The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-12-15 00:00:00

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The Noble CHAIRMAN proceeded to address ti

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He felt the duty which the con

sideration of the subject cast upon all conscientious and
zealous Protestants, namely, to come forward boldly, and,
by all the means in their power, endeavour to stem the tide
of Popery which was being exerted against us in the. most
uiparalleled manner for upwards of 200 years. He could
not but rejoice to observe the great interes.t which was ex-
cited upon this question in the populous town of Whit-
church ; and be must express his high sense of the obliga-
tions which the association were under to his rev. friend
Mr. M`Ghee, and others, for enlightening them on the sub-
ject by their superior knowledge and information. He him-
self (Lord Kenyon) should not do anything so rude and im-

proper as to endeavour to enter on the details or particulars
which Mr. M`Ghee was so much better able to give ; nor
would he take up the time of the meeting further than to call
upon that gentleman to move the first resolution. The noble
lord concluded by reading the resolution :

" Resolved,---That th; increased exertions and the grow-
ing influence of Popery in the British empire, demand
counteracting effort on the part of Protestants; and that it
is their duty, by united and increasing efforts, to use their
most strenuous

eavours both to-deliver their fellow.
subjects from the spiritual and temporal thraldom of the
Papal apostasy, and to preserve the blessings of God's holy
truth, and of the pure religion established among us, for
themselves and their posterity."

The Rev. J. R. 111.'GnEE then rose for the purpose of
moving the resolution. He said, although he had frequently
had the honour and privelege of addressing the noble chair-
man upon occasions similar to the present, this was the only
one on which he felt constrained to say that he rose to speak
with regret. His regret arose, nOt from seeing his Protes-
tant brethren assembled on such an occasion as this, and

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cause of the Protestant church and Protestant truth in this
country. Oa the contrary, he rejoiced in that ; but he re-
gretted that the present meeting should have been convened
only, he feared, to be much disappointed. He regretted that
he was cb!iged to apologize for the absence of his reverend

brother, Dr. O'Suilivaii, who had been expected, but who
was prevented from leaving Ireland by circumstances over
which he had no control. lie had

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so exhausted by his exertions at
I been unable to read a single book
or prepare a single document. Ile had been suffering so
much frcm pains in the head and chest that he had not
had the power to open a book. He therefore appeared before
that meeting not only totally unprepared but extremely weak
both in body and mind. But he had not now to experienc
for the first time—fur he had often experienced
that it was well to be weak and
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