On this page

• Text (1)

  Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

  • 

    Untitled Article

• Transcript

  • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

    Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

    Untitled Article

    the Independent Chapel at York , and fifty guineas to the congregation of the Rev . Mr . Slatterie , at Chatham , towards their expenses in resisting- the assessment of their meeting-houses to the rates for'the relief of the poor ; they learn also with

    regret , that the resistance of those congregations has not been attended with sue * cess y and they hope , that the Committee will take the earliest opportunity that prudence will allow , to apply for an act by

    which not only the pecuniary charge shall be prevented , but the degradation of submitting the expedience of the expenditure of Dissenting congregations to uninformed or unfriendly magistrates at quarter sessions shall be for ever removed .

    5 . That this ; meeting would be unworthy descendants of wise , pious and nobleminded men , if they could ever consider with contented or indifferent minds the continued operation of the Test and Cor * poration Acts on Protestant Dissenters , or could cease to regard them as a profanation of the sacrament of their religion to

    secular purposes , and a violation of those rights of conscience Which it is the delight of every man to enjoy and his duty to maintain : and that they invite the attention of the Committee to some general and energetic efforts , for the repeal of all such penal and prohibitory statutes , and for the final establishment of the -rights of Dissenters on a basis that honour and reason

    and religion shall approve . 6 * . That when this meeting consider the local persecutions which obstruct liberty of worship , the hostile spirit which many clergymen of the Established Church continue to manifest , the vexations of which the perverted ^ poor laws are made the

    instruments , the parliamentary measures incompatible with the past privileges of Dissenters , which require constant attention , and the more combined and progressive labours of the Established Church , not merely to perpetuate , but to extend its power ; they cannot but perceive the

    increasing importance of vigilauce and union , among all the friends of religious liberty of every denomination , and must recommend , as their general representative , the Protestant Society , which includes all parties within its protection , to universal and more zealous support .

    7 . That to the Committee for the past year , composed equally of ministers and laymen , and including gentlemen who are members of the Established Church as well as Dissenters from that Church , this oneetln

    8 T present their thanks for the prudence and -zeal , . . the activity and caution , with which they have discharged the important duties they were appointed to fulfil : and w * at tlie following- ministers and laymen » teo in eijual proportion * with the ; Trea-

    Untitled Article

    surer and Secretaries , be appointed to act as the Committee of the Society during the ensuing year ; :-. " \ ReV . J . Brooksbank | Dr . Collyer , George Coliisdn , - F . A . Cox , Thomas CAonJtt Alex . Fletcher , Rowland Hill , Thomas Jackson , Dr , Newman , IV . fc . I > latt , S . W . Tracy , John Tovrnscnd , Matthew tVilka ., Mark Wilks t

    David Allan , Esq ., * Win . Bateman , Esq ., J . B . Brown # Esq ., James Emerson , Esq ., James Esdaife , IJsq ., Colonel Handfield , Alderman Wood , Esq ., M . P ., Thomas Hay . ter , Esq , JVO . Oldham , Esq ., J . Pritt , Esq ., William Townsehd , Esq ., Thomas Wontner , Esq ., Thomas Walker , Esq ., James Younar , Esq . .

    8 . That this meeting also repeat their thanks to Robert Steven , Esq ,, the active , benevoSent and enlightened Treasurer of this Society-9 . That they also renew , with even

    increasing pleasure , their cordial acknowledgments to Thomas Pellatt and John Wilks , the intelligent , zealous and disinterested Secretaries , and respectfully reinvite their useful exertions .

    10 . That this meeting acknowledge with gratitude the kind attention of the Rev . T . Tayler , the Rev . Dr . Co > Myer , the Rev . J . Phillips , and James Gibson , Esq ., the Trustees of Coward ' s Funds , who have again indicated their attachment to liberal principles , and to the true interests of Protestant Dissenters , by a donation to the Society of fifty pounds .

    11 < That this meeting- recognize upon this occasion with great pleasure , the presence of Matthew Wood , Esq ., Alderman and M . P . for the city of London , and congratulate the citizens of that city on the re-election of a Representative , anxious to promote education , peace and liberty throughout the world .

    12 . But that to Sir James Mackintosh , M . P ., the honourable and eloquent Chairman , this meeting- offer their peculiar praise : and would express their hope , that he who asserted the freedom of the press , and

    benefited India by his wisdom and his presence , will succeed in his beneficent attempt to render our Criminal Jurisprudence milder , more efficacious , and more just ; and will soon complete a National History , to which the friends of truth and freedom

    in every future age may with confidence refer . These resolutions were -recommended by the Rev . Dr . Bogue , Messrs . Orme , of Perth , and James , of Birmingham *

    Sir James Mackintosh , the Chairman , rose amidst the loudest plaudits , and spoke to the folio wing- effect : ~—After the approbation of one's oww conscience , T certainly consider as the best reward of any human action ; the » pjj ) r 4 bati < in / of vis *

    Untitled Article

    tn&ellii / ence * ' —Protestant JSotiety : Sir J . Mackintosh ' s Speech . 301

• Citation
  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1819, page 391, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1773/page/47/