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thai object , yet the Committee considered it to have been raised mainly for that purpose , and therefore thought it necessary to reserve as much as they "had done in order to cover its expenses . The Chairman then put the motion ^ 3 K . Iiichjvas carried unanimouslv . Rev . J . Yates read the
Report of the proceedings of the Committee . Rev . E . Ta gar t , Foreign Secretary , read the Foreign Report . It was his pleasing duty to connect with this portion of the general business of the Association * Report put into his hands by the domestic
Missionary . Such was the Report of the City Missionary , the modesty of which bore testimony in a great measure to his merit ; and if it should appear to any one that the good effected was not adequate to the means employed , it became them to remember that it was ' - necessary in this
world to make great exertions to obtain what appeared to us great good ; and , indeed , in order to effect that which we might be inclined to admit as but little . He could not , however , admit that 100 Z ., 200 / ., or even 3001 . > had been thrown , away , if it saved abovel 36 children from the
influence of evil example and corrupt habits , and placed them in a school under the direction of a benevolent , intelligent , and Christian spirit , by which alone they could be fitted to become useful arid religious members of society . In his opinion ,
this alone was worthy all the money expended on such an object . ( Cheers . ) Rev . J . Fullagar , of Chichester , had been requested to move , which he did with great satisfaction , ' That the report of the Committee just read be received and approved / It was not desirable for him to make
a long speech , as there were many persons present much more capable of addressing the Meeting , in fact , than himself ; and as the Report was before the Meeting , it would speak for itself , The only point in the Re-
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port on which he wished to make a short observation , was in reference to the Dissenters' Marriage BiU Some persons , he knew , did not think the object very important , but for his
part he deemed it of the utmost consequence . This subject had for some time been before the public and the l ^^ i ^ liLtureT ^ arTcl Kil ~~ fFi ^ fTd ^~ iri tire South were very anxious to have some information as to what had been done
in reference to it . They were assured by the Committee , that they were assured by the Committee of Dissenters of the three denominations , ( thus it appeared they assured one for the
other , ) that when the Bill came before the House , the rights of Unitarians would be carefully regarded . So far very well ; but he wanted to urge on the Committee , not only that they should take care when the Bill came
into the House , but also that it actually did come in . ( Hear , hear . ) In Belsham ' Memoirs , amongst other letters to Sir Benjamin Hobhouse , who , from a violent oppositionist , became a sort of placeman under Lord Sidmouth , was one , in which
it was suggested to him , whether it was not a good opportunity for Lord Sidmouth to gain popularity , by granting the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts . Whether Mr . Belsham thought better of Sir B . Hobhouse than he deserved , or whether
Lord Sidmouth was not so yielding as he supposed , nothing of the kind took place ; but it was urged upon the Dissenters not to press the question then , lest they should embarrass Government . He did not wish to be political there , and whether the Radical Government predicted by some of the newspapers were to come or not ,
he was quite sure that no Government , Whig , Tory , or Radical , would ever give them anything unless they did embarrass it . ( Great cheering . ) The only way by which the people could gain anything , was by embarrassing the Government , for when we found the shoe pinch , we generally slipped it , to give ease to
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CORRESPONDENCE . 197
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 1, 1833, page 197, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2617/page/5/
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