The National Register.
London, England, 1811-03-10 00:00:00

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or that death should ensue. pee, mid.... oeeernsmation in the
master to kill was plainly proved, the crime did not amount to,
or constitute murder, Sophistry, not reason or justice,was in
this instance successful, and instead of being sent to the
other world, SLEUII has been sent to the Penitentiary for two
years!"
The Catholic Committee met again, in Dublin, on SattiZl•lay
se'rmight, and ordered their Petition to be committed to-Lord
Fingal, who is to deliver it to the Earl of Donoughmore antiklr.
Grattan, for presentation to Parliame:it. • .-
The Algerine cutter is taken by a swarm of French priva-
teers, and carried into Calais.
The officiul return of the regular army, 'on the 25th of 'De-
cember, 1810, was, Regulars 211,159, Militia 81.100, relkingra
general total of 0.95,459, ineludiug 8,594 foreign and colonial ca-
valry, and 35,723 foreign and colonial infantry.
The number of Petitions presented to the House of Cbm-
mons, in the present Session, fur Bills to incloseodrain, and em-
bank land, amounts to 187.
On Monday evening, in Arlington-street, the MarchioneSs of
Salisbury entertained upwards of .500 leading personages itauthe
circle of high life. The ladies were very numerous; they were
mostly habited in white satin, or sarsners, with the Greei:or
head-dresses' adorned with a profusion of diamonds and pearls.
The suite of live drawing-roams, being brilliantly illuminated,
gave to the coup•-d'cri/ an admirable effect. The card-tablets
were confined to the adjoinidg rooms,
Thursday, a Court
.of Common Council was held at Cella-
hall, which was numerously. attended. The Committee -tor
Improving the Navigation of the River Thames,presented three
Reports to the Court, recommend ug the Corporation to oppose
the followiug Bills now pending in Parliament, viz. one for
making a Can@ from the Wilts w,CI-Berks Canal .; another.lor
building a Bridge across the River Thames, from the end trf
Queen-street, Cheapside, toehe opposite side of the River ;. the
other for opposing the Water-Works at Paddington; which •
were severally agreed toj and referred to Mr. Itemethbrauter,
to oppose the Motion.
Nlenday, the match between Mr. IN-latile anti Mr. Brat, f-oir
miles ozeEpsont Race Ground, 140 guineas against 10i) Otis
dee:Jed it. favour of Mr. M., havius heat his antagonist by
about half a kWh. Even betting the flrst three and a half
miles.
Wednesday morning, at six o'clorlt, Mr. Shearard, 04*e
keeper, of Park-lane, drove a new break and four tiee)platid
horses, for a wager, on the road from Piccadilly to.StainesAlre
wager was, that he would drive four in h 4 td 15 miles hi SO mi-
nutes. He lust three minutes of the time in the first severs
miles, and lost the wager by four minutes. Much rain having
fallen in the nigl.t, the roads were against him, otherwise, he
would have won. About 1000 guineas were &pending. There
was a great concourse of spectators on foot and horseback. ,
A Pedestrian Match took place or. Saturday, in the Der-
John Field,'Canterbury, and was won by fhe perfurmarce Whig
completed a minute ;aid a half within the riven arcs
nearly to ca)i., it is said, were deeercling on the r.iatch... Meny
of the !,.oroeireg ones were taken in, as the man who had under-
taker: the feat, at the expiration of the second hour, ree.-nifed
to faint from fatigue, and carried on the farce so well, that the
odds were aguineo t0..2 :killing against his completing the task.
17. it s'r or TIIE R Ken:Nev.—T. llrsa respectfully acquaints
the Public, that the Scheme of New Lottery cemains 60
Capital Prizes, all to be drawn on the King s
Tickets and Shares will he re.eiy for Sale on Tuesday next, and
Schemes with Particulars may be had gratis at both of his truly
Fortunate Offices, 4, Cornhill, and 9, Charing-cross, 'where,
in the Lottery just finished, he !it:id and Shired•Two PriZee pt
./700 000, with Six other Capitals, and Seven Prizes of L 20,000
within the last 15 ,montlyi.
Mr. Henry Hope, lately deceased, has left behind • hit; a pro-
perty in the funds and other securities, to the amount of nearly
a milli,- collection 4

_llion sterling, besides the most exteusive
tures in the possession of any individual in Europe. 'He Was at
the head of the firm of the house of tiope, in Amsterdam,
which he quitted at the commencement of the French kevo.
lution. In his will there appear the following bequvsts :--
To his tliKee nieces, the daughters of the late Mrs.
Goddart, his sister, viz. Mrs. Williams Hope, , ..
Lady Poole, and Mrs: •-••••••-•-, each 110 0001. . '530,0011
To the three children of Mrs. W. Hope, 40,0001. ~
each . • • 142.0,M0
To the four children of the culler siste7s. , . . .. 160,000
To Mr. Williams Hope, his houses at Sheen and
Cavendish-square, with the fine ccillck,;itin of pic-
tures iaeach, rich furniture. 64(.. and 01 his txher
residuary property, ogether ebtimated at
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4 550,000

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PULt-um-AL DISCUSSION'S.. •
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Devotions self shall steal a. thought from Heaven,
One human tear shall drop, and be forgiven.—Purr..

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He is wise who is wise unto salvation ; but amid the discord .
of opinions and the. confusion of paths which lead to eternal
bliss, it is not a little presumptuous in any individual to pro-
rounce his own exclusively the best; yet such is the temerity of
• many, that each undertakes to affirm he has found the oniy one
which is right.
It is indeed to be deplored, that Polemical discussion has esta-
blished devotion into a science in which the heart and the under-

standing are forbidden to interfere. Certain rules are arranged
for our use which we are to adopt under penalty of eternal
' prediction ; and the voice of man dares to pronounce the sen-
tence of a supreme Judge. Charity,. the sweetest, the most ex-
tendol, the most% siiblime emotion of the human breast is no
viAtft as an impulse of the soul—its only stamp of merit is the
signet of And good deeds which raise the oppressed,
which dry up the tears of sorrow; which make glad the heart of
the widow and the orphan; which, draws humble virtue from
. the shade; which dispenses mercy like heaven itself, arc written
in water, whilst the rigid orthodox of a harsh and unfeeling be-
li.2-vt,r are inscribed in brass.

That religious forms, • rules, and regulations positive in them-
vivcs, and enforceable by law, are essential to the well being of
society none can dispute. There are doubtless men who have
no hearts to feel, or no understanding for in \ estigation, or who,
if they had, are too much occupied by the avocations of life to
, model thtir own opinions : who are therefore glad to he told

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what is right ; and are content to believe that the adoption of
this right is the security of
.their everiatting welfare. But it is

dangerous to the cause of religion, and has for ages proved fatal
to the lives of millions, that the inculcation of one doctrine is the
denuncialion of all others; and that ignorance which knows not
• how to &seriminate, is pi-mitred to steep the rod of his creed In
' 0 the bitterness of a narrow and vindictive spirit, that there-
with he may scourge his neighbour. Instead of com passionating
7 the errors of principle (for such they must be termed) and en-

- deavouring by examples of kindness and humanity to make pro-
se!rtes of the supposedly condemned; they point at them the
fi.sger of scorn, the fire of wrath, or the arrow of ridicule. If the
hated object is well in the world, he is the favourite of Satan ; if
unfortunate, it is his just punishment How inconsistent, how
wavering in his legislature do they make the God of all Good-
. ness ! His word is the organ of their passions ! Ills decries are
announced by their voice ; and reasonable beings see, hear, and
believe them !
That the controversies on faith and grace are altogether unin-

• tiligible to enlightened minds is peculiarly to be lamented, be-
cruse conscience is a barrier which if overleaped by one vice, a
tho.-4,sand others may uninterruptedly follow. The prepossession
of his beinz,, a faro ured saint, thus makes him become a har-

'kneel sinner, whilst those who have less presumption are liar-
• ras..seci by fears that render them continually uncertain whether
they are right or wrong : their reliance on Divine protection,
• and their hope of future glury being in a manner taken from them
and intricate systems amicontradictory impressions substituted
in their steadi These controversies, in principle and in effect,
affirm, that to be good is not to be holy, nur to be holy is not. to

bc good. Could we take our precept and example from the
u6ciipture alone, all would be well; for where can we find

Sl2th ZiS the Apostles and their Master present to our view
-14 and hait-ition ; that meek, that forliving spirit which said " go
and sin ru iuote !" '!'hat warm and humane zeal which aban-
doned ail the goods Qf this world that they might guide their
felluw creatures to a better. The enthusiasm of devotion ex-
' CeeLls all ()tiller .entlitasiasmn—it enwraps the heart—it raises us
abov: th,.• littleness of earthly cares, yet recuncilos us to !tardily

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duties, as the

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fulfilment of all we

hopes—of all we desire ! Fanaticism is the subvertion of devo-
tiln—it is the bitterest of all human passions—it stings the spirit
with fiery--it envenoms' hatred towards all mankind—it levels
ail that is great and tramples on all that is humble—it persecutes
talents and virtue—it strews the world with thorns—it sets up
self as the sot,: dictator of the human-racc. If a being, actuated
by this horrible principle, should :ever stoop " from his iniagi-
" nary elevation to confer a benefit,. it is but to mortify the *al)-
" ject of it. His pity is so cruel and insulting, his justice is so
" rigid, his charity so severe, his zeal so bitter, his contempt sts
" much like hatred, that even the insensibility of-the rest of the
" world is less cruei than his compassion. His love 'for Heaven
" serves him for an excuse for loving nobody on earth, nor does
46 his whole life afford one instance of a s:iicere triendship or
" affection. 'File more detached he affects to he from the world,
46 the more he expects from it; and one would think his self de-
" dication to God is but a pretext to exercise authority over his
" creatures." FIDELIS.