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Greece , and along the southern pprdtti , o ( the Danube , the deluded Mahome- * tan may see through his errors , and cast off the conceits of the false , prophet . In the north of Europe war continues * It is merely a political , struggle ; and the Russian troops have obtained signal
advantages over the Swedes . They have taken the fortress of Sweaburg , the Gibraltar of Finland , and the § wedish flotilla . In fact they are probably by this time complete masters of Finland ; and , as the &ea is now open , will , before our fleet can enter the Gulf ol
Bothnia , have conveyed an army into Sweden . A singular part of the ^ agreement , made at Sweaburg , is that at the conclusion of peace , the flotilla shall be restored to Sweden , in case the English restore to Denmark the fleet taken-last year ., News has arrived , that the Prince
Regent oi Portugal has reached the Brasils , has been received with joy , and every prospect is held out of his forming there , with proper exertions and judgment , a grand empire . England
is to be the favoured country * and thus an opening is made for our commerce , which will be extremely beneficial .- If a few colonies of English were transplanted to that country , the Prince would find his account in it : and it is
to be hoped , that the experience of the past wiil have cured the religioirs prejudices of the Portuguese cabinet , and opened their minds tQ liberty of conscience , and the knowledge of gospel truths . One thing in favour of the iirasilians is , that the Pope ' s nuncio has been driven- by stress , of weather into England ; and , before his arrival at the
Brasils , measures may have been taken by that country to emancipate itself from , the Po . pi&h yoke . The prospects opening upon the mind in the new world , may compensate for the hprrid scenes , which of late years Europe has presented to us : but we must wait patiently for the appointed time 9 of Providence ,
The n > bt act of the drama , with respect to Air . Stone ' s long agitated cause > is finished : and a very important scene it opens to the members of the church of England , an $ much occasion . for re * flection t ; o the true Christian . It will be recollected , that the origin pf > this calise is . a sermon , p reached befjpre an archdeacon . and hisxlergy ? by M& Ston ^ V in which he denies , that Jeau& Ckri&t i&
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petition and religious tyranny > is of frtore importance to the trtie Christian . Vet the church of Spain has not * as we yet know , received a shock from the late political events in that country , and seldom has so extraordinary an appfearanec been presented to the world , as that which has taken place on the
frontiers of France and Spain . The emperor of France , he , who was lately a . mere son of man , an object of contempt or scorn to the great ones of the earth , is now sitting , as it were , in judgment on the actions of the Spanish
cabinet , and deciding on the merits , of two competitors for the crown . The old Icing and nis son , with the discarded minister , the Prince of the Peace , are all at the cowrt of Buonaparte . He will determine , who shall nominally be the sovereign ; whilst he himsejf is really the governor .
'His troops have complete possession of the country ; and the natives divided between the old and the young kingi are too much broken to make any effectnal resistance . The interference of the emperor must be paid for , and the easiestsacrifice -will be the revenues of the
church . Buonaparte ' s known disposition for- religious toleration does not accord with the continuance of the Inquisition . Hence , whatever may he . the fate of thfi contending kings , or the fallen min-Lter , we look forward to ob * jects of much greater importance ,, the restoration of religious liberty to the
Spaniards ; the downfal of the Inqumtion ; the abolition of monastic vows , and the weakening of the Spanish church to such a degree , that Rome shall fjeel the shock to its very foundation . What farther acts Buonaparte may have in view , time will show ; but our next may probably announce the laws he issurs at Madrid .
Another great event is said to have taken place , a rupture between France and the Porte . The crescent of Mahomet has been diminishing for some time , and its abominations will be purged away . That apostate church cannot be permitted to continue itr > sway : and ,
if the Porte should have given the opportunity , this may be the ; time for the three powers of 1-Yau < ce , -Austria , and Rus ^ a , dividing among themselves its European dprninions . In , Trnnsylr vania and Wajlaciiia are many wp . shipcrs of the God of Jesus ChwLst ; and ,, when religious liben . y is established in
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1808, page 274, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2392/page/46/
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