that her example will be a signal blessing to the Court and the Nation .
" Our sincere aud fervent prayers shall never cease , to * ascend to ; the Almighty and most merciful God , by whom thrones are established * and . upon whose favour all happiness depends , that in his good pleasure the life of your fcoost gracious Majesty may be long , spared , j < to
countenance and encauratgeailmoraJ aiidChiistian eKcelJeace : that ; your Majesty , and your Majesty ' s illustrious Consort m&y enjoy all holy felicity : aud that haviug lived together , as , ' heirs of the grace . of life , ' yoiu ooaay sftnally receive the : crown that iadeth mot away / *
* fter ityjkstfa Rvply . ' ** I return nay hear , ty than ke for this very dutiful and affectionate address .
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" Your expressions . of- < devo $ c& < loyalty tt * his Majesty ' s person , and confidence in his well known character for ; liberality cannot bufc giv ^ me the most sensible ; satisfaction , and I am happy in this opportunity of expressing my unfeigned gratitude for the kind ; wishes you offer up for my temporal and ^ eternal happiness . "
After the Address to the King had been read , which was done by the Rev . R , Aspland in a very impressive * aianiter , the members of the Body were , severally , presented by Pr . T » Reee , the Secretary , and had the honour of , kissing his Majesty ' s hand . Ob account of the fatigue it would occasion toAh& . Queen , tke repetition of this ceremony was dispensed . with , except as to a few ; Of the senior ministers of each denomination .
After deli vering the writren reply which had been prepared , the King addressed the ministers in a short extempore speech , expressive of hisown . attachment to the Established Church , bfit his determination , so long as the Dissenters " behaved themselves as they had done in the reign of his late lamented Brother , to protect every man in going td : heav « n his own wav . "
According to ancient custom , con firmed by express resoltition ^ the Address of the General Body is an every accession presented by a Minister of the Presbyterian Denomination ^ It seems " that this honour , such as it is , lias been contemplated rather grudgingly by some members of the other denominations . The Presbyterian Ministers had , previously to the presentation of the late address , announced their determination ^ to assert
the right on that ^ occasion *• : bot to « relin ^ qnish it for the future , so tliat the rotation of precedence ; shall be preserved , iiastead of coxnme » eiiDig . afresh with the Presbyterians on each . accession . Thanks were voted for this concession , but not without a struggle ;; anil great wrath lia * freen manifested by some ministers who h ftve . seceded from , the Body ,. and ^ others who have never been icrninected w / ith it , that on such an , occ * u * M > t » the Dissenting
unmsteia should , as they phrase it , hayye been ' ^ repitesentcyd by aSociniau . " f ( The jfirst grand exptlo ^ ioii jtook place in The \ Mec # rd > a » ew&pap © r condncted by Kva » g 43 lkal ( jlnirchmeu , and which is &jq $ destitutejof the tact in , managing : fa-« 5 Ukal DisseDteis , which has often be ^ u evinced by pprsQ »» of that claw * . We extract a | M > iti «> n of it . « s leading article , of the d » tc ot August 5 jth . « ., V A .: circum « tanDe occurred at hi » Majesty ' s second kve « , an Wedneaday !* the
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642 Ifi&eUigencie ' . —Addfcsftf * to the King and Queen .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1830, page 642, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2588/page/58/
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