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    n member to be welt affected to the King and his Government ^ and to the united Church of England and Ireland , xz $ by law established ; in every point of which I will yield to no man ; nor will it be permitted to , any member of It to assume the opinions of a member

    of the infallible Church of Rome * without contradiction , in support o £ the Church of England , which is founded , with all humility , a $ a fallible Church . The confirmation pf his Majesty ' s subjects , ( by which they become members of the Church of

    England ) requires no more than a belief in the Apostles' Creed ; on the contrary , the clergy , at , their ordination , are required to subscribe to other creeds . —I am persuaded , therefore , you have done wisely in appointing "

    the Rev . Canon Rogers , to be the president of the Society for promoting the knowledge you endeavour to convey , I must , however , beg leave to decline having any further communication with you on the subject ; as it is ou £ of my power to read any reply to this letter .

    €€ I remain , Rev . Sir , " Your humble Servant , " ROSE PRICE . " To the Rev . C . K Le Grice . " " Mr . Editor , * In the course of conversation , when Mr . Le Grice and Mr .

    Townsend waited on me , in consequence of the note of th ^ 24 th December , I said , ' If disapproving any of the tenets in the Liturgy , is to be regarded as a sign of a man ' s being an Unitarian , then certainly I am one ;• and I mentioned many respectable persons

    who , I believe , might be called so , also , on the mme ground , though they constantly attended Church service . To which Mr . Le Grice replied- —* Then you say you are an Unitarian . V-My answer was-r- ' No ! I say , no such thing—my ; tenets are different . ' I say , > if , for disapproving and not

    joining in all the Liturgy , as it now sjtands , a man is to be culled an Unitarian , then I am one ; ' which Mr . Toxynsend acknowledged I had stated correctl y * In the ; atonement through the merits and . death of . Christ , I arn a &TOV believer . —? With respect tQ wliat else I $ &i < j , or did npt svy inji private conntf ? mti < m 9- with two clergym en * in my

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    own house , whp » : begged me ta under * stand that they waited ork , ? n $ out of respect , and hoped I would consider U as such , with whonpi I conversed , without imagining the smallest pre- * caution could be necessary * I shall make no further reply ; and I am , sure it will be allowed by most peo «* pie , that Mr . Le Griqe ' s letter of tha 14 th instant , bears in it its own . anti «*

    dote , as a mischievous and desperate attempt , in revenge for the * arrogance * of my letted—The intention ot Mr . Le Grice ' s visit , out of respect 9 is , evident to a demonstration * Bat since he has announced his intention to

    proclaim m the street what he beam in the house , it is , a , warning to those who do not wish every thing said ia the house , to be proclaimed in the street , not to admit him into the ' iE houses , " I am , Sir , 4

    < Your obedient humble Servant , ( " ROSE PRICE ^ c Trengwainton , Jan . 21 , 1824 /* * ' Communication from Sir Rose Price to the Rev .

    Townsend , 2 \ st January , 1824 . € t Sir Rose Price has the honour of forwarding to Mr . Townsend his remarks , for the consideration of the committee of the Society for

    Promoting Christian Knowledge * held at Penzance the 13 th instant f The apparent different accounts given by St . Luke and St . Matthew , relative to our Saviour ' s resurrection , became a

    subject of investigation between Mr . Le Grice and myself , in 1820 , and did not terminate till 13 th April , 1823 . This was not- a controversy between two opponents , but an investigation , confidentially entered into * between two neighbours , Mr , Le Grice

    being thought , from his talents , most competent to the undertaking . — -lit his letter to me of the 6 th September * 1821 , he says : —* You impugn one . ot " the leading Articles of the Church of England ; nay , you go further , you gi ^ b ooks for perusal to your

    neighbours , which impugn it—I mean the doctrine of the holy and blessed Trinity . Twenty years ago you presented some of Evanson ' a writings to a family —W author , who endeavoured to destroy a g ? e ? it , portion qf thp gosj )< $ history /

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    ® 0 Cotresp 6 nftenceton a Charge of Heresy against Sir Rose \ Prige * Bart .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1824, page 90, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2521/page/26/