The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-10-15 00:00:00

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he admited of slraugers—lle beloved of th.we who
*sew him! H., however, was she savant, of toleration.
Orthodoxy .unshed him with the shifts of intoleramera hest
they fell harmlem areould him. Ile was the Mewl of all
*that was good—the FAA, of the English Prelacy! yet Tillot-
son did not escape the charge of Atheism and Heresy,
Ihemgh he Vied the high o Ewe of Arehhiotiop of Calliel bury !
In one of his works he said, " A man, that has the spirit of
• man, will ail Chbait to that worst of slivery, the denial
of his el& lb elkaifiliti ithe religion, and inquire info the
grounds and reasons yfshg t would break with ass, church
that deoied this right.. I hon1:1 say, a If vine religion is
too Rand to be exhinisted, I 'loathi that it is too bad to be
larlievar" Fleseoutilave `raid Cameroon passages from
She Archbishop', aerations, to sheer, at beige, his detestation
of per*" eta iota ; hot, • lodate, persuasions the Gentlemen of
the Jury might be of, they Wass he sell arriliainted sill' the
'noble imbed of that celebrated man. Doi vide. was too fee-
lair to raise in the praise of that brilliaiel rim water, but every
lover of purity and integrity, of every seri, dpi female to his
name—iherefore, perhaps, he neigh' he eaeoss a, a hen he eh.
pressed his approbation of Arehliisleop Tillutiesn's mild rte.
toe: Gad a hide More time elapsed since he last addressed
Vie Jnry, or had his olowelheos been refreshing after the
fatigue he hid mole rgome, he amid have produced rohimeo,
which would hove covered the table, all io behalf or fire Its.
9"1, and against roomitions for publications of the na-
ture now 'objected liesovolumes ws Rico by the learned hod
the great—by the chief of the " maotre.opisits" to wAetr
England Ind given birth. Rut this doyley of heallioritier
mould, he fell, be rather tedious than usefol—bad be owed
too mewl. already to She kindness of the Jury to introduee
is—roperiolly IPI he believed them to Le of the same opinion
with the hest and wiliest of she dead, who still opske to mon-
k oed by their works—and the most illustrious of the living,
v ho *Anglo them, by their example, the sublimity of the pre.
septa a heel' hail been laid down 117 those who no looter
esi•trel. Bigotry wa• not lobe fennel niew,eiteert in the meal.
rl f hoists of superstition, or a miongoi the legal lumber of
the Crown Offerer; aimless, hider.% it ranee into a court of's',
e'othed he a silk gown, to "fright us from our propriety"—
.ow casting a withering glance on its victim. aid now look.
a sqnint at the JllllO through the parchment roll of an
r : f%',scio in foe matinee. They all hail heard of Dr. Squires,
e lea was Cleo k of the Closet to his Moiroty when Prince of
agates, tool afterwards Bishop of St. Davis; s. Ile, in one of
leo sernionr, eisiervell, that " if nay set of men had the
power of Ming ficedom of discussion, it would soon
tend So the destruction of truth. It would not be long bee-
foe the ermeiti y ovoid see throe gees ing into an inquisi•
ton " There was one other a:tinnily which he would cite.
Te w that of the rxeclleot and truly pious Dr. Philip For-
• see, olio, in his lett. ra, address, it to Mr. Justice Blackstone,
to roma plence of • passage relative he the Tolerati en Act,
contained in the celebrated Coinnecrforiei of that Legated
Jnil4e. feta nuouslv advocaat the celiac of extensive totem.
lion. [Dere Mr. Carlile read an extract from dm letters.]
—After haring concluded reading Dr. Philip Cornea's book,
the Defendant said, that in proof of the Doctor's opinits,
Sir tgm. Blackstone, to %bona he so forcibly appetiled, in a
nobseepsent edition of his Commentaries, gave
.a much more
tube ral and tolerant interpretation to the statute of Dias.
forth respecting the Liturgy. Poet it is fur ions, Gentlimen,
said the Defendant, to giver &et to the duettists of those
excellent meta. Governments hive pewee beer willing to
alter bad laws until the expression of public opinion gave
then plan. feigns that they were in the wrong. if it were
not for She finer of public opinion many absurd and anal
laws that rromive on the statute book wueld be called into
'operation for the purposes of persecution. The present At-
tereey-General feels that he is bound to do 'meddler for
a great deal of money, and therefore he instattleie this pro.
n.reotion against me for blasphemy. Ile does so, merely be-
cause others did so before. 1 will now proceed to real
eeeme extracts from the Sermons of the Rev. Mr. Amain, on
LLesphemr ; they were preached after the well.kaiw• prose-
entien of Mr. llone. Ile denounced the fully and the cruel.
ty of prosecoli 111 l a of this nature. Gentlemen, the Sore.
reiges of this country is the Sovereigo of the Established
Chore h, he is the Sovereign too of the Kirk of Scotland,
the Sovereign of the Roman Catholic Church is Canada,
of the Whom, Inn Churl Is in India, and of millions of fol-
lowers of those who 'Kara the Hoodoo faith. Gentlemen,
ohy, I ask, has not the law been made applicable to all his
Vajesty's stehjeces? Gentlemen, if the Attorney-Gem-rat
eels., that it is as article of the Church of England tb rap
told she doctrine of the Trinity, these I say that he has im.
record the shoorisse of the Trinity, and that he himself, be.
fore Mr. Smiths Hill, broke the haws, and was liable to be
punished as a blasphemer. Gentlemen, as fur blasphemy, I
throw it bark on the Attorney-General. I admit I bare
I,lisphi mei', hat it is with the Allieruey.General. I
oleo, the (Inflate. of the Trinity. Can the Amaral-Gene.
rel say that he believes it ? But it in the essence of power
to corrupt the beat of Mats. As an isetsme of what he
tilled the credulity of the people of ibis enuary, he c:trel
a letter, said to hare been written by our Saviour, and which
was generally believed lei this country. Ile did out know alio
ohs to reply to him. If the Solicitor• General, he hoped he
would rem( ember the virtues of one whom be most most revere.
Di, father was a man of the nioot liberal heart and of the
burst (PIIIIIP. If be mood before him in the robes of office
he might well appeal to him ; Ise educated his son in the
hest maxima of the Whigs; in the eulareed mineiples of
Me. Fob. If, said hr, the spirit of the sire will animate the
conduct of the son, he will only wish you, Genthmesi of she
Jury, my pouseeutors, and his Lordship, to do sheer duty in
Me pre,. mace of the people of England. Gentlemen, said
Mr. Cal le. toy views on this mighty subject are nut limited,
it is a albino(' subject. I will read you au extract, which
cannot lint he edifying, from one of the most popular and
nee of 11:e nobiest poets of the present day ; 1 mean 31r.
Moore :

The turf shall be my fragrant shrine;
My temple, Lord! that Arch of thine;
My censer's breath the mountain airs,
And silent thoughts my only prayers.
My choir shall be the moonlight ware.,
When murmuring homewards to their ,
Or alien the stillness of the sea,
Even wore than music, breathes of Thee:
VII seek, by day, some glade unknown,
All light and silence, like thy Throne!
And the pale stars shall be, at night,
The only eyes that watch my rite,

Thy Heaven, on which "iis bliss to look,
Shill he my pure sod shining Boi,k,
Pere I shill trail, in words of Heine,
't he glories of thy woud'ruus Mme.
I'll read thy Anger in the rack,
That clouds awhile the day-beam's track ;
Thy Mercy in the azure hue
Of sunuy brightuess, breaking through!
Thrre's nothing bright, above, below,
From Bows rs that bloom to stars that glow,
But is. its light my soul eon ace
Nome feature of thy Deity!
There's nothing dark, below. above,
Put in its gloom I trace thy Lure,
Aed mei kl) wait that moment, whin
Thy touch shut tutu all bright agent'."
t;entlinieu, this is user of Mr. Memet's sacred songs.
d and I11:1 palled as a poet, his compositions are genie
of it•n Coat shot erro h the language of his country, yet
Isis ie..siosehla lure air die seotimeiiis of a Deist. Gentle.
mei., I mu sow drawing my uina•rvatiows to a close. 11 is
row eeceisary fo► me so lake some view of what
has l:C4' urrid daring this trill in this Court. Geutte-
poem the Attorney C.:tint:ll hat said, that by your
oath you ate bound to God me guilty. This awry-
limo ass extremely unfair, and intended to excite pre.
j.silire. Geulhenro, the us h 100 bare taken is, that you
►hal" well and holy try whether 1 published skis volume wish
w malicious ingestion. Geod. torn, is this questiuu the Al.
toi neytet sacral has as great a stake as myself; this is his
*lot efi'ort to blast the right of fire irquiry ; his failure
will lilast his future irosincla, as may failure will certainty
blast soul ruin mine. Geutlerneu, I hops• that what bee lotto.
ly uriuered iu this ruche/poles, and the wise moil praise-
worthy couduct of souse James, sill be followed by tow.
The libeity of free itireutisiiiii sad of free ismuiry, without
the liberty a fliciress, is ■ mere tom. Geatlernan, the foe-
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