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    to civil ^ fid religious liberty : of ft very benevolent heart , an ^ nof strictintegrij ^ y ; the ^ cordiai friend . ; in . domestic life , affectionate and

    valuable , as ths husband and father , taking on kimsejf thelitqraryx Qducqjtioii-of hj « so $ s ; an Qxei&plapy / professor of Christianity ; and , under the impressions of genuine piety , an honourably member to

    the religious societies , to which , In different periods ^ of his life , Ke belonged : uniform and regular in his attendance on public ; worshi p ^ an < i actively zealous in thei ^ - conr crans . He was the younger- son

    of Mr . Murford , a native of Tiverton , in Devon ,, but many ye ^ trs a respectable coal-raerchant , in Lqjidon well known for his vigorous and patriotic exertions ,, for the

    interests of the city and the liberties of his country . The genteman , to whose memory the esteem , and gratitude of friendship dictate this tribute of ; respect , resided , some

    yestfs , ago a £ XJ © tpi > rQnT . Styer ) Q and iu > thevcity of Gloucester * In the former place , bi& name must be recorded f ; qr liis . pbirapthropic services in favour of the Severn

    Humake Society , which originated with tim and owed its formation to his active efforts * During his residence in th ^ t city , happened the Riots at Birmingham ; a disgrace to thq aera and

    to the nation . Mr . Hurford , though he did not « tgiee iti judgment on some doctrinal points tyith the illustrious sufferer 14 the outrages of the day , was one of

    the most read y to express his sense of the great loSs sustained by him , and of the distinguished merits of Elr . Priestley : a tiame ^ on the . mention of which , the Abbe ttaynal ft # & 9 * ^^ feaw ^ j 9 ^ M § N ^ f ° - * i ^» e ^ re ^ ac t ^ l y pulled 0 $ ' their

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    heit ^ v Mr . Huffpr 4 dr «^ , ^ p ^ address ; of condolence to him from . the congregation of prote ^ tatit dissenters with which ha was con , nected , on that ocpasion . It happened , how ^ very not to Jbe sent ; but is subjoined to this memoir as

    a proof of the liberality of Mr . Hu rford ' s spirit ai * d sentiments * *¦• *•* A ; Letter of Condolence from the Society ^ of Protestant D issenters who As * sembl ^ for the Purppses of Public Worship , at the Ghapei in Barton Street , Gloucester , to the Rev . Dr . Priestley .

    " ¦ Rev . Sir , *? Neither indifference to the cause of religious and civil liberty ., or the interest of the dissenten , nor . the want of sensibility to you . as a man , a pnilobophcr , and a Christian , occasioned our not addressing you before ; it bas been

    delayed to the present time , on account of the absence of several persons of our society , "We sincerely sympathise with you in all your afflictions , your personal danger , the distress of your family , the loss of " your property , and your separation from , your friends . I ^ ut our concern is

    not confined to you ; We sensibly feel the late shocking outrages at Birmingham , as an alarming blow g iven by a lawless banditti to the liberty and property Qf Englishmen at large ; and we pity from ourliearU the feelings of all the candid and liberal in the establishment ,

    vrht * intist blush tb think th ^ t these outrages were perpetrated under a pretence oflenritig tne cause of thc . churcn * whose members , we think , should , as a body , have publicly , 4 isow , ncd their approbation of them . We are sensible that not only religion , and civil and religious liberty that

    have suffered m your person , Lut philosoph y and literatjij-e have , by *» e temporary cessation of your labours , an ** the loss of your books and v ^ lu ^ ble a P * paratus , received an iojury which *?•¦ vhole world ofe science must concur & long feeling and deeply regretting . I ( l short , we consider the insult offered t ^ the cause of libqrt ^ , the di ^ P 11011 * ^ ° to Christianity in general and protestantf ism in particular :, ^ an $ the s ^ aqw ^ whifth' w < , as a tiatioa , are sunk bf * sarajge ignorance , bigotry , 9 ^ d pfc **^ ti b ^^ Mg an ; inlje ^ feaViip , ** M

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    iSm ~ fmtimry ** s ~ J < t > h * Bnrford Esq .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1811, page 254, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2415/page/62/