fol. 53. The printed resolutions of the meeting of the committee for London, 6 January 1790, Edward Jeffries, chairman, announcing to the County meetings that they will indeed introduce another petition in the coming parliament.  

He writes, “Should it be thought by your Committee an adviseable measure to send Delegates from your district, to become a part of, and cooperate with, this Committee, we shall be happy to have their assistance and influence, particularly at the moment of our parliamentary application.” He says they are not trying to impose a “test” upon elected officials while trying to remove one on them, as some have suggested by the comments concerning the election.  His point was that Dissenters had a right to pay close attention to that aspect of how a candidate might vote on repeal, and that that was within their rights to do.  He also recommends employing any sympathetic clergy and members of the established church who are also in favour of removing the penal laws, much like what Wyvill has proposed above.  He is also appreciative of the Plan of Union: “With heartfelt satisfaction we contemplate the union now for the first time effected of the Dissenters of all denominations through the kingdom, and see them forming, notwithstanding their difference of opinion upon many points, one great and powerful phalanx for rescuing the right of private judgement from violation.  From this new circumstance, assisted as we are by the friends of religious liberty in general, and by the increasing influence of liberal principles, we look forward to the event with pleasure.  The cause is glorious, the crisis is important, and we have no doubt that the spirit which now pervades the kingdom must, if properly directed, have its full energy, and ultimately be crowned with success.”