A deputy from a third where there are more than two
meetings then produces his documents in his turn, and replies to it
also, and this mode is observed, till all the deputies from each of the
monthly meetings in the county have answered the first query.
When the first query has been thus fully answered, silence is observed
through the whole court. Members present have now an opportunity of
making any observations they may think proper. If it should appear by
any of the answers to the first query, that there is any departure from
principles on the subject it contains in any of the monthly meetings
which the deputies represent, it is noticed by any one present. The
observations made by one frequently give rise to observations from
another. Advice is sometimes ordered to be given, adapted to the nature
of this departure from principles; and this advice is occasionally
circulated, through the medium of the different monthly meetings, to the
particular congregation, where the deviation has taken place.
When the first query has been thus read by the clerk, and answered by
the deputies, and when observations have been made upon it, and
instructions given as now described, a second query is read audibly, and
the same process takes place, and similar observations are sometimes
made, and instructions given.
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