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      next ; and has accepted the tmanimows iovitation of the Unitarian Christians of Glasgow , to undertake the pastoral charge of the congregation in that city . Mr . Beard , of the College , York , is chosen minister of the new congregation meeting in the Greengate Chapel , Salford , near Manchester .

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      At a special general Meeting of the Deputies from the several congregations of Protestant Dissenters of the Three Denominations , Presbyterian , Independent and

      Baptist , in and within twelve miles of London , appointed to protect their civil rights , held at the KingVHead Tavern , in the Poultry , London , on Friday , the 29 th day of April , 1825 , William Smith , Esq . M . P ., in the Chair , —

      Resolved , That this Deputation is anxious to disavow any concurrence in , or approval of , the Petitions lately presented to Parliament ( purporting to be from Protestant Dissenters ) , in reference to the

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      efciims of the Roman Catholics for relief fjwai tfce operation af existing laws ; and that it will continue at all seasonable opportunities , to urge upon the Legislature ( a « it has hitherto done ) , the impolicy a » d injustice of every sort of penalty or disability , civil or political , for conscience' sake *

      That tbe above Resolution be signed by the Chairman , and inserted twice in the Morning Chronicle , Times , Morning Post , Globe , and Courier Newspapers , and the different periodical religious publications .

      ( Signed , ) W . SMITH , Chairman , P-jESOLVEP , That tbe thanks of this Meeting be given to the Chairman For his able conduct in the Chair this day .

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      At a Monthly Meeting of the Committee of " The Protestant Society for the Protection of Religious Liberty , " held April 25 , 1825 , Robert Steven , Esq ., iti the Chair , — ft was unanimously resolved—I . That this Committee perceive with regret , that the presentation of about

      twentyfive Petitions from persons calling themselves c * Protestant Dissenters , " against The Bill depending in Parliament " for the removal of the disqualifications under which Roman Catholics now labour , " has involved the thousands of

      Congregations of Protestant Dissenters in England and Wales , in the imputation of indifference or hostility to those great principles of Religious Freedom , for which their forefathers contended , and to which they continue ever attached .

      If . That The Society , by whom this Committee are appointed , and which includes enjigbtened ami liberal Members of the Established Church , and several hundred Congregations of Protestant Dissenters of all denominations iti

      England and Wales , have repeatedly declared their belief , " that the right to Religious Liberty Ls a universal , paramount , unalieaable rightr- * tbat religious opinions should not alone qualify or disqualify for Public Offices—that all restraints on their

      expression by penalties or exclusions , are acts of oppression and of wrong—that the connexion of privileges and emoluments with particular opinions may create hypocrites or martyrs—but that the

      unrestricted allowance of all religious op inions ami diversities of worship , ia essential w tjie rights of conscience , favourable to the promotion of piety , and propitious to the harmony and improvement of mankind " HI . That this Committee can never be unmindful of the needless , oppressive , degrading , and unjust restrictions imposed

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      316 Intelligence . r * r-Rebolu tions of Diesemtvkg Bodies with t ** peet to Catholics .

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      The Anniversary of the Kent and Sussex Unitarian Christian Association will take place at Chatham , on Wednesday , June 29 th . The Rev . B . Mardon , late of Glasgow , is expected to preach on the occasion .

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      - Eastern Unitarian Society . The Yearly Meeting of the Eastern Unitarian Society will be held a . t Framlingham , in Suffolk , on Wednesday and Thursday , the 13 th and 14 th of July . Mr . Bowljes is expected to preach on the Wednesday eveuing , and Mr . Tagart on the Thursday morning . EDWARD TAYLOR , Secretary .

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      Resolutions of Dissenting' Bodies with regard to the Catholic JBilL Dissenting Ministers . Library , Red-Cross Street , May 3 , 1825 . At an adjourned Meeting of the General 13 ody of Protestant Dissenting Ministers of the Three Denominations , resident in and about Lotidon and

      Westminster , the Rev . John Pye Smith , D . D . in the Chair , — It was resolved , That as a Body , we wholly disclaim , every sentiment of religious intolerance towards our fellowsubjects of the Roman Catholic

      persuasion ; and express our earnest hope that the Legislature will , at length , deem it proper to take measures for the relief of all classes of His Majesty ' s subjects , who may lie under penalties and disabilities for conscience' sake-

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      NOTICES .

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      Deputies .

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      Protestant Society ,

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1825, page 316, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2536/page/60/