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    personage , the Treasurer of the Unitarian Association . He ( the Chairman ) was happy to have it in his power to acquaint the company that the funds were iu a most flourishing condition . Fortunately , their Chancellor of the Exchequer had no sinecuriets on his books , and no dead weight to provide for . ( A laugh . } Toast—" The Treasurer of the Unitarian Association , and prosperity to the Institution ; *• which was drank with the usual honours .

    Mr . Gibson returned tiianks . — He said , it was a source of deep regret to him that he had not the honour of being known to the friends whom he saw around him . Had they known him as well as the nature of his * office * ,, and the mode in which he discharged the duties of that office , the honourable Chairman would have beeuraore correct if he stated that the

    office was merely a , sinecure . But waiving that circumstance , lie confessed he felt peculiar pleasure in seeing the members of the Association assembled iiv 1 & 29 . As an old- member of the Association , he would say , for himself , and he believed he spoke the sentiments of almost every member of the Unitarian body , that they had never dared to promise themselves to meet under

    circumstances so auspicious as those under which they had met that evening . He trusted they had now gone through the brunt of the battle—ihat they had fought the great fight for which they had roused themselves and ! had mustered their forces . They had gone through contumely and reproach ; yet he believed

    he might say that the affronts which had been cast upon them , were less malignant than they had formerly been . They might hope that they , the obnoxious part of the Dissenters ( hear , / tear ) , would now be entitled to put in for a share of that loyalty and Christianity which be * longed to them , as members of the body of Protestant Dissenters . The most

    cursory glauee at the history of this country would prove that the politicians who > had sown-the-seed never expectfcd to reap the kindly barrestf which the people were now reaping . Prom the' era * of the revolution the people were the mere stepping-stones to the political factions which , obtained an ascendancy in order to

    misrule * the country ; These factions always called upon the public for sup-Port , that through it they might be euabled to keep their places . But the times , were now changed ; - a feeling had been awakened in the public mind , which ; no party , or opposition , or faction , could now put down . ( Cheers } On thafr ground he looked forward to the

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    period when Great Britain should be as conspicuous for the lead she would take in liberal principles , as she was for the misdeeds which iu past times she had exercised in Europe . The people had now' little to fear from the ministers of the crown , whoever they might be ; for , as had been well observed , these persons could only expect to govern the couutiy by acting in unison with the public judgment . The Protestant Dissenters had been instrumental iu promoting that great and glorious end ; and he was sure that no one would refuse a share of the merit to the class

    of Unitarian Dissenters . If he knew any thing of the bond of union which kept the Unitarian Dissenters together , it was this—that they respected the dictates of the understanding , and put no limitation on the right of private judgment . In conclusion he expressed it to

    be his firm and anxious wish , that whatever associations were united by that bond , they would respect the principles he had mentioned , and of all such he would say , in the words of a toast well knowji iir the city of London , Root and branch , may they flourish for ever . " ( Cheers . )

    The Ghaiuman next proposed the " Health-of Dr . Drummond , and thanks to * him for the forcible , convincing , and eloquent discourse which he had deli - vered that morning . " { Loud applause . ) Rev . Dr . Drummond rose and' said , that no expressions of his could do justice to the seutiments which had been inspired by the very kind' manner in which his health had been drank . H ' e

    had come a stranger amongst them , but he had found himself at home , in the midst of friends and brethren ; so that this formed one of the happiest days of his life , and one to which he should always recur with feelings of the most pleasing descriptibn . He was proud of the honour which had been done to him , not ? on his own account , but for reasons of a more serious and important nature . He considered the invitation which he

    had' received' from the Unitarians of England as au expression of their desire to secure a more enlarged intercourse with the Unitarians of Ireland . He feltf assured that the chain of lore which they had now formed , would become strong and indissoluble ; and that they would unite their energies to emancipate the minds of men , and thus secure their real liberties . The reverend gentleman then adverted ' to the advantages which the Unitarians of Ireland mast derive from an intercourse with tliosc in this country , and who

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    Intelligence . — Unitarian Association . & \\

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1829, page 511, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2574/page/63/