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SF&& 1 T £ J > ACT OF flVMANITY BY MR , ROSC 0 E . \ Extract from a Letter . ] '
« I am sure you will feel an interest in an act of spirited humanity lately performed by Mr . Roscoe , About three weeks ago , he received , an anonymous letter , informing him that six black slaves had been thrown into our prison
by their owner , a Portuguese captain , upon alleged actions of debt , but in reality because he found they were free on their arrival in England , and had hit upon this expedient to detain them till his vessel was ready to sail . Having verified the fact , Mr . R . sent a friend to
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be through great suffering to a large proportion of the present generation . A just notion of the attributes of the Divine Being , the benevolent Creator , warrants a confidence in such a result of ,. the appalling occurrences of the times . To t ! e mind that feels such a confidence , and that is earnestly lookkig for the moral and intellectual improvement of *
man , it is a matter of very trifling con--cern , whether the family of Bourbon or-, of Buonaparte occupy the throne of '^ France . Of the former the world has / had ample . trial , of the latter the trial is in progress . To both pre-eminently , belong the character oFambition , / vv ^ iich is indeecl the national character of the
French ,- and has long been the scourge of . Europe : so says an Englishman , a ' jdbffl ^ truly he says right ; what says t g ^ p F Frenchman , whom history will hear witl * candour and impartiality ?—thai the
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bail all the actions . . An order wasaccordingly given for the discharge of the prisoners ; when it was discovered that the Portuefueze had mustereoV about a hundred of his countrymen * to sei ^ e them by force on their exit from the prison , Mr . R . then applied to the Magistrates , who took the captain into custody , and after threatening him with an indictment , bound him over to his good be * haviour—so the poor blacks are swaggering about the town in the full enjoyment of their newly-acquired liberty .
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Intelligence *—Mr . Ro&coe . ^~ -Jewish Soldiery * —Toteration . 521
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JEWISH SOLDIERY .
We began 5 n a former volume to detail the proceedings of the Parisian Sanbedrim , but as they have been for a long time discontinued , we have thought it expedient , having so little spare room ,
to stop short in our history , intending however to resume it , whenever the Sanhedrim shall again shew signs of life . Some effect has been evidently produced by the convocation of the Jews at Paris , and the discussions consequent on that measure . In Holland , this people ,
at the instigation of thSir Rabbis , have taken up ? . rms , in defence of their country , against the English invaders ; forming volunteer corps , raised and supported by private subscript ion . Several detachments of this novel description of soldiery are said to have arrived at the Hague . It needs ' not scarcely be added that they have attracted much observation . Before leaving their homes , they requested the blessing of their Rabbis .
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i ^ a or malevolent passions , by ambition or avarice , the eiTect of promoting his benevolent purposes in regard to the human race . It may then be ju .-. tly presumed that the eventful poiod in which we live , will terminate in a state # c * things highly beneficial to the u-aJ . interests of mankind ; although it mny
UNIVERSAL TOLERATION . FAS EST ET AB HOSTE DOCERI .
When we take a view , of the occurrences of late and present times , We must be convinced that Providence has a great work in hand in the affairs of mankind ; and that u e best knows the proper means and instruments to effect ms own purpose there cannot be a doubt .
Whatever msiyfee the moral character of individuuisy / of men who by great talents and high attainments in arts or science obtain a distingui hed influence in the affairs of the world , it i * his prerogative to educe good from evil , aud to give to the efforts of men , actuated even by self-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1809, page 521, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1740/page/47/
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