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^ the proprietor place : as "b y retaining 3 lie privilege lies could nptttjirtate tw $ ' members to parliament , andthus rbake himiself equal in consequence ; lo a county , and his borough became the foundation of increasing consequence to himself . To reine& f ihis evident abuse ought to be the : ftrst ojriect
of tlie representative boij , for at set of men are thus introduced into tlieHouse of Con } - mons to vote away the public niaoey , from which they take care to secure no small advantage to themselves . The grievance is now seen in its full extent j it is perfectly / well understood 5 and If it should be permitted to continue , it is evidently a misnomer to speak of the House of Commons
as a true representative of the people . It is a representative of a very small Vody of the people ; and in this small body the proportion of individuals commanding votes , is such , that they materially interfere with the rights of the crown ,, the peerage ,, and the people . The question will be brought up again in the ensuing parliament , in which it will be seen how far the interest
of the borough-holders is superior to the general sentiment . A cause has been tried in the courts of law of great importance to the public . It will be recollected , that a person naming a forged note in bis possession , which he had taken in the way of trade , was by the bank brought before a magistrate , and . on
his refusal to surrender it , committed to prison . He has . brought his action for false imprisonment , and obtained considerable damages : the judge having reprobated in strong * colours the conduct used towards him upon this occasion . This frill be a salutary lesson to the bank , "whose proceedings with respect to forged notes should be watched with a careful
eye . The liberty of the subject must not Le sacrificed to the interests , whatever they may be , of a commercial body . France is likely to open a scene of some importance to the religious world . The old Jaws respecting * ProtestaflIs are
well known , but , they slept during * the time of the republic and the late emperor ; and it was supposed that they were completely abrogated by the Charter . A disposition has manifested itself of reviving them , and subjecting Protestants to ancient restraints . The sectaries of the Bo wish
persuasion have a grand festival every year under the name of FUe de J > ieu 9 festival of Ood , on which day the cross , the mass , the images of the mother of God , and the saints , are paraded through the streets in
solemn procession . In fact , it is a heathenish rite fa all intent * and purposes ; a ^ d the zealou « sectarians declare their approbation of it , not only by wnlkiag i * H * hwt in adorning their houses in evvry manner
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possible according to their" circumstances , t <* •! $ »< £¥ iBei * ^| re | ce jfe ! ^ tgause , wtiieh ite ;¦ iojj > tiji | r in ^ tb ^ k countries . To suet * a prwessioB , it is evident that Pro . testants cannot giTe their countenance , and where they live they have contented them- ' selves with staging witbin theii r houses , which of course displayed none of those
marks brought forward by their neighbours . -A deacon of one af the Protestant chinches was in this , situation , and be was jjrqiight before ilie courts for &eaiFeace of not decoratings hi < > bouse , and fined acco *« J ~ ing-iy . This % has produced a great sen * & « tici « , and if it 5 s allowed in this manner to attack the Fr-otestants , there cannot he
a doubt that the canqw ^ i ing- pa r ty will pursue their triumphs , and the toleratfoji allowed by the Charter will exist only ; in n ^ Kje . How fai : pur court will interfere , time will shew 5 but the * ocieti $ & * n Englane ) , which were on th ? alert on J&& former
attacks against the Protestants in | he South of France , will ftot , weare per ^ uacl ^ d , ale « p on this occasion , They may do touch good both by open retnon ^ trance and hy the assistance they may be enabled to render to the persecuted . ; .
The later 1 ntclligence fronj , tlie Spanish colonies Is much more favourable $ 9 thi cause of independence than that whicli preceded it . But we must wait some time for a clear detail of the transactions from the Spanish Main to the river Oronooka . There is every reason to believe that the royal cause is very much broken , and in ft
sliorl time its flag * will disappear from that region . If , however , the success of independence is doubtful in that quarter , to the south of America the prptpect is more cheering , and the ba . n | cs of £ a Plata seem to be entirely removed from all danger from the mother country . A report lias been spread , that Monte Video , which is At present a bone of contention between Spain ^ iid Portugal , is to be put under the English dag , till affairs in that quarter awe better settledy huf it ma . y fee yery much doubted whether such an interference on
our part can be attended with any beneficial consequences . The holy alliance finds ioine difficulty in the arrangement of thejse matters , and the natives will trouble themselves little with the result of their conferences . A few years more will shew > tbe flags of . various independent American States floating- on the Atlantic , an < t $ j ^ un may then look to its *> wa reaoufees «* home , and haring * banished bigotry and the iaa * ii ~ sition , may become much happier from the produce of its own soil and its own industry than from the g-old and jewels exported from its distant subjects , so lcm ^ kept baek afider the g-rievous weigiit n ( ignoimn ^ e mnd *« perstitioii .
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State of Puhlic Affairs . 407
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1818, page 407, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2477/page/63/
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