The National Register.
London, England, 1814-01-23 00:00:00

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is cowl wible with the nature of man, was to .be attained.
Length of time was necessaty; lchgth of time was
.given, and
the work was completed." •
Since it stands thus exonerated from the serious imputa-
tion of having in truth acparted, either in forms -or dot-
ii
toe, ft um the eritnitive Chute') of Christ, according I;
the
to :
the constitution of his Apostles; it Is evident that the esta-
hli,hed Church of EntAlatul hits not incur' ed the- guilt of
schism, and is not on this account obnoxious to that destrue-
foni which ton‘t nitimately overwhelm those elitistian so-
cie!ies who ba: e unquestionably deviated Burn the true I;
faith. \N. h:4 qtr e the dangers, notwithstanding, that do 1
appear to thi eater, this Church ?
Df
Danger is adroittd to exist. The renewed cry of the II
being io danger, now re echoed here, is not the
nrcer cry of an alarmist ; nor is it repeated by one, who, !I
reorieg wilt the rierltitude, joins in the clamour of the
Lour, without any iniquity into the occasion of it. Ministers
our establishment have themselves confessed this esta-
ldishment to he endangered. One witness, however, may
suffice on this head ; and be is one, indeed, whose testi-
-mony most lie recorded as of the most unexceptionable
kind. ° The C tits, dians of the Church of England," I.)h-
-serves Dr. Valpe, from whose judicious Sermons we have
:just Booted..'' shoulti act with the greatest vigilance. They I!
should be always at' their posts; for although the citadel is 11
built on a rock, against which the open or secret attacks I!
()fits enemies shall not prevail, yet the outposts are fee- 11
quently threatened to be driven in by irruptions from so
many quarters, that it is their duty to acquire a knossledge
of the causes which promote those inroad.."
The outposts of the national church are not only threat- I!
cried to be driven in, hut the outposts of its enemies, ad I
anc;ng. from all quarters, may presently he found shaking I'
hands wi:h each other ; unless those to whom its defence is en-
trusted ate made sensible of their situation, fund at their
vocts, and penned to encounter their combined foes
instead of resolutely combating for every inch of ground, I
have not the legitimate defenders of the establishment been
induced to abandon some of its outworks, and given reason
to apprehend that they are about to retire into the citadel ?
Oppugners of the Trinity have ceased to be punishable
mechanics are now indiscriminately admissible to the Priest-
licy.:d—cathc.)lies are now excu:tnnt in prospect of their
Ascendancy ! Such are the religious circumstances of this
country ; and yet the. e are nutnburs who ridicule the cry
of the Church of Etn;!ard being at all in danger, and cen-
surp:thos? who afe•;st to sound the awakening call.
Inetedith•ns churchmen may do prudently by reflecting
on the fdlowing coniderations.—.
There-is no danger to Protestantism, they say, though a
Priest of the Roman Catholic Church deems it proper to
con rats. the Divinity Professor of a Protestant Univer-
Ttity, on his having publicly conceded the vital principle
of his religion.
Thee is no danger to the faith of the Church of Eng-
laed, as by law ei..tatlished ; though an Act has litter
• Iy. been passed by Parliament, withont the It dibsent
teinz ex; ressed by our Bishop% for the Relief of those.
who hrpugn the Doctrine of the Trinity ;' and when Uni-
tarians declare, that they 48 view with great swisfaction the
recent success of a measure, which, more than twenty years
ego, they seicited in vain," and that they is hail it' as an
• atrspicioos prelude to that happy day when 11 restrictions
on-reli:yions grounds shall be for ever abolished."
There is no danger to the Church of England ; though
sectaL.in teachers spring up by hundreds, and meethre-
lmuses are multiplied, month upon mouth, under the super-

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intendance t,f persons who can produce no " honest reasons
for dissent," excepting that they are at length sanctioned 'try
There is no danger to the Chnr.h of England ; though
land-propiietors are always on the alert to divest her of liefr
just dues, her " first fruits;" and,
" If aught fr•ai !hence they tvint, triamphinz mote
than all belovl.l I iyeheat% 1k fae r

Mete is no &tiler to the Church of ; 010114,44
amid.t a people lobere every thlin.: depends on opinion, she
IS in, e-tddittiv ttaduced in the popular estiniation, and by
degrees deprived of the ciffec dons of her (ltvn ntrspring.
There is no dat.,-,rer iolerred to the ('hutch of tng-
land ; though a Catholic Pt e-st Coo: his pulpit an-
nounce the extinction of her principles and thr sub% ersion of
her temples, while his le:flowers •. (men!), proclaim their
hopes of seeing the Protes•ant Novelty of the lliitish Est:,
blisliment, in Chu:( 11 and ..;:ate, prostrated at the altar of
Triumphing Popery.'' "1 here is no danger in all this /
- Having .oti thismeoirm enleavoured to refute the main
position of fir Candolphv, aft;:cting the Church of Eng-
land, itscetned fit, at the same tlinc, to pat ticularise some of
the (lingers with which she .really does appear to lire menaced.
These dangers ate re,t fancied ones. That they are invinci-
ble evils. the present writer werild by no means affirm ; but
of this lie is persnad,(l, that 'ho-e person: who nup,t affect
so del ise them, wit! he leaq defeat them. ))aver
is car ovnly lidFrid'ed, when at a di•*ance, by those who arc
al wit's a.ton tided a• its approacii. • The clouds may thicken ;
yet they take no measwes to protect themselves from the
storm, till they perceive that they are exposed to its etreets.
Myriads, we know, will one d3v implore rod ks to cover them,
who ;-an yet de! ide the CoinCoinlti of that day, when rod:s them-
selves shall he in the ac t of -m(Aing.

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of
IV;11;:li R i...htsted for the tonrcler
7 1, troiT I t' t• ',I extra last In tronwi, wh -le
Iviti iu Saogiir lite I:t•t in the no nth t.t
18! .. I'. C rik,O?rr w#' dun i o'ird Ntite of the .1.4% it, kv.l according
to the evidenee on the part • I tht• proseco.ion. it aopeared th:tt the de-
e...4-.41 had been orii,..red l:is OWN' by ihr: Prirolier, but declined, on
the Ora ot upon ss the l'iistirwr lost stracli hint some
blows left) his and alerward‘ bent hi.” about the head with a
hand- pike, t. h. ii he (bed the (n110%.1n, day, and wits 111 iow Gee) board
by 0 ( teisoner. rriocival witness 1,,r I.rosectit;on WAS a lascar,
upon %%hose er,),s•evitaitiatian it that no compliti:lt ‘i as t•rt.r
made of the eireuttistance Mail Drill' three inowits alter his arrival iti
Entjatel ; aod Mr. Ai hutliney, an eminent ,-tirv.on, havitnc hood the
while in the evidence, -aid it uas itielossi.ble (or any pioll'!Sioiliti
to CiV wiltilit)r the deCe:!Srit came l.y li:s (lea h !Itini tae bloas
TiF.efl! or nor,
071 tile it tit of the prisnnvr several wltitesse•, %%Ito nit lit ,ard the
Java at the Ii to., proved th t ert dr.,- ult::tever vri4s wade aizainst
Cie prbt.o.;r as the teurdert rof ; the culinary, all flit:
rs on board iniputcd it to °et! B (lard, 0-e Boa tswair.. It was also
oenied tliPt the ptisoevr estr totielird the b:::ty ot the ce-
rea•ed. Lot that it tta• (ulitown overlioard) by his countrymen
iii the astral niu.'.ocr, the weather being so boisterous, and tho surf on
"Lhoi, it o.‘. i•,:possible lund,
lecracd .1h lee ( \lr.Just Ice Dallas) in a very able and Inut,anc
ele.,r!!e t.. t:.e I.lh“ervcd, that but for the ,4;1;e of yt•tice, %%Inch re-
-91 I.ra the cire.,;ll-teinces to he fully htvestiv.:tit.4l, Le should have di-
teet-d tot ac(!.•:•.tal in an carte stalle of the cetiost., upon the t vidente of
the stir:!eoti .•lone; fur, even irld the blows been intlicted bir the pri•
slitter, then• was no proof th't they were the probable cause of the..
cf..ath ; .I):.gbles which, nil Lino ee wars ever tvai!e ntstinst the p.isoner at
Ca' !not', it r a lung period afier, Although the parties had frequent
upportani!ics of doing, sus and step: ins her! to the fneestigation.—Tht
J;1 -c rettoned a Ortilo of —No t;oilly.
ur. to tl:e 8:11 of I.7cLitor.y next.

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