The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-10-03 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OP rue BNITISII

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SI R—l beg, through the medium of the British pre., to no the attention of Government, and the Lawollteern of the'(
mon.
to the irreverent and obscene pictures rod works which ore repeats{
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be endured eo
windowen rd that of
e notorious Cathie.
absolute
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ed
and public decency violated,lbebythteheniii,tittrag:eionndg uaendt ofebthhlmienis'-t
guided men Is it to be tolerated Viat prints the most disgusting
—work, the most blimphemerem—which must make even the most
Mythictrioverusysmhuodmdeenr,,,air,reiitu,
are openly exposed in his window. aial tLat too in the most public
part of Firebstreet. Already have you exposed the hare sad tm.
christinn Induct of his coadjutor in infsmy—the infidel Tayler •
whose blasphemy, in my opinion, is far mere endurable than that
of Carlile, as it is confined to the precincts of his own ties ; rat-
ifies, on the contrary, is open. to the glue and observation of every
person.
Sir, it is not persecution that I wish ; I am as friendly to the
liberty of the Pies- as any man, when legitimately e;ereised. The
law of England allow, every question to be molly. and trenitersply.
and dispassionottly oieeussed ; and this law is loimied upon the
united dictates of common sense and expediency. IS lien,
we see the rules of decency and decorum tretrogressed—wirn
see persons in the most daring mantic" outraging every prisciple,
moral and rdigiol-1.1--II is a duty which we owe to ourseltes as se_
countable beivgs, ns own, and as Christiar s, to hold up the ofilidee
to the chastisement and malediction of the law.
If this system is allowed to continue to corrupt the minds of the
young arid unibitiking—if the ri-ing generation are to he taught tio revile their God, to ridicule the ins&ringn of their :saviour. to
treat religion with levity, and to set morality and decency at di-
fiance—there M at once an end of aortal order ; the man will be as
a level with the Wire—his dignity will cease—avid he slit at once
he lost to the dicta(/' of reasßn, Milonot,lty, and religion,—he
will
not care for even honesty ; hut will, like the recreant hireling, Pan-
der to every thing that is selfish, unhallowed, and dishonest:
caring nut whether lie aggrandises Ititmerif per fat T.,rl
regarding morality an a secondary constiferation_—sappg
Horace—.

" 0 elves, elves, Tice:ends pecuoisprimana
Vie U 4 po•t numenos."
If he considers by his determined conduct he has rosined sr.
achievenient, it is the least meritorious one I ever heard of, asd so.
at a lam to know how he can remise the public for the 'Mary he
hay inflived. Itw, Sir, I will not longer descant upon his aeeo.
city ; I must, ho *ever. finserve, that the public Press mitten be
more usefully employed than in denouncing evils of this riaiarc—
than in re_pres.itig crimes fraught with such dangerous mile.
quencew. 1 • ill not accuse the Law Officers of the Crown of
sleeping at their posts; they are probably ignorant of his delin-
quencv: . . _

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I will merely add, that I trust the Government will see the ne-
cessity of interposing, and! of checking the criminal career of this
man. If the crincin.er.ts of the Isw are to be put into Operation,
justice should no liwgcr remain supine, or i:s sacred name continue
as a mere chimera. or tl..ad Etter. It is by conduct similar to that
which this man tlisplas that society is corm:tell, that men ate
debased. and that we lire prevented from transmitting to our chit.
dren the most pret"oits of all inheritances—the memory of virtues.
I remain. Sir, your very obedient servant, J. R.
London, Oct. 2, ItIA.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSA LL'S, Mosnair, Ocr. 2.
Most of the subscribers he mr ac Newmarket, nothing was done
here, but at the sp, rting homes in the West some engagements,
trflueneed by the Newmarket accounts, hare been made on th%
Grand Duke Michael Stakes, he.