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    of the present mmhtevs knocked off the bat ^ of * iii tni 0 ire } id * ii £ citizen , and sabred him ^ n ^ Ihfe tettd tts ^ he atobped for it , )' at jtfowieh , * at > Yaritt 0 uth , at Breiifcfdid , ^ at Brightonattti ? the numerous - other < . 1 o-

    , Stances , -In wlwdh the ^ people are placed # t tbi ? Hien * 2 f ¦ '•" tff the ntfw'enojrwous standing atmy of ihe crown , it must , we should think , ^ appear desirable that tbe subject ishdtifd retain in his own power the means

    of securing * redress . ¦ We lament to add , that the Bill has proceeded to a thiI'd reading , wifehout cal ling from any of "those Meinlbers of Parliament , on whom we have been used to rely as the guardians or' our rights , the least opposition , ^ pr any explanation of the grounds of th ^ r ^ M ^ quieseenee .

    Resolutions . ATKINS , Mayor . At a Common Council , holden in tjie Chamber « of the G * i jldbali of the Oity 6 f London , < m Thursday the 25 th day of Febrnarjy , 18 * 9 ,

    " tKasolved , That the jpode of proceeding by Appeal in criminal -causes is 4 > ne df the oldest . parts ^ of the common lawof this kingdom , and ha * tb been pronounced fey those eminent lawyers , Chief-Justice Holt and Lord Ashburton , to be a most noble birthright of Englishmen , and a great pillar of the constitution .

    "« e * olve 4 , That tbe Right of Appeal in cases of murder * , hath become of vital importance to the security of the people , as ^ check an the abuse of military power ; and that a legislative abolition of -thfa right would -leave it at the discretion of the

    government to prevent , in any case , the course of judicial inquiry as well as to dispense with the execution of the law . " -Resolved , That the continuance of the mode of trial ^ wager of battle hafih tended to prejudice the subject in his possession of this ancient , right , a < ud to frustrate and pervert the ends of justice .

    " Resolved ., That the freemen of this and of divers other the cities and towns of 4 fie kingdom are exempted by their charters from all obligation tp trial tyy battle j and , therefore ,, as wagei of batt 4 e is not essential to process by Appeal , no argument against its continuance can be

    Ttmntleu 6 n the iinpelicy or injiistice of Siich a fortri tif trial : and as the jpossibiiitjr of bringing to a second trial tno . se tvho have beea atreajdy acquitted by- a jui ^ y arises dhrtly from atk Act passed in the reigii of Henry VlX ., ibis consequence may . ' m

    the opinioii of this fco ^ rt , ! be completely removed 1 > y ab alncndment of thai Act . u : fteftlto ) jl , ^ Th ai pe ^ tiaons 1 ) e presents ti 6 t > o * ( tton $ ^ if ^ arliaaieii ^ praying t ^ l at : jU ai >^ ict td aWl ^ ib tte wago r of Mttte , HJhlfey # iH iot ^ ke Away from die voz ,, xjir . 2 b

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    people of thi 3 yeajm tjieir ancient awl undoubted right of Appeals ift criminal c&Us

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    1 . V Intelligence . —Mission ^ f ihe ^ prian Af ^ hbish ^ p . r # ^

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    -The Sytwan Archbishop af Jerusahein ^ Gregoiio Piefro -Giarve , has lately -arrivied in this country . He is in the ! dress - « f : ft ¥ e Apostle St . * James , [ so-say « ibe ne ^ spa ^ etis , but we confess our ignorance . eff £ he

    fashion which St . James ie ^ blis&ed ^ with the blue turban , a long robe , &c . 'His long beard , and venerable arid apostolic appearance , attract igreat ^ atico , and excite much curiosity . The Archbishop ' s

    object m visiting- England is to stolicit assistance ^ and . obtain some of ' the machinery to establish a printing press at Mxmnit J \ ebanon , fov preparing ^ aHd there distributing , correct editions of tbe Sampled Scrjptures in ^ be Striae language .

    Another account in en tioiis his arrival at ^ Rarisj ( we aupp ^ iseoH ^ hisrwaylofEiigteii ^ , ) and his application ^ to th e ^ ijng cjf France to be furnished from the Royal Fritftin ^ - oince , with an assortment of Syriac types , for the purpose of publishing . some relicrirtns ivni'lriB ailflvpssifH to the'CtVpJpIc * C ! Viri «_

    tians . He is described in this notice £ s a ^ Maronite b ishap . Tl ^ e ISIa ronites . are a sect , or rather tribe of Chrisiian ? , wto / fer many centuries , have inhabited the mountains of Syria . Their origin is ohscure . They are subject to Ttbe Porte , but their mountainous situation enables them to

    maintain naany privileges " which no other Christians in tbe Turkish dominions enjoy . It is said that they will net permit a Mahometan to reside amongst them . , Their number is estirnated { ft upwards ^ of 100 , 000 souls . From the beginning of the thirteenth century , they have "been united with

    the Church of Rome , but in s ^ i ' ntiral as w ^ H as temporal affairs , Aejr assert ) tio little independence . Their clerg ^ elect a heafl , with the title of patriarch of A ' ntioch . The niarriage of priests ( though not of bish 6 ps ) is lawful . This body of m 6 n aie supported by vftluritary aids , and by the labour of fheir own hands . Comniuhfon \ s

    administered in both kinds . Mass is cele ^ Crated in Syiiac , whi ^ ch few of the people understand ; the go ' s pel alone is read in Arabic for their instruction . There is a Maronite college at Ronie . Some o . f this tfingul&r people are described as Ifoncanjforrtii $ ts % who hold the Cfouich of Rottte in great abli 6 r rente .

    Since the above was written , a nieetin ^ has been Iield in London of friends to the ic Intellectual ^ and * Moral Tmpi ovemenjt of Syria / ' Sk Aljfexander JohtisWh ^ KAJght , F . 'ft . S . ( late 'CnieT Jiiiti ^ e Oi" Ceybbi . ) In the ijtiair and ! a fiiibsofijptidn bpehefl to J ^ roinbte rl ) e object df the foUt reveHnd Crregiiry JfeUf GiafcvcV visit , tn ^ fol-

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1819, page 201, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1770/page/63/