The National Register. — London, England, 1814-01-16 00:00:00

46 THE NATIONA I f REGISTER. the lesser ramifications of protestantism as too insignificant " to be noticed by him. Protestantism being nationally on the eve of extinction, according to Mr. Gandolphy's view of religions, it certainly was not material that he should labour to ascertain the fate of those numerous sectaries into which its advocates seem divided and subdivided. Mr. Gandolphy, if the present writer clearly heard him, assumed the following points: ht. the original universality, and ultimate durability, of the Church of 'Rome ; 2d, the sucief.siye extinction of those Religious Societies that bad separated from her communion ; 3d. that the Church of Englamd, forinire: ene of such bodies, carried within her own bosom the pi iltciple of decay; while the apprehensions that wet c esptescd of her dangei, and that by her sons, were so many ludic ati*.ns that they themselves did not expect her to endure,—a pr ivi!ege belonging only to that Church of *nch it was predicted that the gates of Hell should not finally prevail against it. • Although the disciples of Protestantism will instantly re ject the first of these points, and must feel quite disinclined to stibmit to the inference drawn by the advocates of ea tholicisin frOm the second point, it may, nevettheless, not be unsea s onable to bestow sonic consideration on the third Point ; since it obviously affects the Constitution of this country, in connection with its religious Establishment. No person, who is acquainted with the ecclesiastical his tory of England, but must perceive that there have been pet ieds in which her Church was admired to be endangered; and few christian ob , ervers of the present period, it may be presumed, will hesitate to acknowledge that the cry of the• church being in danger is not reiterated at this time without canse. Establishments have continually, indeed, contended with antagonists. The situation of the Church of England, however, at this moment, is marked by circumstances of un visual difficulty, and which have not escaped the vigilant ob servation of her foes. Assailed by the violence of her ene rnks, and torn by the division of her friends,—crucified as it were between schism and sectarism,—her dissolution is houily predicted, and confidently anticipated ! She has al ready been scourged ; and, in the imagination of her de- I stroyers at least, nailed to the cross. Concerning the endless separations from the Church of `England, much diversity of opinion has pretailed. Catho lies here decidedly differ from prototants. One catholic priest, the Rev. J. Beringtnn, imputes such divisions to " the l e ading Principle of the Reformation—which invites the most i g norant man to interpret the Scriptures as he pleases ; thence to form his own religion, and to become the teacher of others. TO this principle," says he, " we oppose the Commission of Christ to his Apo;tles; (Matthew el, v. 19, 20; Mark 16, v. 15, 1d) while reason and common sense tell us that no rule can be so safe and so philosophical as that - of authority, r es ting on the promises of our Master, and the uninterrupted tradlion of ages. This principle of authority, however, is not meant imperiously to controls!, but to direct the con science in the choice of what may most conduce to eternal bappi ness." (To be concluded next week.) OLD BAILEY. Tile Session% commenced at the Olti Bailey, nn Wednesday. before the R Olt Hun. the Lard Mayor, Lora C hief Baron Gibbs, Mr. Jus tice Bailey, Mr. Justice Dallas, the Recorder, &e. Sec. when thirty cite pi imii:crs were-tried, two of %shun' were capitally convicted. CHARGE OF MURDER. f the %Mid murder of Anne on the bcaJ with a pewter JAN. 16. It appeared that the prisoner, who 1% of a soldier in the Tower Hamlets Militia, and the deceased, hail cehabited together as mao and wife. On the day of the fatal accident they were both drinking together at a public•house in Whitechapel, and they q u a rieled. The deceased used very provoking and insulting language ; the prisoner having the pot in his band, turned !Amid, and struck her on the head. She was carried to the London Hospital. The wound did not at first appear to be of any consequence, but it af terwards produced an erispelas, which ended in an inflammation of the brain, and caused her death. Thu Jury, under the direction of Sir V. Gibbs, found the prisoner guilty of Manduaghter only. KGER I ES. Yesterday, Thomas Smith stood capitally indicted for forging and uttering a base and c onterfeit one pound Bank Fit England note, knowing the same to be false and connteiteit, with ititent to de fraud the said Bank of England. The prisoner stood also charged with utteting three other tinged one pound notes at sundry times aid places.--It appeared in evidence that on the 21d of December I tit, the prisoner ofiered the first note is qm:stiou to a slopseller at Shadwell, in payment for a shirt, veine six shillings. The shop keeper sent the note out to be changed, when it was discoveted to be a forgery : the prisoner, however, did not attempt to abscond, bat gave a false place of residence. It also appeared that he had passed off the other three notes at different quarters of the town, giving Isis troe name, hot different and mdse places of residence. In his defence the prisoner endeavoured to account for giving dif ferent places of rexidenee by being in embarras-ed circumstances, and afraid of the Sherill's Officers, which induced bins to ciiiinge Isis abode fres:prettily.. He denied any ktiowledge of the forgery,,and stated that lie had received the notes at sundry times from Jews, in exchange for articles of nearing :i.yarel, Sce. These notes ware of a shoplifr construction, not being from copper-plate, as is usaal, bat swine parts made with a pen anti Indian ink, other parts made with a cams I's-hair pencil . They . were all of precisey the same maim- Crew: e and slate, only varying in the tratispusition of some of the. figures, and had all been uttered by are prisoner within thee last five months. The Jury regret' for about twenty minutes, and then brought in a verdict of—Cinilty— Death. Mary Rushton, a genteel dressed young oman, ;Amid 18 years of age, was also capitally indicted fur tittering a forged one pound Bank of England note, knowing the same to be fake and counterfeit. The chief evidence of gniity knowledge arose from the prisoners re fusing to give her mane and place of tesidence, for %%inch she ac- counted from being an unfortunate woman of the town. After a humane charge by the Learned Jndgc (Chief Baron Glans) the Jury acquitted the prisoner. William Freeman was indicted fur i by git•ing her a violent blow • Nut, Gil Lim 2.101 of Dt.cosber la6t. ACCIDENTS ,AND OFFENCES. Hoops. the Purser's steward of the Poictiers, who decamped with money and property 2elonging to the ship's company, has been since sentenced by a Cr art-Martial to receive LOO Friday, as a poor woman was going down Ludgate-hill, with a bas ket of potatoes on her head, owing to the slippery state of the pave ment, she fell wilt such violence as to be taken up in a mute of insert• sibility, and, being carried into the Clown public-hone, in S ta ti on ers. conn j expired in a few minutes. RoanEav ore 'T it I TAAatr.s.--Slmllc l Peppard noderwent a second examination, charged on suspicion of being concerned, with tl , rea others, in rubbing the Walton and Weybridge lug-boat, on the night of the 14th December last. opposite Mr. Bant's coal-wharf, Cannon row, Westminster., and stealing thirty reams of paper, directed to Messrs. Hamilton's Printing Establishment at \Veybridge. The pri soner was committ..r! for trial. Holum, MunnEß.--A shocking murder occurred at Can.borne, Cornwall, on the Ist instant. which was not discovered until late the following day :---James Rule, a lunatic, who had been co n fined iu Camborne poor-house for several years, found means to destroy u fe male pave, who attended him, and lived in the same hpartment where he was chained. It is supposed that he strangled the poor wo. Mall, as there was an blood found about the room. nor ally voice heard during the bight, that created alarm. A smoke was observed in the house on Sunday morning, and u bacl smell, which at length Jed to a discovery. At tour in the afternoon his room was br, ken into, and the lunatic was found at large and alone ; upon being questioned about the woman, lie said she, was gone into Devonshire ; but on examining the fire-place, no doubt remained of his having burnt the body, from the smell and half - consumed particles of human bones that re mained. Wh e n pressed more .closely on the subject, he coulessed, that " sits wits gone to ashes." Be wu committed tut' I