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London, England, 1819-11-29 00:00:00

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but to injure and oppress his fellow creatures wit
neither a right belonging unto Caesar 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 construction which might hereafter be put
upon it, for he ininantly proceeded '• and unto God
the things that are Gods'." As long as rulers are
"the ministers of good," they arc entitled to the
veneration, the respect, and the allegiance of a
christian, but christiaaity is a code for promoting
the happiness, nut for the sanctioning the misery
and ruin of mankind. St. Paul, boldly apptaled
from his judges at Jerusalem, and demanded by
what authority they presumed to " strike a Ro-

." Let not Dr. Milner then

hope that he can ever, insthe judgment of any sobee
mind, make the Scriptures themselves speak or sir:-
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 faith, whick
upon such a Construction would be unfitted for the
social state. We would recommend Dr. M to read
Bishop Fluadley's sound and unanswerable cemnienta
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 are far removed from entertaining as
a body, any opinions us purely Jacobitical as those
we are now noticing; en the contrary, the Duke
of Norfolk and Lord Stourton, for whose admirable
speech at the late meeting fur an address to Lora
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 rpon earth, and avowed their
firm determinr:tion to stand by that, rod that only,
in the eventful crisis through which we arc now
poising. Nor should either Protestants or Catholics
forget that they were Catholics—yes, and staunch
ones too, that extorted from the Monarch at Runny-
mede that great 11mi:dation and bulwark of British
freedom, Magna Charta, and that amongst those who
were present and assisted at its execution, were
Catholic Ecclesiastics of the highest authority and
order, next to the Pope himself, which that Church
acknowledges.
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We cannot conclude this article,long as it already
is, without congratulating our readers that, even
independent of Parliament, the Second Act of the
Manchester tragi-cumedy is fast proccialing. Ihe
Court of King's Bench has granted, without hesi-
tation fierce rules to skew cause, one against the
Coroner of the Oldham Inquest for adjourning. it.
one against a Magistrate at IVarrington, for refu-
sing to receive depositions against the Manchester
yeomanry fir rutting and maiming, and the other
against the Chief Constable at Coventry, fi.r violently
dispersing with clubs, headed with lead, a meeting
convened to take into consideration the trainactions
at Manchester.

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Report says,%hat there arc five Bills in prepar,atioN4-4.';4 .1)
as cautionary measures in the present disturbed sto
of the public mini A Bill to confine nu:etings, •
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the consitteration of grievances, for petitions, 4c "s.‘•••••
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to the actual inhabitants of the distrit t. 2. A •
to tax tft political printed papers, of ma de,erro6%.•
Coo, whether iii the form of pertmlicai or oec:tsiont
a 3 A ...:-
ropers, placards, hil-bil;s, or otherwise, . h:Lit •
to expAite the trial of cases of misdemeanor. 4.
Bill to prevent drilling and training ; and 5,..' new •n- • -
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Bill with respect to seditious and bittylimatius pub.
liestiuns.