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    ( Applause /) He did not like that ttmiH-r tude so well , however , because t < l jp it appealed that the greatest conquerdr would , eve he left the field , lose the pleasure he derived from the recoilectioa of his victory , and every emotion of ex * ultation would pass away when he re *

    membered how many of those who ia the morning had surrounded biip , galr lant , gay afid good ^ -full of life , patriotic zeal and noble ardour- —the sun , ere hs set , saw lying , not dishonoured and ia * glorious , but bleeding and in the duat J and when Che softest zephyrs that blew

    would bring to his ear some hollow moaning sound from a wounded comrade or an expiring friend . It seemed to him as though the wreath round the warrior ' s brow would become instantly flighted , and the pain of xaemory would more than counterbalance the plaudits of a

    congregated world . ( Applause , ) It was with no feeliags of that nature that he ( M r * W . ) presented himself to the society that then surrounded him * but rather as one who retained to his native village , which he found as in the days of his innocence

    and youth , blooming with fair and beautiful flowers , where he saiir the trees which had been planted in his infaocy , and which had ** growa with his -growth , ? now spreading forth their luxurious folir age , and whej ? e he was glad to behold those old and venerable oaks untouched

    by the ivinter of age , still verdant and im&di og * beneath whose umbrageous shelter his childhood had reclined , and bis mamly limbs delighted ever to repose * ( Applause , ) He would not occupy the time 0 f the Society by a « y further < ter script ion of bis own feelings , as the health of the Noble Chairman suffered

    much from heated atmospheres ana erowded assemblies , smd the Covamtttve had pledged themselves , on his mnde ~ ecendtng again to preside , to endeavour as wug& as possible to jaseelerafce the business of the day , lest t ? hat foeaUh , which was dear not only to the Itfoblfe

    Lord ^ s family aiud < eouatry » but to ei ^ ery friend of freedom throughout Abe-. world * should suffer from the interest } w mani * jfested in their proceedings , aad the kiwi * » $ & $ he had again displayed . ( Applause . ) Afc on fcnecr occasions , he ( Mr . W . ) would , * b ti ) c first place , direct , fihair atteution tt ) tbose eivcu&mumcvs which

    were »< # t cxompjlBted at the last a » xiiv ; e * v fiary . Amojagsi tthese was a case «« br mitted to tint Society from some l ^ s ^ ecu Ab ) e pe ^ 6 i *« rt at Angkftea , in North Wales , wbidfei bid ra » de a considemb ^ ln » ipne ! 6 # - « iwa , iesocially fup&a 'the female poit oi * lie satoriitiory . It was that of ^ ptereoH who Ivas deterieSaed that his wife , who iiad prated wiiicb by associating with a

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    s TnteiRgence ^ Prctestfint Satiety t Mr . Wi \ k& $ Speedfi . 435

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    VOL ,. XIX . 3 K

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    \ i i PrvtestarM Society for the Protection qf Religious Liberty . Q # Saturday , May 15 * ibe Tbirtewth AniHwreajy Meeting pf tbis Society mm

    « r ' « « hfijd t the City of JUoodori TftVQr » The great jw > ra was filled at a © earfy bor by a very respectabfe ass ^ tablag ^ of lft& £ 9 and gentlemen , » otwiths ! t 9 » 4 ing a be *^ y fail of rain during the whole of the

    morning * A t eleven o ^ clock Lord Howanp twk the ohair ^ by iuvitation of tbe Qommiuee , Uis Lordship was received with very warm and geneml applaase * The Ch 4 ih ^^^ eongratuJ ^ ted tbe Me ^ tr ing on the assemblage winch he saw

    before bun , and r equested their &nmmn wtiile the Animal Report of the Qmx + mittee was read - In consequence of the absence &f Thomas Pellatt , Esq * , ibf Hooprary Se > cretary , who was unaToid ^ bly detained by some professional en gagewent ^ ,

    The Rev . John Hunt , Qf Che 1 m » fwdt stood forward to read tfcg Annu ^ i Rt > port of -tfee" proceedings of the CowmUte e * H < e said it would necessarily occupy a short tiuae , during whi& , probably ^ t& eiir respeeted friend . Mr ^ J ^ bn Wilks # wewid arrive , to deliver his annual iddres ^>

    ( AppbweO Tbe R # vf GentJeojan then read the Report , which minutely detailed the assistance given by the Commutes m a gre ^ t cumber of instances , in different parts of England and Wales , in which the exercise of public worship by Dimentem had been interfered with and obstructed .

    The principal ca $ es were afterwards selected for auirrijadverfeioii in th © address oi Mr . Wilkg , who entered the rpoua while the Report was reading , „ As 3 QPQ as it wa « concluded , Mr . Wi ^ lxs ro ^ e * His pr ^ e&oe wa $ hailed with reiterated acclamations from

    every par < c of jtbe room . H « e said fee was sure that it was impossible be should uot be ever ready to give bi « beat services u > a weethig which recguwcl him wih such kindness , a * id swcli mi « i&ce $ fj of unmerited applause- On ib » t and on att otter cUinuai occasions < m wbicja it was

    his duty to address the »^ , it appe ^ ed to him ijht ^ t he resembled a man > wh <^ after some years of absence , z&nm descended into 4 be aanphkheatir < e , ftvi ^< e > in $ & £ days of his ymab * be had lyaoeiyed / rom atssetmbieri Greece or the Bonijaa citi ^ eo . s , those wfieaths which a ^ im ^ t ^ d him to

    the efforts be waa tbiea wakiug , aad wliich were i ^ ore thaw » reward fou ^ ny ^> il 6 or perils he migbJt m < € m i < w ? t » » eemed to r « jeniW <* en m # tt > m * o i ^ w ^< « uoceasfttlly led fci 3 cw » ntrymfen to ba < £ te # irod ^ gaia of » r the tmwi | ibuwi ^ 5 « eW wJ » € te feo t » udb laow ^ ttir had i > cc « i w # .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1824, page 433, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2526/page/49/