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PEACE PRESERVATION BILL.

Lord CASTLEREAGH observed, that as he had
no opportunity of introducing the clause Irhich be
wished to propose, but in this stage of theßill
(the further consideration of the Report) it was
necessary for him now to' state what occurred to
'him on the occasion. When he had proposed it
on a fOrmer evening, an idea appeared to prevail
through the House, that the clause in question
went to supersede the established Magistracy of,
the country, and.to give the authority of the Ma-
gistrates to persons not qualified to- exercise it .
Than this, nothing was. farther from his intention.
He proposed to move it again, but with this modi-
fication, that though it would enable the 'Crown
to commission persons unqualified iii themselves,
.yet it would only go to admit persons into the
Commission who were the sons of Peers, or of
.persohs qualified tp hold a 'seat in that House, or
of persons whO, though not qualified to hold the
Commission from any - qualification possessed ,in
the disturbed districts, possessed the required Oa
lication in an adjoining county. The whole po-
licy of the measure was to increase the means Q
the Magistracy, to enable 1 em effectually to meet
the existing danger. The House must be aware
that the qualifications required,,consisted in land-
ed property In the view which Government had
taken of the present state of things, it appeared
to them that it might be desirable to dispense
with such landed qualification, but it ' had never
been in their contemplation •to place the Magis-
tracy .of the country in the -hands of
,persons, .
who, having no stake in, -and connection with the
disturbed counties, were unworthy the confidence
of the people. •
General TARLETON animadverted, with .
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siderable warmth, on the manner in which the
Noble Lord had attempted to introduce the clause
in question. He then took a general view of the
Noble Lord's conduct with respect to the E 4,
pedition to Walcheren, ,Parliamentary Reform,
and the Difi.ur.bances in Ireland. He was proceed-
ing at some length on what had occurred in Ire-
land, when,
The SPEAKER observed, that the question before
the House was on the Further Consideration of the
Report of a Bill for the Preservation of the Peace
in this Country.
General TARLETON- resumed his peech ; and,
again adverting to what bad passed in Ireland—
Mr. WALLACE spoke-to order.
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General TARL ET-0
N, 'proceeding, in his speech,
gave it as his opinion, that the Noble Lord 9p-
poSite was not ,fit, in times like the present, to
guide the Imperial Vessel of the. State; and
thought that, under his command, the Royal
George would be likely to gd to the bottom. He
concluded, again censuring the maimer ,in which
the Noble Lord had introduced the-.clause—after
which, he thought it was incunibent on the House
scrupulously -to investigate every thing that came
from that quarter.
The Report was then taken into further consi-
Kleratiod, and the Bill re-committed...

Mr. AEE RCRO MEM (in the Committee) ,strongly
opposed the first clause of the, Bill.` llc.objected
to giving Magistrates the power ,of searching for
anus, and hoped at any rate that they would not
be suffered to search any perSon'g bouse.respecting
which no information had been given. • .
Lord CASTLEREAG-H replied at some length to
the speech-of the Honourable and Learned Gen-
tleman. He defended the p.rovisions of the Bill,
and, contended that the most bbjectionable part
of it (that of calling on the peaceable inhabitants.
to give up their arms) was justified by the neces-
sity of the case. • , , -
. Mr. BEN NETT was against entrusting the Ma-
gistrates with • any new powers.at a time lihe the
present. Instead of doing this, he was rather in
•
favour of calling for a rigorous account of the
manner in, which they had exercised that given
them by the law as it now §,tands.
Mr: )3ATHURST declared, that he was convinced

from' the information he had received, that there
was a systematic combination of persons for the
purpose of seizing arins lie could not agree
with the Hon. Gentleman, that the, cause' of the
disturbances.proceeded entirely from. the absence
of work, but was of opinion that they originated
in other motives. The most ingenious apologist
for those nightly depredators could not, with
truth, ascribe their conduct to that cause, namely,
want of employ. :There was' a something beyond,
what met the eye at present which induced them
to steal arms, 'and to secrete them, which at some
distant time might be disclosed. With respect
to the particular clause objected to,. there was an
appeal, given to any 'person conceiving himself _ag-
grieved by the order of the g a g is trate, which tip-
peal might be prosecuted at the. Quarter Session.
If, therefore, the judgment of the .Magistrate
should not be correct, redress Was afforded by ap-
peal. Much had been.safd.on the similarity of
the measure to that-in force in .Ireland durhig,the
Rebellion': Any reference to the state of that
kingdom at .that time,-he much deprecated; it
could harem() good object. But if there was a
new. state of things in this 'country, requiring new
measures in order to restore the public peace, it

*Could. isot Sttrely be ear:tended that GOverthent
ought not to be prepared to meet the exigency
of the case, and prevent one part of the
.people'
-from rising in array against another part, for 01.)
I -vions inotives,--motive of amisehievons tendency.
Mr..Ti 011 P; denied that there was any similarity
i In the situation of. the two countries so ,as to•call,
for this Bill. The act of Ireland, which contain-
ed _
a clause similar in' its enactment, namelyo giv-
ing powers to the Magistrates to search for and
collect arms, was not effective, at least-with the
view which the Irish-Legislature took when they
passed it. .Nearly the whole of the arms surren-
dered into the hands of the Government were sur-
rendered by the rebels, for the purpose of taking
the oath' of allegiance.. He concurred with the
Noble Lord that the country ought to look for
protection to its Magistrac Re passed a warm
panegyric' upon the charactey r and the general con-
duct of the Magistracy ; but objected to the first
clause, as tending to encourage informers, and as
trenching -upon the liberty of the subject ; but
if it was necessary, to search, he recommended
that search to he made in the day, and not in the
night time, and in the presence of the Magistrate
giving the order.. ,
Mr. GlLEs,objected to the clause, for the same
reasons urged by the former Speakers, and moved
as an amendment, that after - the words " order
signed by any Magistrate," there should be intro-
duced-the words rr' two or more Magistrates."
Lord CASTLEREAGII informed the Hon. Gentle-
man, that the Framers of the Bill'had considered
the subject, and were of opinion that much diffi,
culty might arise in getting together x.vvo Magi-
strates, and therefore one was proposed.
Mr. TIERNEY contended, that there was no ne-
cessity for, giving so much power into the hands
of ,the Magistrates, especially r% lienit was consi-
dered the sort of person which, in small borough
towns, was in 'the Commission of the Yeace,who,
from pique against a particular individual, or
with a view, to shew,his power, might subject the .
individual to 'great: hardships. He was not dis-
posed to deny there was a mischievous spirit
abroad, but having been a Meniher of the Secret.
Committee, he must say, ,that he gleaned no se-.
crets more than he knew long before the Com-
mittee was formed. His Hon. Friend (Mr.Whit-
bread) had alluded to the sort of persons within,
report had ascribed as likely to be the leaders
,of
the insurgents. One person Wad got himself,
twisted in, and afte-rwards (having forgot to ask
before) lequested to know what sort of a society
he had got into. He was answered, it was com-
posed of a number of civil and military officers ;
that they y.Fere ingreat hopes of having an ,acces-
sion,to their strength in the person of the Duke
of Yoei. laugh) Nay, 'so ridiculous were
theie hopes, that they talked at another time that .
Sir Francis Burdett was the man who was to get
t'id of the Royal Family ; that then he would be
dictator for two years. They afterwards named
three persons of consideration as likely to take the
management of State affairs ; and those three
persons were Lord Cochrane, Sir Francis Burdett,
and Mr. Whitbread; that itiwai settl&t to seize
upon the Tower and to surround the army.—
(4 laugh !) These mighty achievements were 'to
be performed without any treasury funds, without
an: depot of arms, for no 'proof bad ben given
that they had either. The Hon. Gentleman ar-
gued at great length against the Bill so invading
the principles of the Constitution, and 'Which, if
gassed, would, he maintained, give the Govern-
ment cause to , lament the day on which it was.
passed._ •

- Mr. BATHURST re4irged the , arguments which
he bad before used in favour of the. Bill.
Mr. WILBERFORCE, while 'he contended that
Several of the disturbed districts had.exhibited a
scene of terror. dismay; ,outrage, violence, and
bloodshed, rendered it necessary,to enact the pre-
sent measure in order to protect the well disposed.
part of the community; was of opinion that the
power in the clause under discussion ought not to
he exercised by a single ,Magistrate, but that the
concurrence of two should be necessary to carry
it into effect. • .

Sir G. WARRENDER was of opinion, that the
clause was most essential;to the Bill. -

Lord CASTLEREGH, however, anxious to adopt
any proposition by which the responsibility at-
tendant on. apy'defectiye exaution of the measure
might dot fall back upon those in whom the nieja--
sure originated, was persuaded, that, there were
many cases in which.* delay that must be occa-
sioned by waiting for two Magistrates would Corn.-
pletely defeat the object of the Bill. In 'the
Northern Counties, Magistrates, upon the ave-
rage, lived eight or,ten miles from each other. If
in the night, the insurgents.- seized any arms they
might have time enough to remove' them into a
place of security, if a single. Magistrate were not
permitted to carry into, effect the clause udder dis-
cussion. Indeed, unless
.the power. was given to
a single Magistrate, it would be better to leave
the clause out altogether ; andhe should There-
fore. feel it his. duty _to take the sense of the Com-
mittee on the amendment proposed by the Hon.
and Learned Member.

Mr. W. BOOTLE declare& from his local know-
ledge, that in Lancashire,, Unless the clause were
made operative by one Magistrate alone; it would
be perfectly ineffectual.
Mr. WILBERFOaCE explained.
Mr. HosiioUSE cautioned the Committee against
sacrificing the object of the Bill in their wish to
consult moderation. Those who seized arms were
extremely vigilant, and the utmost' promptitude.
would be necessary to detect them.
Mr. W. SMITH admitted that some advantages
would be gained in point of celerity, by allowing
the clause to stand as it was ; • but ioubted whe-
ther that advantage. would not, be' much overba-
lanced by inconveniencies, and,particularly by the
unpopularity in which it would involve the mea-
sure atlarge.

HANVKINS BROWNE maintained the neces-
sity of confiding the power to ore Magistrate, if
it were intended to render_the Bill effective.

Mr. MARTIN (of Galway)_ was of the same opi-
nion, and referred in support of .it to the Irish
Acts. He approved of the clause by which Ma-

gistiates were empowered to take arms from the
loyal as well as froM those suspected of disloyalty.
This would prevent odium from attaching to those
who, notwithstanding such mkspicions, might be
very well disposed subjects. To take away the

.arms of would prevent the phssibility of
strife. -He supported the tonality of the Bill. -.
lvta. SHRRIDAN declared that he shouldd. iorfeit
all. the consistency of his political life,'if he corn=
tenancetl a single prdvision of the Bill: The E.Io;.
hour ale Gentlemanaht.). had just spoken, in say=
ing that when the arms were taken there would
be 'Strife, said truly. Every Woman might
avoid a rape by simple acquiescence. Looking at
the clause which immediately followed that before
the Committee, It bras-with grief and sltanie that
he saw it went. flat, merely to strip the suspected
disloyal of.theirarms, but to take them from the
man suspected of timidity and want of courage to
defend his own tonse.. All the arm; were to be
forcibly seized,- and the' civil officers were thus to
be made to emulate, and even to excel the htiuse-
breakers in their violanice. lie did not believe
that it was - possible for Englishmen to wish for
such protection as this. There was nothing In
the Report which justified the -supliosition.
verting-to the proceedings in the year 1793, he
ridiculed the attempts which were then made to
create an alarm in the public mind-, and compared
them with the present. The proposed Bill was
not conformable to the spirit Of the British Con-
stitution,. which never required -a-vigour beyond
what the law imparted to it. . He denied the jus;.
tice of an Honourable and eloquent Member's •
(Mr. Grant'S) allusion:on a recent evening to the
Dictatorship of. ,llorne. There was no analogy
between thetwo .ca.ses... -This country was not a
republic, but had a perpetual Dictator—the Sovca
reign; • regidated in his conduct by the law. With
respect to the reference made' by the Honourahlo.
Gentleman. who last-spoke to the Irish Acts, he
(Mr. 5-.) contended,. that a comparison between-
the Acts would skew a distinctive difference. To
prove this;. he read part of the Act brought in by
the Right Honourable Gentleman opposite (Mr.
W. Pole), in which it was provided that the Ma-
gistrate should not act without -a previous com-
munication to the Lord Lieutenant, and without
a previous information on oath. Let the different
circumstances also of the two countries be taken
\into Consideration. In Ireland, at the period in
which that Act passed, all .was dismay and confu-
sion ;, here. the evjl had nearly passed by, although
Ministers came to Parliament screaming like sea-
gulls when the storm was over. Ile must give his
decided opposition to the measure.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL comment:net with cen-
suring the declaration of the Right Honourable
Gentleman, that he did not believe -a word of the
Report. He observed, that no one had hitherto
ventured upon the same assertion, and that all
those who profeSsed local knowledge rather
blamed the Committee for understaking than for
exaggerating the danger. As he (the Attorney-.
General) believed every word contained in the,
Report, and deemed it a delusive hope to think
.thatathe danger was at an end, he should not give
up his opinion, until some person from the spot
had come forward to prove the contrary. fie
cautioned the House agnhist interpreting a tempos,
rary suspension of violence, when the A,ssizest
were come round, into a-total abendonnient of it;
and thought that the Meuse was bound to take
preoantionary measures ;` indeed, he did not know.
who could take upon himself the responsibility-of
adopting a contrary course under all the cireum-
stanbes. He would tell the Right Honourable
Gentleman that it was no light or jocular matter ;
he could tell him, that very lately,. intimidations
had been used to those who were to give evidence
on the trials of some of the disturbers. The pre-
sent measure was altogether a measure of precau-
tion and defecice; its object was, by removing
the,arms from the. houses, to remove-the cause of
die nocturnal visits. The Right Honourable Gen-
tleman had said, that-the Government of "reload,
notwithstanding the existence of greater disturb-
ances, had not gone the whole length -of this
Measure; but the Act which he quoted in support
of this opinion was the Act of
.1810, after all the
danger had subsided. This was -a. proof of the
easiness with which the Right Honourable Gen-
tleman believed outrages' which did not, exist, and
the difficulty with. which he believed those that
did. Upon these grounds; he could not agree with
the Right Hon. ,Gentleman.
Mr. SHERIDAN said, the only sense in which he
disbelieved the Committee was, that he did not
think there was any. such thing as a formed plan
of rebellion and insurrection. In this opinion he
-was borne out by the judgment of some. Honour-
able FriendS of his: An Honourable Friend, the
Member' for Yorkshire, had:told them that he
voted in a Minority of one in favour of.parole evi-
dence, and he (Mr. S.) would . ask upon what
ground could lie -have given such a vote, if he did
bpi believe that theawritten evidence was unfound-
ed ? Ire ridiculed the idea of taking arms- from
tbeyeople for- their protection, . and maintained
that on theaame -principle Upon which we t0.01.i
their arms we might take their money; in order to
put it into safer custody, especially as the takitig
of the arms rendered it more exposed. It-- was
impossible to kno* the length to which things
would go, when once the principles of the Censti-
tation were violated.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL explained.
An HOD. BARONET, whose natne.we could not
learn, declared that he bad expected td find in the
Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr.
,S.) one of the prin-
cipal supporters of the Constitution . under its
present difficulties. If he thought the powers epa
plied for would -be made an improper use of by
Government, he should be as willing as any man,
to join in opposing it.
Sir S. ROMILLY recalled the attention of the-
House to the clause under discussion, and affirm-
ed that any acts which infringed the liberty of the
subject could not be too closely. scrutinized. He
opposed the clause, principally on the ground that
it went to supersede the' Constitution to a greater
degree than even the Insurreetion Act of Ireland,
and also from an idea that the power of searching
for' arms at night would have a tendency to faci-
litate the designs of the insurgents themselves by
affording them-a pretext which could not easily
be detected. He should, therefore move, as an
amendment, that the words " by night" should
be left out for the purpose of limiting the search
to the day time.
Lord CASTLEREAGH entered into an explana-
tion of the Irish Act, which, he said, not only
authorised search by night and by day, but reil-
dered the-secret -possession of arms penal. lie

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strewed that the search by night must be the most
nconvenientx but circumstances might exist to
361(10- it the only effectual one. , •
- Mr. ABEHCROMHIE reminded the .'Douse, that
according:to the former statement of the Noble
Lord, the atrocities committed in Ireland were
&wing to this system, and an I-lon. Gentlethan
had stated, "that,the Parliament was at -that time
lollooing the Government in acts of severity.
Lord CASTLEREAGH. said, th;it the whole of the
;atrocities in Ireland, %,-,/hicil they all equally de—
Tiered, took place after the country was overrun
I y an armed force.
Mr. JOHN SMITH opposed the clause.
Mr. W.-Fitzgerala, Mr_ W. Smith, Mr. Mar-.
tin (of Galway), the. Attc-mie'v-Ge.neral, and Mr.
Hutchinson, offered a few further observations;
after which a diiision tool: place on the first
Clause.

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For the Amcntinient„
Against it,
Majority

• 7G

-58

We understood a division took place on that
provision contained in the first clanSe; which an-
thoris-es a search for arms by night 1:t well as by
day, an Amendment having been -made by Sir S.
Romilly..
For the Amendment

Agaiast it
Majority ~

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Thee other clauses, we understand, were gone
through,' and the blanks filled •up. The Douse
then resumed, and the 'report was ordered to he
received to-morrow. . .

A Message a 'as -received froM the Lords, re-
questinga copy of the Report of the Secret Com-
mittee. The• Messengers were informed that the
House would return an answer by Me;sengers of

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its own.
THE LATE OVERTURES FROM BUONAPARTE.

Mr. SHERIDAN postponed his motion respect-
ing Mr. Fitzpatrick, to Monday. --There -A-as -aim)
a notice which it was his'svish and desire to giVe,
and perhaps he might be allowed to express his
surprise that he was thefirst to tall the attention
of the House to the subject, respecting the com-
munication received from the Emperor Napoleon,
dated the 17th of April. '.That'Whieh formed the
substance of that communication, lie considered
to
-be a Most insidious, perfidious, -and insulting
proposition. He had no right to suppose that the'
e&rresnondence had ended there, but he thought
it was.nOw a Arty, -after what 'had been'published
by FranCe, which fiat House owed to themselve4;
to the COuntzy; and even to tke Government it-
self, to call for the Correspondence which had'
taken ..Place. • -He had nothing to say 'against
the answer which had -been returned ;—to" him
it appeared; that it had been given wisely,
rightly, and with such dignity and spirit as be-
eame the English Government; kvas due to our
Allies, and called for by the best interests of the
country. He wished to give notice of a motion
On this subject for Monday
'Lord CASTLEREAGH was happy the conduct of
Government appeared to theßight'HodOurable.
_Gcntleinan t 4) entitle them 'to- thepraises which•
14e,had 'bestowed. He had no-difficulty in saying,
that no , communication. from France had- been
received in. 'll4ii,rer to his' letter. The- -House
*gold see that Government cuidd not, withl)-ro-
priety, communicate to Par)iarnont the.:.coms-
pondence which had taken..ialace-at-'ar3/4--earlier
period. They- had not thought 7it proper-hal-04y
`to consider - the correspondence as closed j- arid'
had, tiller efore ,- wished to Ife4vt it op en as long as
possible to the French - Goverament to offer any
reply.thatit, niight have -to Make., had no
objection to the Motion of the flight ll9nontable
Gentleman. .•
. .

_ .
The notice,was.then fixed foe Monday.
The-Con.sOlidated Fund Bill was read a third
time, ind'passed. .
An engrOsied Bill from the 'Lords,'• entitled,
" An Act to facilitate the Administration of. Ju-
stice," was brought up. On the question that it
be read a first time,
Sir S. 'Rout-LTA did not know whether or not'.
it was the intention of. Government to gut 'this,
measure through the. How in the present Ses--
&on, but if such wai= their intention, he should
take the'earlicst opportunity- of opposing it. This
was a Bill to relievc,the :Lord Ch&icellor from a
iortion of the duties of his 'office, leaving him in
Possession of the whole of its emoluments. He
objected to foe Bill for a variety of reasons, and
thought it would not be found ultimately to an-'
swer the purpose for which it had been framed.
Lord CASTLEREAGII defended' the Bill, and
thought it desirahle,that it should pass in-the pre-.
sent Session. He wished the Bill to be read a
.first time and to be printed, after which some day
is the next week:could be appointed for its second
rtading: With, espect to what 'the Honourable
Gentleman-had said on the .subject -of the Lord
Cia.nr.ellor being in part removed from his tact,
vkt retaininto- its emoluments, he could haVe
wt th,:tt 'Cie had suspended his judgment till the
BM had gained that stake in n-hich the Lord
Cfaancellor's disposition to submit the emoluments

tit his. office to regulation, could be made known.
/.._
it ww3 not quite fair to anticipate that no such
fegutet wt as
_en be made.,- because it did not
appear in ,the iiil, as it was
.t necessary to' fuly
t, ;at such a' provision could, not be made in, the
D. her tiou.se.
Mr. BANKES and Mr.. Antßcpomßui zprike
igainst sacji a'Bill being broiight in so late in
he Session. -- •

AIr.CREEVEY objected-to the intrOdnction of the
Bill at this late period, of the and.rtmyzl
a: an amendment; ‘‘ That it bz read a first-time

t its day thlee months.",
Mr. KEN4LCK, adverting to what had tfalreh
front the Honourable and Learned. Gentleman,
observed that the Bill would not divest the Chan-
cellor of any part of his duty, and-from the variety
of considerations whieh it embraCtd, could not
have been introduced, sooner. •

Sir SAMUEL., ItoMILLY adulated that the till
-would nut divest the Chancellor of -any of his
official duties, but notwithstanding he . might
Zivest.himself of them.

After a few obsemations from Mr. W. SMITH,
who concurred in objecting to the Bill being in-
troduced so late in the Session,

Mr. Samow was surprised, that those who oh

. ,
jectedito the Bill, should cli,sent to its farebrr
prOgress, in order. that its merits might be fairly
dirielissecl. . ..

. Mr. BAszKts agreed with the last Speaker, that
-discussion Ought to take place. He hoped -the
Hon. Member would withdraw his amendment.
Sir GEO. WARRENDER was not for pressing it
through this Sebsion..
Mr. MACDONALD sagge=ted to the Noble- Lord
not to press it.
Lord - CASTLERENGH intended' to ,propose the
discussion of the Bill. • ,

Mr. TIERNEY wished the sense of the House
to be taken upon the expediency, of pressing a
Bill of this importance at this late period of the
Sessidn.

Mr. CREEVEY pressed- his amendment to a di-
vision.

The Gallery was cleared for a diAision, but the
House did not divide:

The Bill• was read a first time, ordered to be
read -a second time, on Tnesdday, and to be
printed:" '
The. other Orders' were digposed of, and the
House adjourned at halflyz.tt one o'clock this
Morning.

ANECDOTES OF- ICING LDWARD VI.

Fron the PeN'. Dr. i? ncan's Edith that: gonarch's
• Treothte oh the Trimaty of e' Pope, •

It is observable in all ao-es (I.lod his in-
-
finite wisdom has.raised,up men prepared to effect
his greatde,sig-ns in id! departments 'of human life 3
and haS fitted them by nature-and grace 'c,:ith ta-
lents and abilities for the-work he has employed
ac
complish.
This to
This oh ',',.,rvation is eYiderieed in the, pions au-
thor of the ensuing Tretitie. •It was published
soon after his death. Herls., one of his royal
titles, which literally belonged ';.o him,' is, well
supported ; and we may add that,' by the bl?.s.3lag
of God, he hay hei'e also n'oblrasserted 'his claiM
to another—the Captain of the ReformatiOn in
t!,ie:e lands:- On these accounts, this treatise de-
ServeS to be transmitted to posterityl:
liy comparing tilt date 61 the Dedication to his
Thiele with the day of his birth, it appears he was
but twelve years of age When he -srote this testi-
mony of !iis belibf of the i-IitOTESTAN'T Reirgion,
and stood up. it bold champion agiinst the supre-
macy of the Pope:
Although We di,,eover in it every thing extraor-
dinary for his years, nevertheless there are sonic
things it that nity convince the iN'orld tiirit they.
were his own genuine 'tlipughts, anti not the dic-
tates ora tutor.

. Our Lord. was just the saine age wiYettlie ex-
pounded in the temple, and confounded the Jewish
'doctors.

A celehr4ted historian of his own time says :
" By the ti
lear light of the Holy 'Scripture, and
the principal &hies of religion laid. open to them,
the people were hctter able to li,cern the errors
and corruptions' of the Church of 'Rome.; front
Which, by, the pietyand exertion of this young
prince, they were Inane free." *
Th,e publisher of Treatise, inst. after tlic
king's death, sayS—“lrs early diligence and ap-
plication of mind to nn2erstand the principles of
the Protestaßeligion, was wonderful\ I my-
self have seen collection of his, in own
hand-wpitirig', with the tex;.s of Scripture relating
to the attire of faith- and JustiEco.tion, put to-
gether with great care and incio,rnient; -wrote in
French in the eleventh. ye; .his age. It was
dedicated to his Uncle with mach-piety and manly
sense."

Another mark of bis4.zealfor real religion
" when he was near death,. and: his sister and her
friend the Emperor pleaded so strangly for haying
liberty to worship in ber oiwn .way viii her family;
and in the court alSo, (and through the nation in
design), that the council. persuaded, the king to
consent to it, -which he ;not only opposed with such
reasons as amazed the bishops who werffot comply-
ing with, the emperor, -but with so much. compas-,
sion for her errors,. and shelving his pious'-dis
pleasure, that he shouldhe presed to safer her
to continue' in her sin', that tears flowed down
his theeks, which made the bishops weep- Os°.
This might be to -see their tardy zearebuked by
the kings." 0 that the youth who may read
this, whetter royal, noble; or dOrnraon, may con-
sider and imitate. this excellent young prince in
piety and deyotion
I sha/l.quote .a pasS',lge from the History* of the
Reformation., wherein the parallel betii,een' good
King Josias and good King Edward VI.. are
stated. the passage is from' Josephus " When
Josias was twelve years of age he gave manifest
proofs of his piety :and
.justice he drew the 'peo-
ple to a comfxtable course ref life;, and, to the
detestation and abolishing of idols, that were no
,godS, to service and worship of the only true God
of their forefathers; considering the aetions.of
his predecessors, he began -to rectify them in that
wherein they were,defictent,
,with no leSs circura-,
spection than if be had been an old man', and that
which he found to he coriepondent- and', adVisably.
done by them, that he-did bath maintain and imi-
tate. This reformation, byreason of his innate'
Wisdom, as alto by the' admonition and Counsel-of
his elders., in following orderly •the• laws, not
only in matters Of religion; but also of civil pc);
hey."
^ If we consider his undaunted courage, which was
discovered as far -as 'opportunities offered ;
greit conduct in the management of public affairs ;
his ext.lct ,jodg=nt and dist:eminent in civil mat-
ters of state ; if we consider the esteem, which he.
gained from all tirLarter, and•which• must have
facilitated the Slit; !;:!,;S of any undertaking,withfo;-'
reigp princes, and among--his own subjects for the.
advantage of the Prate-Stant cause,. -ll:certainly was
a great infelicity to the Protestant religion, that
he did notlive to finish his glorious designs of set=
tling and confirming tife tine religion at home; and
encouraging it abroad, until it became the , pre-
vailing interest in (-Aristendorn.. .
'Bit what gives tht: greatestdernanstraticin of his"
abhorrence of Popery, and true esteem for the Pro-
testant Religion 'ma; his dying prayer; taken down
from his mouth a 'little before he expired ; and.
was riot so much the airnitig at' the 'prolonging
his life as the continuing of religion ;
.not the
freeing of himself from disease, butthe preserving
the Church from The ,ianger of. Popery.
Here follows hisdyins prayer : •.
" Lord God, deliver _Me' out of this miserable
life, and take me among thy.. chosen. Lord,
commit 'lily spirit to thee: 0 Lord, thou knowest
'haw bappy- it .could be for met° be With thee ; yet
for thy chaSen's^sake sendsac life and' health, that
'May truly serve thee. 0 my"' Lord Grod I.: bless
my people, and save thine inheritance:- O Lard
cioa, sire thy chosen people (if thglamill 0 Lord
_God., defend this, realm from Popery, and maintain
thy own true religion, that I and 't:ny people may,
iTraise thy holy name, for 'Jesus Christ's sake,

To finiil 'the. whole, I sllf-.1.11 here add Bishol
Burriet:s character of hiin • 111,

" nts. died Edward the Sixth, in the sixteenth
year of his age. He was tounted tle wonder of
Lis'time. He way not only Well versed in .the,orl7
ental languages and the- liberal sienee, but he
ktew the state of his kingdern Well. .He kept
,a
Table Book, in whiclThe had written the charac-
ter:3 of all the eminent men in the nation.. He stn.-

Hey'Fo's Fil3tory of the Reformation, p. 9..
140.

fortifications, and un,lerstooti the `mint
He knew the hFrbours in all his dominions;
the depth of water, and way of:coming into tl
He understood foielgn irs so well, that the
_ anibassadors who were sent into England, nu L-
lislied very extraordinary things concern/mg iV4'
-in all the Courts of Europe. He' had gr.q.l":
quickness of apprehension ; but being di t..
of -his meniory, he took notes of every thing Ile
beard
.(that was of consequence) in Greek.
'rafters, that those about him might not undc':-
,stand Nvhat he 'wrote, which he aiierwaras ecy)icf.l
..(nit fair in journal. His virtues were wonder'
: when he I.:vaz! good reason to believe that h;‘;
uncle was guilty of coni;iring the .death of the
otl.er Co-un.:",ellcir:;, he immediately abando;iel
, . ,

" took special care of_ the petition. tt.-:rit
were,,gtven him by the.poor and oppressed peix,:!,'• •
But Lis gi-zit 7C4 for religion crowned ail
rest ;he was actuated by a:conscientious sense .
his duty, founded on the pure love of GOct and
;people. .
" These extraordinary qualities, ticcompaniell-
with sweetness and aftability,madebina univers:ilt
beloved hy hi> sabiects."
Should the re2pilblkhing of this work tend t°
stiMulate the great and noble youth of the 13..riti:1
Empire to imitate this inimitable Prince in genuiNe
piety. and judiciOus, zcal; to dis•seininsztte, Reaily
tail], and perpetute t.he true Protestant reliniont
shall reSt satisfied and happy in having cout.o-.
hated in anymeasure to accomplish so desirable cO,
object • 'as by such effects prOduCed, thonsan iB
yet unborn 4ybeeome ornaments :.and bl,2ssin,'o' •
to the. Church and State in this country, wizen
_this generation is" no more.

THE DECLARATION AGAINST, THE l'OrE'S
MACY, 'BY HIS. LATE MAjESTI EDW,...1(1)

SLYTri~

" Edward tile Sixth, hv - of r 4
King of 19-277.
fender of the. , at-'l
• Gtitl; Head of bet ..11-e',l o t,
- of Irelanii ; zlna
loted
Govemor of his Ptrson, ant:. Protect. :::::-:-
his Kingdoms; Countries, and •
having eons-jeered, my dear and :veil Ill'.
loved, Uncle haw atneh they displease Go:i.
Waste all their time. on the follies and vanities cr
thisworldi spending. it.ire-tritlini sports arAi giver
stuns from whence conies do profit to tbemseivt;s4
or benefit to mankind ; I -am-determined to
ploy myself about' the doing something', ‘v-hic'e
may, I hope, be profitable to myself, and'aeceit:
able unto you.- Having- then considered that
;see many Papists not only curse us, but call _ttrist&
name imiteretiCs, because we have forsaken tll,'`
Antichrist, and' Its traditions, and followed. ti's
light whklifOod -.ll.aihbeen pleased afford le, e
• in'elitted to• write soinethiitg to- defend nz
their-contumelies,iand lal-them, as it is just,
on their of backs- For they Call Its lier,:2!"ic::'
but, alas ! they are sothemselves, while ti,ey
sake the pure voice at the Gospel, and follow th::-
own imaginations` ;.• as it •is most evidcet
Boniface the -Third, who thotight,-wiaen -he 11.‘:;
madethe UnirerSal.Bishop, that that'fal4lK
-which St. Paul speaks of in-his Second Ep!.:.t-•
the Thessalonians, and second chapte:, had
pelted. ili himself.- For St. Paul saith, We ‘ot'::
seech you, brethren, by the coining of cur ..L.,01`
that ye 'be not soon shakenju Mind., or he
bled, neither bv sPiriGnorbyWord, 'err-co
as,that the day of Christ. is at band. Let na fIA
deceive you by any means ; for t tha
came, except there come a falling away first, as•
that man of- sin be revealed, the son 4.:f pertlitiVi
who. exalteth all that is
God, so that he; as God, Sitteth in the. temiile,c
G6d," &c.
uA
" Notwithstanding, he followed ow`n fl
imaginations*and -fancies,* and did
errors, which.he knew to be very. Wicked.
" Considering'tben by your life and aetios'
, that you have -a• great affection to tlit.
• Word,. and sincere:Religion,: I dedicate this fret
sent work to you,. praying you to take• it in
part. :God give.you his perpetual grace, and slim'
his benignity on you for ever;"
" From our Palace
,at W;:srminstet• in Louo/1"..
, .thin last Atigusl, 1349."'

The Slieriif of Canterbury has received *g
Prince Regent:s pardon to Joseph Newsom, cbtr.
Yicted otr forgery at'the January Sessions, .1-S114;
on condition of his being transported to
&Anil Wales, for and during the term of his natv
rat life.

• I RTI-IS d• a
- On the 13th inst.. the Lady of Herry Brandon, Esi• '—
Daughter..,
;1•11s sane da.y, at Yeovil,:the Lady of John Goodford, VAI"
of a-Son.. _ vgj.
Oii itinrszlay, the Lady of Charles P..acmond Barker, ••"`"
of Tilarg-aret-strea, Caven-dish-ssuare, of a Sou.

•-• 141ARRIE11. ,
On Sunda?, at Buckclen, Augtistin to
sc•;•oncl daughter of Mr, Soarborpug-L, ut that place. t,„
Yesterday, at St. Mary-le-bonne Church, Lawrence lif:rt
j3t
right, F~sq• &Attest son of C. H Kortright, Esq, oftliYl3-, r
kielc, to :Jane Maria", eldest. danghter of the late Jahn
E-Iq, of Bursleflon; krauts. • -c-,e141/.
On the 16th inst.. • atMary-le-banne Church, Joscpl?
Esq. of roxter's End,iHerts, :ii;iss cf. Fair ‘i -
',louse, Oxfordshire. -

DIED. - in
0;1 Sunday last, at 11-la;,7t.te.ds, near gettle, Yorl-AsireyA,
the 9lct your of 1;:er a 4.e. roxcrcit, relict of the late'`
ward Foxeroft, BEg..of'Halstezd.i:./ • - •
0u Last, at Sali3br.rr, nrs Cbe ter, yidow 0L -
late 1-leriry Chel>ter, Esq. of Si -in Wilt3hire. 5
.• On the 15th inst. at hir3cht,.l2bers iu the Temple, IS•fr,JaVS
Ccix Hig Ina, aged 72. • • . • -
Lately, M. S,liet.',on, relict of ti:e late Armohlus
Sktiton, E,41. of
t., lon,
'Of a. br::l7eu heart, 11 •-' • 'a Cornbra.,:9.
Waleut-place, a/then, in the prime of life..

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