The National Register. — London, England, 1819-11-29 00:00:00

NOV._ 28: i 0 TilE EDITOR. ne person. coloured their spirit of persecution and un crueLy. with a pretence or care for tire public weal and ' ,boar:won of we Law,. —Mr. Loewe. W.lll surprised and disappointed that ill A 113- per in which 1 leave read so many J ust and liberal political sentiments, there should ha% e appeared so entire and iiirqualificd an approval of r. Cariiie's sen tence. You consider t. as moderate and kaient. 1 eat-- fess it app:ars to me that any lit ISVCUIII/11 011 aCCOIIIIS 01 a ifilfereace or opinion in matters Cllllllteled with Seligiou is in direct opposition to the spirit of the (impel, in the ' recorded declarations of Christ: a mato and futidamen tal principle of whose religion it is that 00 hotly 01 used has any right to impose their belief on their fellow men. " far Klli4s of tile earths exercise lordship, but it shall hot be se etratingsl yon."—' If my kingdom were of this %torrid Wen would iii 7 servants fight, buf my kitigairai is 1101 of this world. --" Who art thou thin judgest soother tuan's union, to his own master he standeth or lalleth." These words are (Amore autho rity than all the decrees, bulls. anathemas, asttl acts 1,1 Pairliameni that ever were (rained, or that shall be fra med to the cud of time. 'lliese may be wrong, but from time words of Christ there is no appeal. And therefore I Aims that no power can be desired from the Scriptures bj ally Mali or set of men to enforce any ankle td eliristion faith by any other mode than argu ment and persuasion. Any attempt to do this, is all invasion of an sinalienalile tight, au usurpation of the lordship of Christ, and it becomes our duty to protest against such au attack, and to " stand fast in the liberty ib which h as made us free." Ihe magistrate or the legislature hate no power to make t. eitheives judges of truth, which is quite iiitlependani 01 thesis, ash' can neither lit helped nor hintlereil by their decisio s. There are no new fangleit opinions, but 1 humbly con ceive are in strict accordance wills the true spirit of dui— lianity, and base been held by its ablest and kkkkk minims defenders. O these one of the first was Mr. Luel:r. " If a man," says he, "doubt of both Testaments, he " is not therelore to be punished as a pernie,ous "The power of the magistrate, and the estates ill t.,e 4 ' people may be equally secure, whether any man be lieve these things or tio. 1 readily grant that his "opinions are false and absurd. But the business td "the laws is slot to provide for the truth of opinions, "but for the safety and security of the common-wealth, "and of every mai'', goods and person. And so nought "to be. Fur truth certainly would du well eitoogh, "if she were inure left to shift fur herself.. Site is• tint "taught by laws, nor has she any need of force to pro " cure her entrance into the minds of men. Argusneii.s "and persuasions ally man • may use as much as lie " pleases, but all force and C0411)061011 are to 1 e for " borne. Nutliang is to be done impiously. Nobokq "is obliged in matters of religion to yield uttedienCe to " the injunctions of another, further than he himself is " persuaded. Every siren, in that, 11.,s use suprrw and "-absolute authority of judging. fur himself. —Locita 00 TOLERATION. Besides the prosecution of Carl& is unjust iu another point of view. Why are the infidel attacks of Hume, Bolingbroke, Gouboii and others, sold in every booksel lers shop ally day in the week with impunity, senile Carlile is to be three years incarcerated for selling tile itifilelity of Paine? Hate the vile political priiciple+ of the homer aunied for their attacks upon christianuy. Is their De;siti tolerated because it is hound up with their slavish and detestable politics? • . Allow ine before I finish, to correct a gross error into which you hare fallen respecting the oth and ithii of William and Mary. So far was that bill from af. killing ally rend to Unitarians, boat sotne pains anti p. - naltaes were inflicted M it against "any per ttttt woo M ".writing, printing, teachins, or advised siseakiiig, shah "deity any of the persons of the Holy • y4O Li, "God ;" and these pain. and penalties cons 111 l ed nt lull force main the slit oh July 1813. %%Slew toe 53rd of lir Ring (co 111111 l nily calii-d the. %miry Ilaririxe -Bill) we , passed, having been introduced tutu the House ui Cull,- InOn. b) Mr. Willtain Smith. in,. bill repealed tilt. Act of the Ist of Wiliam and Mary, and 'hat tit the 4th sem loth of the sa u ce reign, as well as two Seotcli Acs by which Unitarianism was putio.nahle with death, in as far as they VMCltided Ullll.lfl.lllS from tlh benefit of that toleration which the Acts of William and Mary were iiitended to atlind to other .classes of Dissenters. I am, Sn. your'', &e. Norwich, Now. V 3, 1819. A CHRISTIAN. •' Supported by truth on either side," we insert the above letter. Our opinions are unchanged, but we have not leisure for Titeological Disputations; we may add however, our belief, that the publicat:oti of blasphe mous works would be comparatively harutle►s, if the iurusal of them were confined to persons fully coupe tent to Innis a juitinent on the subject , it is in the hands of illiterate persons only, that their raison. pus acmes its Caroue rower of injury. Ed. 70 IRE ED//O/f. Sia,—Has ing heard that air. Coke's reported statement respecting the wounding er a woman at allineheattr has been contradicted by Major Cot hrane as having been seen by him, and having understood Mr. Coke at the Nurbalk Meeting, wk. re .1 tens present, to state the eh eumstiusee Not in conjunction *ilk Major Coehrane'a exertions ut l)elottl of huutrnity, but as illustrative of tilt. 0tt...1t) or those ears nuns, and which I believe to base hers. • corrt et ter. derstandtaig, and thinking it highly probable that lie may bare heard, as t g from sue who lire in his Itaigh bona I, istol ass present at Manchester, that melt a Circunislaiiee •liii mke pluee, 1 ht g to city that I ,ota our of lie yt .B.ll4tity tit 31.torliebter (a hew I aas jai 4:00•r -garner el my mother's .!eatii, in a in..- anal.% I Mrs coo Mined) striae coil WOtt.of a Vlosil4ll in the Snail 01 shoulder with a sabre—(tho momeid 1 saw her she had au infant child in her anus)—and I heard the man say soire• tidos like, is .o—is you, trial d., you do Aces 1" 1 woo so THE NATIONAL REGISTER. agitated, lit a lair teas s gw, hed from my eyes ; sad it is no amid lisp CUllill+loll. it I CiAllUOi accurately r. collect the woatta. I am, Sir, your's, &c. November, 181 U. NoRITOLCIIIII6III. P.M. I saw a day kept by the Police and Con,tablea up to the hustings 141 Ihr moment the Yeomanry rode in amongst the crowd ; and it ought to be oh d, that two days previous4u Use Meeting, thy gers cleared both the streets awl St. Pates 'a -area ut . evei y alone they could find. t The Editor is unrestrictedly authorized to give up the name of the author of the abovu letter. 2 Vohce. MANSION HOUSE. ' SEDITIOUS BILLS SUPPOsED TO DATE BEEN CIIIMULA TED MY SeIES.—A poor fellow, to wretched trim, !misused John NlOllllll, was In ouAlit before t h e Lord Mayor, changed with having Oistributed bills of a seditious teutiesicy. Their was another °deuce with which the defendant was chaiged. fhe bills had Dot at pointer's flame affixed to them, atifi Moulin was liable to a penalty of IYSI. tar having distr ibu led the bolls produced agaiust him. The bills were handed ill the boil Mayor. They were evidently the work of it prison whose object was much worse Itiati that of the miserahle band who met in Smith field, fin the Y.lth; hor the resolutions at.tl speeches of that tlay were trifles compared to the inceudiary spirit of those papefs. tiro n, the officer, stated, that on the day of the Radical mectiog m Senttlifield,just liettfie •is conclusi ))))) tar saw our of the bills pronuteo mouthg upon is hook within it door or two tn Long-lane. It was headed '• to the nun-reptant!. d Kit-torus of London,' and the w allies. Nits partieuleily struck with the toncludmg 1101.4,• •• Universal hulliajte, Aittasil Pilrlidinem,, soling by thea.c, or Death." As he aas erussity, Sinclitulh towards the spot where the RadiCuls were collected, he saw the defendant disiributtng t olden of lite hill iiiii e,St the crowd and received turn copies Isom ' I A Oristher-olhier reeefved two copies. Moulin was then Whets into custody by Dorn. The defendant recd, that ~s he was, secordma. iii swi lI Pig oue of the CMG >1111,:* 111 6.1b111:11cocci-toild, MI tic moron;, the IL - Altai ' m cum; us:is Yield, a person reverialily dressed came to him, tad uliercil him employ 'swot tor a shaft time, that would be inure profitable into. the broom. I i.e defeti •ant accutn• pouted tom 111 puts.ic-iiiiiise, ss here a. substantial meal was gtv,a to him by the stianger, w Ito put two shitlings into lus hand, mot a Mandl, of those bills, with ostlers to dans 'bete them .tllloll6bi the crowu. l'he Lord N141.10r said, tile (kleinlaut hod acted most Improperfy, m slotithatiog bills wbicb he liad never read, A t the efitutisand of at sitat.ger. Mloulou sold, be no Owl to try any honest way of getting . bread, and his d stirs was so pent, he was not very delicate, fur in truth he could out he d. gree worse titan be was at the moment he was devaed to hood about the bills. He had hero struggling to toe strict with leis 11,0 , 111 fur a lcugth minim, and was known to many of the intiab.tanta. . . At the Lord Ma ur'- desire, he described the pelson nit° employed him. The Account strobgly resembled that of the Individual who hired a poor &lion to distribute iallnm• mat..ry trills us a former 04 casino. This person had a gold watch, add *ceased (to use the def.:admit); phreseology) full ..f money. . . - . . - Me defendant was discharged, after having reposed a night la the Cotapter. Exact/m/4—On Friday morning the following four unfortunate criminals were executed before the Debtor's Door, Newgiite:—Thomas Fonsick, for for . ' ging a will, • purporting to be the last will and testament of William Anderson, lately u seaman on board the Batavia, ludiainan, with intent to detraud ...mars. Buckle and Co ; Julin Henley, henry Lo.. yell, and Edward Cassidy, tOr highway robberies at West End Fair, under circumstances of peculiar aggravation and atrocity. A few minutes before eight, the unfortunate men ascended the fatal plat form (attended by the Rev. Mr. Cotton and two other Clergymen);_ they conducted themselves with decency, and appeared resigned to. their fate. A short time hiving been spent in prayer, the drop tell, and they were launched into eternity. Fonsick was a Portuguese Jew, and bad been in this country near S 5 years; the other three were young men, but had been long xuo;.au as old offenders. 'the crowd was immense. . The Swath's'', Coursing. Meciiiig was not so nuttier ously attended. In COMM/1101ft of its bring postponed to the third week ; but aliogehter the spin was capital, • particularly on Tu. way and hitlay, in Westiere rite Rills were wit so nuitietottsly attended as last year, hitt the comp.tity is as eery 14 .W8(111481 whom acre Lord Xlsynard, Lord Rivers, Sir George, Lady, and Miss Jerningltani Lady and two Misses Bisdingueld, Lord and Lady Briilport, Cord Hoax, lion. Cart. lions, Mr. Mrs. and two Misses Churcind, Mr. and Alto. Scott. two Misses Dixon, Miss Ilaitiond and two Mllib(3 Mackay, M r.. and Mrs. Caldwell and Miss datum, Alt. and Mrs. F.. 1.4c0n. Mr. and Miss St. John. Mr. and Mts. Trench licrney, r. and Mrs. Fountain, Mr. and Mr.. Follett, Mr. and Airs. 'fywen. Mr. and Mrs. IL/season. Mr and %Irs. b. Hussey. Mr. and two Misacs Mason, Chan cellor and tour Misses lunkr, Majors Wilson and Mason. Messrs. A. and P. Ilaniund awl I'. Max. Col. Allis, Ac. Ac.— The Bull was opened by Mr. It. liattiond and Miss Milingtield, and dancing was kept up with Great spirit till tour o'clotk. spice of thel-re . tlutilty II tide year I kit 9 —A gentle. Mall of .a scoshutiv whit, teem Horatio:tut ket, rot ileating of :be kited-tilt! lira 01 the ostler bum Ilse •rue,fold :•spriag, al hhal to a neighbour to proctor bins 'VII gallons of hiss isinacuslous Matti. Has sociaisbnow nut ttttt cis relishing suet* a round about way, Formed a mauler—lse took the cask to Wells, and lam us ilirte parts of sea-Dater uul scsess pans oh Aqua P VagllllS, toss tlolle, lie sealed It wilts iso. own SUM 10 ,rued, ..nil after wasting use toile, Io.OS this Cat.lt 01 Cll4- ~e dd e a ,s r to ills mend. for onsets lie rtCt . 1%0 tits: sisillusio. Toe cask was Instantly taisised. and use otta ni' disvovaed at the very first taste now sopertor it was so any thin he ever tasted!. Hui kind friend frequently tiquired after the health of the invalid, and constantly lotind him in an improved state, anti by the time the cask of the Wells Oalybeate .Spriag Water was on the tilt, a perfect cure was effected! With a heart flowing with graiitude,the praise of the wonderful water was his constant theme; such a " universal good" he thought could not be too universally known, and unless the per. Ilse! of these facts should coat:Mu:el it, he is -determined • to become an aunt fur dispensing this tot aluable Scorbutic. TILE CLIMICAL MAGISTR.ITE. From `. The Political House thet Jock ioullt."1 The Bishop. Will you Ise diligent in Prayers--laying mini* - the study ofthe world and the dish ? The Priest-1 will. 'he Bishop- Will you maintain and set forwards, as much as lieth in ou. quietness, pesos, and lova among all Christian People?? Priest. I will. r 'rhe Bishop laying his hand! upon the head of him that receiveth the order of Priesthood, shall say, RECEIVE THE 1101 X 61105 T." The Form of Ordination for a Priest. 4` The pulpit (in the sober use • Of its legitnate peculiar pow'rs) Must Pta' acknowledg'il, while the world shall, stand, The most important and effectual guard, Supra ii . rd urn:ma:Tut virtue's rauze. Behold the picture ! hit like ? • THIS IS A PRIEST, Made according to Law,' - Who, on being ordain'il, Vow d, by rote, like a dAw, That, he felt himself call'd, By the Holy Spirit, To teach men the Kingdom of Heaven To merit , That, to think of the World and the lade He'd cease, And keep men in quietness, Love and l'eace; And, making thus his profession and boast, Rcceiv'd from the Bishop, The Holy Ghost: Then—not having the fear of God Before him— Is sworn in a Justice, And one of the Quorum ; 'Gainst his spiritual oath, Puts his oath of the bench, And, instead of his Bible, Examine; a wench ; Gets Chairman of Sessions—leaves his lock, Sick, or dying, To Howse Alabouses—and assist in the trying Of prostitotes, poachers, pickpockets and thieves ; Having charged the Grand Jury, Dines with them, and gives Cituitcit AND KING without day liege' Getsfresh and puts in— To the stocks vulgar people Who fuddle with gin : Stage coachmen, and toll-men, Convicts as he pleases ; And beggars and paupers Inc„,s‘antly teazes: Commits starving vagrants. _ And orders distress On the poor, fur their rates— Signs warrants to press, - And beats up for manes To lovnl address : indict, fur rebellion, Those who petition; And, all who look peaceable, Try for sedition ; If the People were legally meeting, In quiet, Would pronounce it, decidedly—sec. Slat. A riot, And order ti,e Soldiers • To aid and assist,' That is—kill the helpless, Who cannot resist. lie. though vowing • 11011) all worldly studief To cease.' Breaki the peace of the church. To be justice of Peace ; Breaks his vows made to Heaven—,A pander for power ; A perjurer—a guide to the people No more; On God toms MI hack. Witco he turns the State's Agent? And dames his own soul. To be Itiends with the EPhhTLEt FROM *JOHN TO lIN COViIII IN THE COUNTRY• When the Iktembers are met (" a terrible set,") A hundred to twenty. dear Cousin, I'll bet, You hear how absnnlly you've ray'd and you've stonn'J, And ill, in the Man-hrsi,o• row, been infivr,,V. First C--stl—gli 'll tell you of plop;, and of treason,. And give you a sounding, it ant a souiel reason. Why - killing and maiming was right and was tit, And quote you a precedent—lreland to wit: For riot. he'll say, should be slopt EilE begun, And killing is safest, before the deed's done: Then a jtv,,ri.di of sabres, he'll prove, and a Mew tl:efrer:siing state of the country at large Next C—nn—ng will rise to explain (by this token 'Tis wanted whenever Ms Colleague has spoken), . He'll vow he's all sorrow. bin grin through his tears, And, treating the matter with gibes and with jeers, lieelare that whatever was done, was the best. And if it was murder. 'twas "murder in jest." Then S—din—th e the grol,is. the Cock of this Elvers (In English, I believe, it is translated /wavy) rise, with a head, that might strike one gui:e f'..a, But soon you perceive that there's nothing ire Act /. For solemnity's trial', though wisdom it trign, lit him :nears no more than a raid-leaded earn'. Hell speak of his virtues, his love for the Regent. And protest that the Dkedirtg was highly expedient; And then as a at •laivter (his quack one so noted) l'rrs The an I Idemnity Bili to be voted. TI is ::or.e, at , er reasons so ably presented, The Doti is in it, if we're net contented. Nov. itt. JOHN BULL. P.S...—Nran spoke, but so low (%r the cunning sly hlf Keeps all the glue, tlaisArs, PS you know, to himself 1. 'that I caught only this—" "twes good for the n,.tieta 24 thin, by all ine:ins, the s:. ides p,1.0,!cm."