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a " • Z.ft ~~ ~ . - ta all -oral institetioas, which no human authority should ever presume to violate or restrict."—(Teis cord all the sale seemed Resolutions were carried astanialoarry.) Mr. FLORENCE YouNG seconded it, and con tended fur the unalienable right of every man to wor ship ('od according to his own conscience. It was* right and a duty which a freeman ought never to Just as this motion wasitassinx_by acclamation— Ills Royal Ilighiseis the Duke of Sussex entered the room, rind was loudly cheered. His Royal Highness took the Chair, and said, that he was sorry for the occident which interposed to prevent his ettentlaloce at an 'earlier I . Tlte fret wft.. his broke down in the fog. lie hoped the Misr nevi/fent would not happen to him in their /;hair.—( Mach laughter aid applause. j—lle assisr ed them he felt peculiarly gratsfied at being called to preside at such a Meeting—a Meeting quite separate from any political object or allusion w hat tever.—(Applause.)—So impressed was he with the total disconnection of this subject with politics, that if the Nleeting.inetred it as he did, lie would feel it 144 tint)• to interpose irony gentlesnun should stray from the prooperiopie. and be ler the neces sity of 'teeing him to eosillue his observations to a titter sphere. He would watch closely to this point. (elpphonse.)-0.• an occasiou of this sort, it was highly important that the *cope and object amnia Aleselilli! should not be retimeomceived or misiuter tinted. It was with this feeling that he thought proper to make these few obb•ervicititoe fl a yi ng smote them. he would call on the Gentlemen op reinted to proceed with the business of the day.— (I:rerit opo/omee.) - 'nue Reverent! Dr. Cores-Ea rose and read the • see 1111 l 1 lies•tlution, which was to the following effect : " That Religion is ant intenited to seerantlise a peculiar rings, nor to &Tome an engine of State—but in inform the itolgment, to onrify the brut, to mitigate, by heavenly cuss issihssi .... , the ealansitits of lire—and to iuspare hops-sof im mortality. blissful and tublatne." The Reverend Doctor described religion to have been formed to act with concord on the heart of a Christieo, and make him suit his acts to Ins fellow- C liristimm of every persuasion, as if they were all members of one commit' fismily.—(Applamse.)— •Fo dictate hatred and violence among Chritlimrs oats to corrupt that stream which rose front a pure f train. True religion had its seat in t h e heart, und its sway in an upright conscience. On that great prinuiple the Beformation wail begun and fitoislied.—(Appiasise.) d as Christiais Sects had been, they all yet drew their light from the Revriat ion, rims should respect each others views. It was impossible to imagine that the great Bent , fuclor of the Universe, who made no one blade of grass exactly to reversible another. in whose works there was infinite variety, who in all his physical, moral. mid intellectual products, had skews, dis tinction every where, but division MO where-- it was impossible, he said, that such ass Onitsipo tent Being should have ordained that his highest wink would alone be tubiform its its principle of action. No r it never could have beets so ordained ; and, these-fore, Christiens should learn to tolerate mod it...peel each others dilferences.—(App/ouse.)— Freedom of opinion was their great and unulienable tight, and the Bible wits 'the rule tool inessute of their faith, in the fern' of which no rude hand should inset fere—that should rest between man mud his God —between the crest sure and his Creator.--(Appfuese) —By placing sit fiat in their Chair a Cambridge Clergyman of the Estublislied Church, they gave miliaria pledge that they had no seelluinn views— the cause was of a higher and a nobler nature—it writ more to theahroue of the Deity than to any human appeal, and from such • cohsiderution liu -1314/1 114N1.1011 should he banielied.--(Apptuese.)— lirligiott ots the tined operated as the suss upon the vault. It imparted light and purity, while it ex haled noxious vapours from all of jests ; it irratliat col and cherished even the smallest and most un. importosist, diffusing heat to all, but receiving coo tomitiattiois from sour.--e Great applause.]—The Rev. 1)r. concluded by saying, that while lie as sumed tsar liirwelf the right of private judgment on apt culative topics. be was ready to give the same privilege to all. To the Roman Catholic, from %%hien lie ilitt real, he presented tio opinion, while lie viiithe.sted his own, and appleuded the force of moral truth +snick broke the chain that kept the isimol is, ignorance, and let loose the voice attic!' bade matt be fret.—( Great applause.) Mr. HENRI ‘VEYMOUTH seconded this Resolu tiun, of olach lie highly approved. All attempts to prevent the dill's-inn of the Gospel all over the globe. were. lie maintained, against the dictates of God and the true interest of nom. It was this en large.l span which brought out the liefiormation in the tulle of Henry VIII. and continued it in the reign of his successor, the pious Edward. It was the waist of it winch darkened the reign of Ahoy ; and the revival of the pure light which stied a glosy on ElSZolictil, iii whose Rigs) thitty editions of tile Liable were printed.—(Greet applause.)--- AV last would not be the ratisfaction of the men who payed the way fur the Reformation, if from their honoured tombs they could view the ineetitnahlt besot-tile which, is, utter ages, rowed from their great acts, in the very capital where twine of them selves had been bursted for their virtuous stem! *gaunt tyranny and oppression.—l.ripplatise.) The great diffusion of the Scriptures was NOW pe tit/mud, nut only hy universal inmate howdy, Inn by i.. 11 Potentates in Catholic commies. When Sties told their Catholic fellow-subjects that they 41111.-Ivil a lilt Shrill its doeuinal points, they ahoulti acconsimery the activation. by elating, that they did so as friciorts. nod in the epitit of Christians, and memo ready 40 *dusk to their uppoitents the sense civil tight of exercising freedom of (opinion, al•ich they wide firmness demanded fur themselves. --(:f pp/arise.) The. Rev. Mr. DoNottue proposed the third Re-elution. e That such t pure and snub (Ord' religion by the fluty Sniplunaa :Alone Is sought ; 41Id that they, Ibtrt tholi tae accessible its .tray language, to every iurlividnal. of terry s. 55 ws the glubt , and that all attempts to limas suo is tisnits cop, orvost• list isetsolartist rsoriso,rs of God, said She l•esl and truly gasket ha l a l wut man." Ile said, tied as a Alember of the Claud' of Eng, lie should tear lie found ass ads ocute fur the tine- • utims of the Holy Scriptures. both on p .I.taeal grounds, for iti them would Ito I mutt tlse swop' etiiskaile flautist's fur the Blippi.rt tor lilt isradultil bald W:flies of inankilid.--(.4p plause.) Mi. Jolts Mseetis'efE seceudcd this motion, ••••• •.rw '~ ~J and enforced the necessity of a general diffusion of Holy 11'rit among the nations of the earth. St. Prod had truly praised the Bereans, because " they sought the Scriptures doily, to see if the things were so as they were taught to believe." The Aicts and pmtice of the Redeemer of Mankind should be the great models for human imitation. He unit ed the sweetness of the rose to the modesty Of the lily of the caller, and presented a line example of patience and suffering. The'Hon. Gentleman con cluded with contrasting the belief of the man, on whom the light of the Reformation had been shed, with 'that of the Catholic collier, who, on being licked what was his faith, replied, " the same as the Church." What is that of the Church ?—A. The same us mine. What it that of you both ?—A. We believe alike.—(Lartghter.) Mr. GEORGE MYER proposed the fourth ReslO• " That, equally intrusive and unworthy, are all effustA att thoritativtly to impose any expositions of those Holy Scrip tures, which every man fur himself is entitled to investigate, and to expound :—and which every Ma should ' read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest'." in every word of which he entirely concurred. The Rev. Dr. itterbn, in seconding this Reso .. lution, passed Souse high comphuients on the liberal and tolerant character of their Royal Chainpum. He dwelt with much gratification on the celebrar title of this triceutenary commemoration, and re ferred with warm satisfaction to the celebration of another Reformation at s lair * period—he meant the Revolution of 1688, at which he was present its 1788, when Dr. Rees drew an admirable and im-. relative character of King William, who was edied to the Throne at the era to which he alluded. The Father of the Royal Chairman hid *hewn himself during his eventful life to be the most blessed of enrthly Monarchs, by his toleration to all classes of Christians, and his firm attachment to the princi ple* of theßeformation.—(Applarre.)—He had well upheld his Coronation Oath, and that ad mirable and most excellent saying of his Majesty would never be forgotten ; it embraced in one line the most noble of all sentiments—he meant the royal wish—" that every child throughout his do minions should be able to read the Holy Scriptures." —(Applumse. Mr. Titust.ss CliaxsTir. proposed the fifth Re solution. * That the experieuce of Europe, from the 3d to the 16th centuries, leastlensonetraied that these great principles arc as . lispariant its their practical operation, am, theory, they are cornet :--and that to 'hear violation arc mainly attri belubhp timer multitudinous ills Which, for that hang period, misled kninanity--defornted the Christian Faith—and op- pressed lbe world:" This was, he observed, an historical resolution, and declaratory of those great principles on which the right of private judgment was founded, and originally asserted against authority, however vent- •' ruble fur its antiquity, respectable for its charac ter, or powerful for its weight. He hoped the time was at length come when the Holy Scriptures could be universally digested, and the labours of the early Reformers matured and universally ac knowledged. Inquiry was progressive in its infor mation and value. Christianity itself was a proof of this—whii; was it but a Reformation ?—(Ap plastre.)—" Let then the spirit of the Reformation go on until even it reform itself." This Resolution was seconded, and unanimously carried. The Rev. Mr. BowLEs proposed the sixth Reso lution That this Meriting enuld not enumerate all those evils which floated from that abundant source—but t►at the Neriptiim were forbidden their sacred troths were displaced by corrupt traditions—and simple, true, and spiritual worship by superstitious forms:-11tat Crusades were imbstiteted for the peace announcing Gospel--iigno ranee for knowledge—and persecution for good-will to men : —That Priests, 'periling by their dogmas on the fears and sna the hopes of thedeludcd and untaught exclusively amass ed both wealth and power:—Thal abet:lotions and indul gent:its, perchaaeable fnun them, encouraged crimes :—That admission even into heaven was made dependant on their dear.bought masses and their prayers:—That the people groaned in wretchedness, and that Monarchs trembled ow their thrones :—And that a domination, interestrd, arbitrary and injuriuus, extended ever the fortunes, the intellect, and consciences of men." _ _ He described the power and influence which be longed to the Papul Church in former times, and fur a variety of reasons. Man was at ull tunes quick to feel, but slaw to reason ; he was easily end often strongly impressed by external objects. Thus the brilliancy of the Papal form of worship, the well directed application of the seductive arts of music and Filming, were all employed to seize his ima ginal mid direct his Principles. The mental power of mute yielded to ibis chewy delusion, and his wealth enriched the coffers of the Priesthood.— Will was Inw , and in whose time the Bible, the stamp of Divine Truth, lay entombed in sepulchral darkness. Ignorance, cruelty, and vice were the otf.prisig of this hydra, and their evils were terribly ,The iiifluence of this baneful system was ob servable in the loth and 11th centuries. Then the mystery of the beast in the Apocalypse may be truly said to have satiated itself with blood. At that time the 'Crusades burst forth in Europe, and the chieftains of the world sought to pierce their way to heaven by the sword. They carrie4l fore them the sign of the cross, which was borne by their Saviour with patience and resignation, as the emblazoned standard under which 'anions marched to sar and alaughter. They made the olive-branch light up the torch of war, to lead milliets to premature death. Dreadful was the retook of this system. But fsom Oils tune of darkness a morning stir time in the person of Wick WY, who, followed by Luther and others, shed a ray of iutellectual light, which pierced through the thick gloom of darkness that then ob. scuredthe world, and burst th e Veil of ignorance which encompassed a great portion of ickbil appeared, in the laognuge of Milton— " Likc en east' Inuring in In. 'nighty youth." The principles of the Reformation were happily long since firmly established iii this et istil'. They had Blow nothing to thrall. as they ‘% I e placed cru der the protection ot slit blond shield ul the House of I lanuver.—( Great applause.) This mourn was unanimously curried. Mi. Juan Wl Lkes propubil the ltesolu tint) : " That, afflicted at thr rviroopect of evil:. *Ovoid, to he d.•plorcd, this, Meeting In trace even Wont gleams of 1111 l rsil light %hick rii the liinittentli (enemy partuall) than. a gloom :or i.ppna•ive and profound: and that the ultimo - ha of %licklilf, of Jriente, and Huss, ■nd of the 11:.1deusrr, arc .H. 6111111 Ni.Liu I lit ir heat lii." He atiuitti to the lulu. of doll:lass, for the "rT7:I purpose of shelving the an h:ylpily escaped. Illelltl r wag not only one avio.ct ; hat it was also There were, rathunce in the course moral heaven, which Milli at length the w, light of the Holy Script.. which led to su c h posse& the study of Holy Writ like a rock in the ten perilou.ly .trot ahited vulgate tongue, cud I tellectusl and moral . this he suffered the malikaant opprobeinni of into' Want and superstitious resentment. He euraresll disinterment 30 years after his death, arid hip bones were burned and icattereql before the wind. Je rome, and Huss, and the Waldenaes, were equally exposed to the fires of persecution, is the pursuit of their good mud glorious work. The worthy Gen tleman concluded by giving a glowing eulogium on the principles of the Reformation. which was re ceived with great applause. Mr. Damp Brno, seconded this Resolution. — He said. they were like travellers looking back on the point from wbich — they hod set out. and en joying the advantaps to which they had hap pily arrived. They had now attained the moral light amid truth which was the great Min of their pursuit. England lied had the great benefit of this Reformation ; she had grown not only great in arms, but in moral light and feeling—in fact, iii the cultivation of every virtue which made human nature lionourable.— ( Great applause.) The Rev. Mr. Cox here announced a commu nication he had received from the Rev. Doctor Schwabe, apologising fur his absence, cud con taining an account of the late tri-centenary meet ings in Germany. lie had casually cast his eye on one of the Resolutions at these Continental meet ings, which he would read, viz. " A true Protest ant knows how to respect the opinions of those from whom he differs, and to do so with a pure mud Christian feeling."—(Applouse. The Rev. Dr. NEWMAN proposed the eighth Re solution " Rut that it is the peculiar and important object of this Meeting to celebrate, at this tri-ceutimial period, that glorious Reformation, which, in 1517, commenced in Saxony : which exchanged- knowledge fur igoorance—ficedom fur oppres sion—and a parer Clifiltlianity fur corruptions—antichrlatian sod absurd." He said that those who commemorated the Refor mation were so placed, that they must either stand still, go back, or go forward. They could not stand still if they Meant to be consistent in their admiration of the Reformation, while so large a portion of the world remiO:eed in darkness, and strangers to the blessedness of true Christian love. ',risk, for instance, at Portugal and Slraiti *rid Italy and Turkey. If they were even to stand still, what security had they that Ins Holiness the Pope would I , e dormant ? It was impossible, there fore, they could stand still. Did they imagine that Luther or WicklifT would, if now alive, re commend than to adopt such a course? Early when the light of truth shone. history told them that some people were eager to return to darkness. In the year 1549, in the reign of the pious Edward she Sixth, a resolution broke out in Devonshire, the malcontents were headed by priests, who car ried crucifixes, and who submitted a number of ar ticles as the terms of their allegiance. One of these, the 10th, was, that all the Bibles printed in Eng lish, 111 mild be called in, for otherwise the priests conld not confound heretics. It required a large military force, headed by Lords Russell and Grey, to quell this riotous assemblage. fie earnestly: con jured the Meeting to urge inactive distribution of the Scriptures, and to hail the auspicious moment when they could do so under the auspices of the House of Briiiiswick.--(Great applause.) The Rev. Dr. STYLES pa:posed else Moth Re.o- halm) : " That the Reformation having prnatoted the recognition of the great principles which this Meeting maintain, has (aided by the art of printing) emancipated many nations from such superstitions and tyranny—bas bestowed or the people ronsiitistional freedom, and restored to Magistrates lawful authority—has burst asunder the fetters which en chained the human mind—has ameliorated the destiny even of those countries which have not yet yielded to its influ ence—and has contributed to that improvement in social happiness at which this Meeting can rejoice !—although society may lint yet have attained that state which Piety must desire, and Philanthropy approve." The art of printing was, he observed, a glorious epoch in the history of the world. It was every thing, if rightly recognised. Protestant Christians rallied round it us their strong armour, while Papal power attempted to circumscribe its influetice.— Before the art of printing, 500 crowns was the price affixed for a copy of tlw Holy Scriptures ; after the use of printing the price fell to sixty crown. ; but now (blessed be the progress , of human light !) the poorest man in the Empire was rich enough to have the Book of Goff. The Rev. Gentleman here begged to recall the Royal Chairman's at tention to au interview winds he hail formerly with him on the part of the Sussex Auxiliary Bible Society. Ile' had then an opportunity of :wore timing his Royal Highness's patronage and virtue, when lie deigned to tell him that he loved the cir culatiou of the Scriptures, because their study made the poor peaceable, and enabled them to sustain, with patience, the difficulties under which they laboured, and furnished au example to the whole world of the patience with which, Christians endured the privations they suffered.—(Applausc.) —The Rev. Gentleman expatiated in eloquent terms upon the value of Scriptural knowledge— it acted like a gilut against superstition, mid how ever it was to he lamented that in some instances the spirit of the early Reformers.hud nut been sof tened by the mildness of their doctrines, yet their general example had furnished alight which could never be extinguished. The tree of liberty—nut of revolutionary but rational liberty, had been planted, it was watered by their fotefather's blood, and they of the ',remit time quietly enjoyed its salubrity and its shade.—(Appluusc.) Ilene the H. v. Mr. Cox intimated, on the part of the id Chairman, the necessity, as the day was ion dr:twilit.; to a Close. of proposing the re loaloitig: Resolutions in a brief 111Unlief.—(40- plunge.) The Rev. Mr. FLETCUM then seconded the 9th Resolution to a brief but eloquent speech, in which he forcibly asserted freedom of opinion and wire- 4 , t Ice. ire concluded as •H ritv ibesty wisited lot this (be Refortuatisou.—(Groit in propos;ng the tenth excessive praise on Lather, amt the hand of itrettisen • . this beneficent event, and condoet, or all the 4...orines Ai-cling must r.g.rd them as great or. .o•• y most recollect with scito ' Went*, their industry, their heir eh iMe.n soil their coil lheirdauull6l/0 l'Oiefltre, their uwentio;dabite obadieute to .•••••ClMCOllolucis.they stably displayed," said, that if he could not speak es well its those who preceded him, be would, i;, ob , riLence to the hint hoot the Chair, speak sli-sier.—(A tough soul apylause.)—He admired the mouse taken lie the illustrious founders of the Ittiforuiation. 'Flory made thrones shake that previously shook their sub jects by their intolerance, or bowed down rulers by their own subserviency, like llenry the Second doing penance for Thomas i Beckett. Luther took a de cisive character—he adopted the maxim. that when a man made up his mind to carry a particular ob ject, lie should at once do en act that would commit him on his l -iple. Su when Luther was advised nut to attend the Council at WOWIS, he said, "I will go, if there lire as many devils at 11'orins as tiles on the houses there"—(Apploare) —and be fore he set out he burnt on a !abbe scaffold, at Witteinberg, all the Bulls and Papal Ordinances to which he had previously adhered.—(Applause.)— By this act he resigned from the Cialioli: Commu nion, and fairly judged, that, hay* resigned. lie could not be turned wit.—(:l laugh).—lle also skewed, that as he was not to be deterred by the roar ing of • hull, lie was not likely to he frightened from his purpose by the braying of au ass.—(3fach laughser and applause.)—Luther was ready, us lie said, " to give unto Crew that which was time In Caesar;" but lie required the protection of the Civil Power, us he said Ire was collided to it. lle ob tained it from one of that illustrious House whose descendant iv now 14 widowed mounter in this 4:QUM try, with all that sympathy bestowed upon Will which the luso of the virtuous object of his grief so well entitled him to receive. —(This allusion to . the Prince of Saxe-Coburg, tie: dem-rodent of the Elector of Saxony, was received wills great enthusiastic feeling by the Meeting:l—Rut, thiough he obtained it, the rancour of poorer:lotion rendered it unavailing. When the doctrines of Luther became felt by his-followers, they Hocked round him to ask permission to break the idols worshipped in their time.—" No," said the grrist Reformer, " pull not down their idols, but let us preach to them, so as to enlighten the 'muds of the people themselves, and then they will pull down their own images."—((:reat applanse.)— This was true liberty of conscience, mid a freemen gloried in it. Seldon well said, " Give us flee dona—above all give us liberty, civil liberty, !eh gious liberty, that liberty which we derived from heaven, from sacred blood, mid whirls was sealed on earth with the mime token."—((;reat applause ) The Rev. Mr. FRERE seconded this Itesolution. Mr. J. DAVIS (of the Common Council) then, for brevity sake, proposed the I Ith, 11:11), 13th, 14th. nod 151 Ii Resolution+ together. as follow " That whilst this Meeting render cordial homage to the memory of illustrious turn, who were 11w1.111;1111r111S of other tries—they never can forget those men or g r . a t an d kindred minds, who in their native land, amidst ilas obloquy, proscription, sad death, proclaimed the same great troths, and by whom equal triomplis arse utasiard—and that to the wondrous and isitiema Knox, in :44103nd—to 'fyinlale, Latimer, and the Holy Martyrs and Conf. ssues of the k:uglish (lurch, they would thus rear a monument on which they would record their veneration nod esteem." " That this Meeting are exhiliraled by intelligence, that during this Tri-Leutenial year similar inaitilllollll been expressed by the Protestants who cultivate those German plains %here the Reformutiou so happily hvgaii—and t earn with joyt,lhat approximating towards each other with liberal and enlightened mind., they are adding dignity hi the carn tion cause of the Reformed—and are preparing its further successes by their augmented union, and well ululated seal." " That this 'Merlin!, convinced that the principles of the Reformation promote individual happiness and social peace, nurture inquiry, and bless mankind, • stout those putt nations, who in Europe and America poorers a congenial faith, to cherish those principles ait h an unabated :sedum., appropriate to their worth—to transmit them with hallowed reverenee,to their posterity—and to protect those who also cherish them in other c ssssss triers f all persecuting Powers : —and that such attention they now especially monastic institut iuus are restored—when dangerous ancients are reamed—when the circulation of the Ilidy Si riptiors without note or comment is forbidden—and :rhea Inquisi tions are continued, or re-established, to perpetuate the em pire of delusion—by imprisonment, by torture, and by death." " Thal. amidst their own security and Pali4lol )))) this Meeting feel the deepest interest far thus* %miller and 1t,., protected communities, who, amidst the villages of Pied. muist, in the kingdom of France, or throngh t the earth, exist in nations generally hostile to their faith—unit that to them this Meeting would address ussuraisces of the kindliest sympathy and of fraternal love." " That whilst this Meeting thus celebrate that lit:forma tion, whose influence they desire should he ro-exteitsise with the globe, they seek for that extension ottly by the energy of argument and through the force of troth; and Internls those Catholics whose errors they regret, and whose priuri•. plea they disapprove, they disclaim all sentintents which Christian charity could censure, or religions freedom would condemn:" unit accompaiiied hits motion by suitable continents on the purport of these Resolutions. The Rev. Mr. J. TowNsEN u. in seconding this string of Resolutions, ao l i 11l adverted with much in dignation on the proceedings of some of the Con tinental illonarchs. Louis the Eighteenth, he mid, Iced not shrunk f tending himself to the pet sccution of Protestants—though both lie, his priests, anti nobles, bad front Protestants received shelter and protection i n thi s weenies.—(Great applause.)—Until the restoration of Papal Power and the Bourbon., there were Protestant emigre gatiotss at Route awl Naples, hut they were punt now permitted to !mires, openly their . faillt.- 111 the South of Fratice it tuns well known that two Protestants were tined, 81111 the sentence after wards affirmed w ith Tolls. for trot holding out the Catholic insignia, during the passiirg of the host.— Iripplaette.)—This was dour too in a country where the King had but recently hound himself by charter to give full toleration of religious opi- ' moses.—lApploase. j—lt became necessary. thro, Old Englishmen should express an minima on the Continent. that they evil/Tied for their country men the some toleration abroad, which they wire ihe evils from which they hail stricted right of comriance. The period liefoire the Refer- hog that constitutional libeit oue uf darkness in its tepral ceuvirey by the mouth of the so the darkness of she cts i itnet• uppAasse.) hur. tier. occunith6.l kstAtears 4' Rev. Mr. iVANEY, i rye of iiine emitted Dom the Resolution. cheered the solitary sufferer, "That without conferrinz say way was open to Imp by the . AlLlauttlsts , ripturee, these oracles of truth, inn Originated nut promoted witOiout op,laorting nil their et nwerful cenisequetke"- r t " L • 'which they titO4 'nee Veit that ftkuule ickliti wend . Al po mg tine gi ti d e ,/ or , "'", or corruption. Hr iii'bly and I ni,dlmetit and rokaiirar;on fiber. I the Holy'Scriptures into the teat ; amt 'mist reeo tttttt end lo .1 extended and eulingtel the in- dream arildorm an ail For steady peroeversurce, and that 1 vigour of his country. thu doetataa of their —I. • ' ;••1•1A ~: ; '~ . soir , • -7- - jecii • • willing to give Continental 'objects w;ist profris,i dilfrrent opissious in this kingtia,n.--(lpploase.,; ib Georlerusis•s address strew fort 4 Lanai/turd polmohn, ;rout theta:rut t y frevsloto of ;as sessiimehts, wh.el. he delivered with a •inti•:..kiit:.it viol rapt- •.ve peculiarity of entioriaitrio, f t *itiLited the .1. good-humoured and livriy ictenitton Fitv 5 5, his auditors, at a orsiod of Su eveniog wise,. all lief✓ anent 44. wirtheteo.v.:—" I hold in my Jima .; Resolutio, which I rcipure .t oil tun* will Ise . : tied with '.sore thou orditairy.rdest. It is ooe w sociail rtat i artte and personal thlieittiy prevent at f't airman from puttiot. I ef111110( COS, • , tbepleasore I fee! et pitritiog t, hope it act. ,whet, earned bt your voice,' approach Li- Royal sr;i!, becam, 't s sulnuittell front a pour Old avow.-•r nr r l.Laa. This room, wheat I entered it in the ruOtlllillg, . sented a gloomy and fuggy rittpospliere—it has •it.c grown bright—it has beets illuminsted by the rst:. acute of our Royal Chairmon.—(Great upp/u :Ft The morning Wil/ bad, hut I knew he wool here. I said to myself, his Royal liighoeft wise man ; he'll make an rlfot to come here he'll make a mighty effort tube among lA, l a : I,c will sea the importance of his preseupr, riot p .ly t. ; us, but Moist-11.-140pr tuuN;, said 1. kunw that this is 140.14.111411011 51satir , !, no partial it-senthlage of a local hotly for a d r„,r.l charity, however laudable in its way ; but t , at it was a Nleetin e a . Inr priociples, giro. pert sastsc. I COM in:furling, suss! universal.--(dpplaux.l—.l have lived for more than a fount* loot it; V , is tri-centenary, and have come this day out my retirement, to he present at this contoteolo. ration.—(Appluirse)-1 felt the force and virtue of the Meeting, calculated Its it . Posed throughout the globe the ossorancc while Mogi:wit attends to the relief of the hat. ca ot sutTeritor I atilly, in whatever clime victim, to he fUntril, she also attends to their great mom! 's ec s. lit with a Christian zeal towards a common J.„ (dophorse/.-1 love invself—l lure toy cl. Who sloes hot ?—( Hoch langt ter and love my coUntry, and all its constituted midi," •,,, 11 love my species, of whatever conaitry„ of iv Chiiasisat Loud cries of " Brava !'' because I love them all, I am an open friend t s that ussiversal liberty of conscience which sets vet mon at liberty to rinse his u,.11 faith with Uneven, settle with his God according to the dictates Dr I own conscience, stud the measure of light which it 11.4 pleicied Providence to died upon hiaL—(Lmtg and continued applarise.)l a'n 110 f scurf to retrog.•4le motions or forced doctrines—und the best sceuritot that you can have against their recurrelice,is, its the great progress of moral and intellectual light that hos of late years shone anumg us. The proment Family on the Throne were it t : t . c s tr ity nguinst p er , lapses—the present Chairman knew full v ell his uncrstry. He knew lie was descended Ina those 1)111ses of Lititevii le, and Electors of Saxos.y, who. I in 13.!9, at the Diet of Spires, protested aettitist the fulminating doctrines there issued. His 141 v Highness would recollect that they slid not sky. lordly resign their itrinciplva. lost that they tirin ly made their stand. The House t.t . Bruttosielt were the hut- soccesors of such a race—'Urcot upplanse.)—Thty were bound by the Act its virtue of which they ascended the Thsoue uf these realms. to support the principles of tolenttion.--IGreat . . • • upplause.)-1 hove told you %dolt 1 recollect-4 ;11l now tell you whist I do not recollect. an old mail, 1 hope I sin - not qUite forge do not recollect that I ever Sifit or r,eltilsYr nelltat of any of our prevent Royal. Family bring hostile to the unalienable right of UMW to WO'S)11!/ Coal according to the dictates of Isis own conscience, or to shackle or pt rsecute :soy mon fortis religious opi nions. Our venerable Sovereign, whose age and eir toes inspire me with an tulditionsl motive to love and tevere Ins family—this grows with my !oh rat, as I with lily King enhance into the s ile of het Sovereign, 1 say in lets private walk of life, sto.rag. his tradesmen, ant' those willow hr etniiloytal, sweet oe(intrtil what their religion was—all he uished In kliOW Was their character and limo- v. (//ppiati u'. / —ll . liy, lit employed people of till denoini ;Own, * • There was a velter,;hl- Lady domesticated m b;o owl oho might have loom :awl to nurse the itl/pll Children, and she con,talaily mused to ge, In a Alecting-house.—(l.ostil joimer was a Methodist pre:lelier.... ( Loud luughrer.)—(iis coach-maker was o,ot obit/ to Aletholl.st, but it rook oat—and poor obi Uaddy Saunders. the King's coachman', mu , loitorrot 14 1.11 b) as e v er b rea th e d, aas ti i. o ,* ale thuditt.—(Lord Ictughler.i—The v,:ot.rl carefully provided for his coachman Ili Iris I &gr. iintl if he met hint in his jlJUrnies, would sbo) autt taltllliallY say. " Saoudrr, 111/iv are viii Grtat upplansr.)-1 recollect all these :out they are gratifying to one. Your lhoi !;outer this very year presided at a to I -resit( w i ry • - minty, in the "'mist of a Luthetan popPlottoo. which yet tolerated aloof proteersol a Collodi.: Church—thus aliening. that they were Protertanta in principle. they wage not persecutots in yritetice. Not so hie Holiness the pope—rut so the Ki:;; ; ~1 Sitoto—nut so other Soveseigno.—(//prb-ble -- Your ItnVal Highness's presence to-t!oy. I.k of pone Brother's in Gertuatiy, gives t' us an tional security fur our civil rights wii :e yalot family hold the 'Throne.—((.mat arphn • ► must have this motion Carried oluotling— " That this Meeting cannot but coidially exprri.; cminent delight, that Ins Royal UiKhn,si the Duke of*A,s , • has cowle.ecuiled to presble upon tisk Kient occ.,•:ou--::.. ciri they hilt announce their iiicifrected j. y, that lie Iles del ttttt istraiteil that his Royal tl, use remain him!) Mt to the great priiieip:es established by the It, format , a •sr to that Protestant fault whlrh their acct.:tors IlAtit and strenuously maintaineti:' Mr. Wai. FItEND seconded this motion in t • ••- qtteiit, s -etch. In the course ar ct tiro he mended the hint lie once heard givtoi by a . O • • gentleman—that if all Christians a!teaderl into the general principles on cchudh they agree,l, •lw to those on which they differed, -the world •••• •tt be in a better state.—Celpr.lause.) It was curried b - :tcclunt:tu,•n. Ilk Royal flightless the Doke of Suer %. ~• arkilowleilving this notion, it reflet•t.:l riots credit on the Aleetiog than on hint...ill' .14 al 1 ..: don,. lie would not 11 tee :Mendell there • I ;.+ hot from it fuli conviction of the propriety ' Wit 4 this feeliug citir; 111110-I'.. vette rn Id 1I,!~IL ' stew. promfm expi it Lta have tarots, time. tvtd midi ad the * tom':Ciro Mil 4 -- • N 11 (spirt: iv Tr. in 14 folh ---See • N.R txpirr A l i it iii lor r, Cietier 1: mint preptje Nat4.otti V( NOM I Ail lay Cu'. 'krill of I%t. Anti 51{1 InQi , Stsek es thole 11 or ual .l rattri‘e t r LuitiTy Vali, et 1 ad, tote Tetuan* .Ne by, I ILA II f010..$ flu The I d l; •..~ t It , br U 1111 ---( SIN Lit g VII