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London, England, 1819-11-28 00:00:00

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but to injure and oppress his fellow creatures was
neither a right belonging unto Cesar nor to any
tyrant upon earth: Nor did our divine teacher
leave even tbis receipt without another to correct it
being added, as if aware of the wretched and un.
worthy conetruction which might hereafter be put
upon it, for he instantly pi-weeded "and unto Goa
the things that arc Gols'." As long as rulers are
" the ministers of good," they arc entitled to the
veneration, the respect, and the allegiance of a
christian, but christianity is a coie for pronmating
the happiness, nut for the sanctioning the misery
and ruin of mankind. St. Paul, boldly appealed
from his judges at Jerusalem, and demanded by
what authority they presumed to " strike a Ro-
man uncondemned." Let net Dr. Milner then
hope that he can ever, in the judgment of any sober
mind, make tile Scriptures themselves speak or slip.
port his nonsense, and let him beware how, by
attempting such grossly erroneous and absurd inter.
pretations he gives a handle to the evil disposed,
or induces the ignorant to reject that filial, which
upon such a Construction would be unfitted fur the
social state. We would recommend Dr. M to read
Bishop Headley's sound and unanswerable comment.
on the paSsages which the Catholic Prelate has urged
for his authority, :n the mean time, however,
it is some consolation to know that the English
Catholics arc far removed from entertaining as
a body, any opinions as purely Jaeobiticel as those
we arc now noticing; on the contrary, the Duke
of Norfolk and Lord Stourten, fur whose admirable
speech at the late meeting for an address to Lord
Fitzwilliam, we sincerely, as Englishmen, thank
him, and Lord Arundel, have all borne the testi-
mony of enlightened and patriotic minds to the
majesty of the laws and constitution as paramount
to every authority upon earth, and avowed their
firm determinetion to stead by that, and that only,
in the eventful crisis through which we arc now
pessing. Nor should either Protestants or Catholics
target that they were Catholics—yes, and staunch
ones too, that extorted from the Monarch at Benny-
medo that great limedation and bulwark of British
freedom, Magna Charm, and that amongst those who
were present and assisted at its execution, were
Catholic Ecclesiastics of the highest authority and
order, next to the Pepc himself, which that Church
acknowledges.
We cannot conclude this articheleng as it already
is, without congratulating our readers that, even
independent of Parliament, the Second Act of the
Manchester tragi-comedy is fist proceeding. The
Court or King's Bench has granted, without hesi-
tation three rules to shoe canse, one against the
Coroner of the Oldham Inquest fear adjourning it.
one against a Magistrate at IVarrington, for tete-
sing to receive depositions against tile Nlanchester
yeomanry liar enttine and maiming, the other
against the ( hie: Constable at Coaentry, for violently
dispersing with clubs, headed with lead, a meeting
convened to take into consideration !.be transactions
at Manchester.

Report says, that there are sve Bills in preparation,
as cautionary iin,astires in the present disturbed state
of the public mind. A Bill to confine taie...tinl,rs for
the consideration of grievances, for petitions, &e.
to the lietual inhabitants of the ilistr;c•.. 1 A Bill
to tax 11l printed p ipers, of eta de.,erip-
ti,ol, whether in the fctin of perto:licat or o,..casi 0i a 1
papers, pl.wards hand-bil;s, ca. Gaetamise. S. A 1-3.11
to exp,dite the trial a of tnisdetneainr. 4. A
13111 to prevent drilling :and training; :Ind.:). A new
Bill with respect to sedittucs.atal blasphemous put.