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.:LONDON:
WiblfllloAlr, KARON 18, 1818.

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Lard CASTLEREAGH gave notice, left night, of
intention to 'mete, either this day-, or to-morrow,
-for in adjournment orthe Howie of Commons to she
24 of April, (for a fortnight)" to give Meuibeis an
opeitcrtuititt of attending the Anita and Sessio,o
Some consider the ono: al length of this recess, as IL
site, that the Dissolution will not he' immediate;
other., that Minittern, although not determined upon
the measure, are yet solar inclined to adopt it, that
TbsY With to hove an opportunity for considetetion
Ind choice. Some of their co-adjutov4, we are in.
formed, are on the wing. -Sir Geoeaz Wsnektieen
Oft town yesterday, for Sandwich, where .he is to Im
•h` Candidate, instead of Sir Joseen'Youle, whey tub
retiring from therAteilratty, relinquishes his seat is
PoilCement, ' .. •4. • •
1. fr. •
• The Indeinulty dill for Mio:Velre nal shel, in,.
formers reeeivedthe Royal. Assent !yesterclAy. • ell.
nista:slew& all-elong asseried,leesseo illegal set has
beets committed, yet a Mil hasovith much diNs,ily,
twee•passed foe indemnifying, them for this upright
,gss,ksei. The 13,11 • ought, therefore, to be enti:ledt
In afi hiitories of AO Country, 44 An Act for miner
seeeearily screening frees infamy and danger the mote
';Constitutional Suspenders of the Constitution, orri ,
, forledeevourieg tv conceal the names 'nf well kiwis
,Spies and mercenary Informers, and for encounighig
persons io future to engage in that honourable avail
profitable employment, witkeet fear of having theire
motives or characters qtiestioned." 'row worthy
diplomatist, Oliver, may now proceed openly in Ma
electioneering, embassy through the cowry, ea
boast, as we are told he diseases confidently as ever
of bit intimacy with Lord Siesti!irrn and the. Mini.
airy. Who knows, bet on she oerscious report or
this • useful emissery may _depend the question,
whether Ministers ,ball yet venture• to put their.obe-
dient Parliament tn.tlin test of popular apprehatiea, '
and what measures, besides building Churches
are .most likely to allay indignation by ensnare
log the minds lA-mankind with the ul&l crafts, and
by practising..epon their Tears and prejodieel•
Who knows Acio bet this indemifiett •preacher at
sedition may ri.turn from his present expedition,
hdly qeatified to take the Pesti in" the' stew host
-of Preacher, stn ace now lookits4 to the Cu.tscutoe
Ex.wientrkis for thp fat benefices he isabout
to institete,. few it is long slime political merit was
deemed ass irodispettsible,qualificatiowfoi the Church,
and ether requisites. easily dispensed with.
Tille CHANCELLOR. of the giCitEQUER preached
gleiegly lest night in favour of a private subscription
it; *id of the Church banding, project, as the pro-
posed grant, large as he admits it to be, destined for
this pious tneesore, will, he fears, Ee found inide-
quite to all the requisite cases, unless thus assisted.
It never seems to.strike the persons who cry out for
reqtwEsi a bli shed Chutches,that for one:solitary mil-
lion, that the Lay purse cast itow spine for such
wants, the prpperty appropriated by the Church from
the Public and the Poor, might afford two, towards
such an object, and.that there are.rnatry more pros.
sing necessities to be provided for, than alledged•
went of churches in the establishment..
~The speech of.Mr..BUOUGUAM on the Tittle Laws,
as reported its The jr4rssmaitt of yesterday, would
doubtless powerfully attract the Hendee', attention.
lid we other Paper was it given so fully or. so accu-
rately ; and considerint the importiece of the gees-
instill it embraces, we cannot but regard the Report
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we garyetea sot only sepplying a material defect in
the Parliamentary Informatioe, hut ,as a most mos-
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telly elucidation of the real claims of the Church,
a* I'd the system pursued by thc EcrtsieSticat end Civil
. Governments in regard to the property of the Public
and the lopped of the Poor. It
nks . the creed of
that their property, ,eld assumed
4-0411' are _tee ;sowed to adatikraft,hring !weltered
with-by Parliament,- whilst a greet. in •ttnie favour,
is never cittisidertd ass•ats onwartaatebte inter-
letesitee; bet Mr. BROUGHAM not only preyed that
.Cberch property was not so peeulitrly circem-
'mooed,

so completely different from all other pre.
ixesty, that it never could be left to the legal protec•
Owe deemed suScient for every other kind of right,
bat that even the Crown has been despoiled of the
property vested in it for the benefit of the Common-
wealth, and so far from the Nuttiest of maintaining
Ow Poor falling at all times naturally and necessarily
on the ley proprietorsand land owners, the history of
the propel ty in tithe, shows that the duty of supporting
the Poor devolved on the Church which held them,
and its other endowments on the express condition of
performing this care. For what other purpose, in-
deed, bare such accumulation of wealth been heaped
;upon the Church Establishments, bat that their mem-
bers might be the faithful end diligent trustees of
such bequests? Not, certainly, that luxury should
prevail in the temples of self-denial, and all the real
duties of humanity be left to be performed by the
charity of others, greatly overhurtheeed with tug'

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