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tMj ^ faa > & ^ Mmatii £ r g se accotn > ^ ddj ^;^ ^ Ht ^ atit « s aii cfCstHoligs Mzj " tjieet in ' rbe same school , provided they j > e to tis ^ books relative to their ctii&rxfoti CtiiiktimityiSffitfofatf efefface ic the coBtncrversies which clivide thtir
corarnunities . The exertions niade by ffce sects > differing from the establishment . * ~ will naturally be increased by ilih jlew \ £ eal ; arid we hope that the re-Itiltwiii be not only an increase ofmutfcfal toleration towards eaeh other , but an ) pprdach of all parties towards scriptural tru h , ahd a gradual wearing out 6 f rmriute differences . ¦
it " : . «" .. The Catholic Question in Ireland may lie CQii&icjef ed now as involving as much gf ppliiical as of religious ipterest . The ^ ti ns brought against the different g ^ n ^ leip erj who , \ were present at the Citholic meetings , have led to a variety of Jcgal discussions . Exceptions were
i $ &fL against the grand-jurori , for not B ^ ng freeholdersj or as holding places ^ uader the GoveJTjment , but they have feeeii ovei ruled ^ : before our next , the trials will have taken place , and we can Bp ^ e only that they will be decided by a , jufjr , w , hose verdict , whatever it may l ^ vi rUUjc received yvith rCspect . In the state of partiefi that acritate Ireland , much
challenging may be expected , and a large pannel is summoned . The question will be , amply discussed , and it involves matter interest ing to the subjects of the United Kingdomj ^ whatever may be their religious persuasion . The right of petitioning i £ not easily to be given up ; and every man must te anxious , that nothing in ^ bi ^ unhapppy contevst should lead to a rstrgnchnitpt of this "valuabe privUcge .
. ;) PMr Qwn Law-Courts have afforded matter that may excite some discussion am \ pngc those who have attended to the fcfctctfy of religious dissent in this countky-v Two well-known Acts , the Cor ~ poraUvnand Test Acts * have occasioned , ajt : times ,, very , wjarm debates . If the
latter ; vfere gct < td up to , the country would ; be deprived of the services of a v ^ i y , grea t part of the army , and nav y ; bpt < this ev ^ l ha « b j ^ e pi prevented by the Indemnity Si | l , iWjhich . pasaes every year . % Htrh « c < jsc ^ f j tjic : Coippration Act , it Was SUppiQjsw tjiat the Indemriity Bill <^ d j , B < j > t apply ; . ¦ : & \ xt it sejems * . by a la te diicision of the J ^ in ^ & Beaac ^ , that it < J 5 e $ a fpr an action yr ^ bwughtagainst l ^ iftj ^ lecti ^ of an ^ ldern > aa of a bo-^ lyab ^^^ u ^ b * ' . fen 4 ^ tftk c ^ Jtne « afen | tmeat in due time , fheua ^ tion ^ ^ U 5 , however , dismissed , as the In-
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^ W ^ M ^ M ^^ . ^^ n of the prosecutor . ; 1 | will be : a gre 3 it ^ vantage v to tlje / Estajblishcd ^ hvrch , If the Corpoxatioh / U ; t ' sbQuM thus j * ro £ obsolete ; for its ser pus ministers c ^ u not but feel hurt , that tjie cercinpn ^ " which they call the sacrament , shoiili be prostituted to a civil purpose ! ' "' TJie civil jurisdiction has alsbbecn
appealed to , on the rights of miijiisterk to their pulpits . In , the one case , a minister of the Churcli of England has been elected to a lectureship , but the Bishop of his Diocese will not license him , and the interference ofthe Kin ^ Bench is called in ti > settle the difference . It is an int ! ricaie question for %$ lawyers to decide upoii ^ and applicatWn is to be first made to the AichbisThop ,
and there will be no sfn ^ LlI difficult ia settling their diftereht jurisdiciibns . In the other case , t ^ e ' , '' ip / inisterpf a fiissending congregation applied to be rtstored to his pulprt , / rorri yvfcichheWd been excluded .. . but a ^ '" hV could iiiOt ' make out a : ' gooi case * qf any right ne had to ir priginall y ^ the case was dismissed . Tor jp i || n 5 i ^ lyesr ^ ye havb no ' conceptipn , tHat any yignt £ o be
determined by ^ a ^ civii ' ^ a ^ rst i ^ ^' ckii be possessed by * any CHtist ) an" in a Chrisjifcii , community . Ev ^ ryJ ^ tHiiig ; in ^^ ac ^ i community is Vplixhtaryi Np ^ one citi claim the office of brshbp ^ W presidenl , o f elder , of deacon , b * u . t as conferre | on him by the people ; and to be helj by him only aa long as JbisLcpnsiitu . ents
choose ; and it would be strangely indecorous , that any question relatiye t <^ the internal management of a Christian community should be , trie 4 ^ y |^ ? S magistrate . ; ' ( ^ In this country ^ notHing of great political moment has occurred . The dela y
in calling together the Parliament * , ha $ proved that the Prince Regent fes , i > ot been in a hurry to take upon himSy * . that full power , to which , front the \ nr creasing infirmities , of his Royal Father , it is ? probable that he wQulciW called , The French Emperor is coritjuuing hi * tour in the north of his dominion * , and his active spirit is pervading tfr . e whole of that country , in tl ^ e m ^ n tirw e , th ^
operations in his dominions , g ° 9 ^ usual , and he affords , another examp le ; to the worlfi , with w ^ at ease t he ^ spvc reign power , when opce obtain ^ , £ * retained and exercjseii ., The procc ^ ings of the Cc , u ^ cj ^> j ; j fent ^ tiU , rqtMpk eny ^ loped in ^ ncg ^ mf ^^ ^ ^ K hibited the novel sight of i Consistory oj
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1811, page 702, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2422/page/60/
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