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    nizing their marriages according to a form of religious service , in which they cannot conscientiously engage , the Society feels itself called upon , in justice and gratitude , to offer its sincere acknowledgments to the Most Honourable the Marquis of Lansdowne , for the promptitude and the ability with which he brought

    the subject forward ; to the Right Hon . Lord Holland , for the generous ardour with which he supported it ; to His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury , for the enlightened and truly Christian sentiments which he avowed on the occasion ; and to all those Noble Lords who , by voting in the minority , signalized themselves as the disinterested friends of

    religious freedom . Resolved , That this Society , while differing in many points from the religious opinions which the London Missionary Society is formed to disseminate ; yet conceiving that even in connexion with very erroneous doctrines , much of the

    sterling excellence of the gospel is often preserved ; cannot but deeply deplore the late proceedings in Demerara against the Eev . John Smith ; and its thanks , therefore , are eminently due to H . Brougham , Esq ., to Sir James Mackintosh ) and to the other Members of the Commons

    House of Parliament , who , in reprobating those proceedings , not merely defended the cause of religious liberty , but eloquently and unanswerably maintained the right , and urged the duty of Christians to convey to the wretched children of slavery the precepts and hopes of the gospel .

    An economical dinner was provided at the Swan Inn , at which the Rev . J . Fullagar presided with his usual ability . Although many of the older members were prevented from attending , it was gratifying to witness a larger number of persons present thau on any former occasion . Most of the ministers present and several

    laymen addressed the company ; a lively Interest appeared to be generally taken in accounts given of the progress of Christian truth , and a disposition manifested to assist in promoting it . Mr . Beard , of Portsmouth , stated , that he had lately had occasion to visit the Island of Guernsey , and was gratified by finding there a handful of inquirers after truth , meeting in an

    upper chamber for religious worship and mutual edification , who had , like himself , travelsed all the mazes of the wilderness of error , even from the high mount of Autinoinianisrn , until they had at length found rest to their weary spirits , in the goodly , peaceful land of Unitarianism . Their case will not escape ( he nottice of the Committee . Several new members were added to the Society . Portsmouth . D . B . P .

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    The followingnotes have been received from Mr , Brougham and Sir James Mackintosh , in reply to the Resolutions transmitted to them . " London , July 10 , 1824 . " Rev . Sir , " I have had the honour of receiving

    your letter , enclosing the Resolution of the Chichester Unitarian Society . I feel extremely gratified by this mark of kindness from a body of men whose conscientious attachment to their own opinions appears to be combined with the most liberal views towards those who

    differ from them ; and 1 beg you to convey to that body my thanks for the honour conferred upon me . " I am , with great respect , € C Your most obedient and faithful servant , " H . BROUGHAM . * To the Rev . J . Fullagar "

    € C Cadogan Place , 10 th Jul y > 1824 . " Rev . Sir , < c I am very sensible of the high value of the approbation of the Southern Unitarian Society bestowed on rny parliamentary exertions in the case of the Rev . John Smith . If any thing could enhance

    the honour of being commended as an advocate of religious liberty , it would be the rare consistency with which you contend for the enjoyment of that sacred right by < those from whose opinions you most widely differ . Nothing can , in my

    opinion , more evince an enlightened reverence for the Christian religion , than the principle which you profess , that the greatest errors of Christian sects cannot entirely eclipse its divine light .

    " I request you to convey my thanks to the Southern Unitarian Society , and to accept them yourself , for the politeness with which you transmit the Resolution of the Society in which you preside . " I have the honour to be , " Rev . Sir , u Yours , very truly , " J . MACKINTOSH . < c To the Rev . J . Fullagar : *

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    Devon and Cornwall Unitarian Association . On Wednesday , July 7 , the Annual Meeting of the Devon and Cornwall Unitarian Association was held at

    Collumpton , and although the weather was very unfavourable , several friends attended from Exeter , Honiton and Crediton . — The morning service was introduced |> y Mr , Smethurst , of Moreton ; and Mr . Acton , of Exeter * preached from 1 Cor .

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    430 Intelligence *—Devon and Cornwall Unitarian Association .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1824, page 430, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2526/page/46/