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tibuse of Commonly Friday > May 26 * Sunday ffiyvspytpers . Mr * W * Courtis ay rose ; to ipre&ent a petition , signed tojy ! a nuuaber of newsvetoders , to the matters contained In which they payed $ ie House to give their serions consideration . The persons whose names were affixed to this petition were engaged in the trade of newa-veuding -and were , therefore , perhaps more
competent to judge of the extent of the mischief which they detailed , than others to whom similar facilities weare not given . They complained of the evil , moral , and political , which arose from the publication «* f Sunday newspapers . When they aafeed < him to present the petition , he stated that he ymx&A he the organ of
laying their complaint before the House ; hut he also informed them , that he would * iot press the Hautfef to adopt any legislative measure o » their representation to * v £ irda which , he belWved , there wouH fee found a very gefatfral dteincHnation fjfeuv . ) M tJke&atne time hte ; un *«** abjaenve ^ , < tJutt there was uothiug fraught
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wjth sp uiMch danger to the legitimate liberty p ^ the press a ^ the al ? use of it ; and many of those me ^ ure ^ r ^ tive to tb ^ press , which the House h ^ ud found it fijecessary tyt > a&ipft * . we ^ e jj he ti ^ g *** , in a . great degree , owAng to the dLssemlna tipn of mme of those pubiicatiops against Which th ^ player of tj > e petition was
directed . Still , however , he 4 iad feU it hi& duty , although such were his sentiments , to state to tbe petitioners that he did not think It right to . call on the House to adopt any new measure , leaving the , eyii rather to be checked , by the mtqrference of individuals than by the interposition of the legislatuie .
The petition was then , read . It purported to be the petition of the undersigned dealers and venders of newspapers in the cities of London and Westminster ; and set forth in substance , that the great increase and extensive publication of Sunday newspapers were attended with the
most immoral effects . Many of the individuals occupied in vending newspapers weye unwilling to Uve by th ^ preach of ^ hfc . Saibt ^ b ^ day - r fhey ha 4 i iw 4 e gr ^ at sacrifices to alter thf $ sysl ^ m , which ; .
contrary to- OwistiaiJ prmc + nle , a #£ \ va « a dSs ^ i ^ e ^ % q a Christian counjtiy . TM circumstaHces of others prevented them from saerificitjg their iatercRSt , in this manner , and * if they di 4 * it would only throw the business into the hands of
th $ s& who ? were less scrupulous . At the same time that the pufrliea $ iqj $ of those K ^ w ^ apers pire ^ piitf ? 4 Ite ^ §? & $ ^ tte « 4-iftf % & \ kviv religion il ^ it >^ j ^ hey were &te& >« Wteedk t »> em ^ oy . ^ xtrft haiids to MswmumLv \ hwn . , Tie , . publication of Sunday n ® w $ mmr $ h ^ d a pendency to
weaken t * U& public roorafs , not only on accouut of the time talsw ^ p in their perusgJ ^ hut with yefer ^ iMH } ty the temptation which they l ^ JLd OiMit % o jaduce P ^ r ^ Qns to absent tbQmaeives from public worship * » a « d liso be ^ viuse th ^ y gave t ; urrancy to principles of a 49 # g ^ riDms nature .
H 3 m 0 fr SwiMlay p < ipar » w ^ r ^ QkwGmimited by the * p&fcUiojjisrs * without tlm possibility oiT their ^ x ^ rc isjng any dViscretion in ^ heir ^ ctectioii * Ikbey , therqfQm * , ww e& ? Honm t » adopt »\ mh nwmme $ r touphiwg the pve ^ feee , aft tothx ^ hoaour ^ bl Hous ^ wight smm proper * r to
Mr , i * AH » TON did wDitv ^ e oppose the petitioiu b&cwm gvqw dasis of hw M ^ ee ^» « i * bjec 5 t » had a tfight tq be heard by that Houae ^ } ^ tiU ? bfi fip « li 4 : » ot but fee thfi mtotom titegmt at the j hypwriwai the
cwt which it cont 0 iiwed . ( QHeww » *« wfO Fi » r the ^ tllion ^ ijs to declare that circulfrtiow ot SMftdav H « swsp ^ p ^ rs mrtevtw them ftow ^ a ^ tend ^ g | o ^ e s ^ r ^ il dut ies of religion ww the , p pjt ( « 9 : ( m ^ di ^ * ies « itlmih 0 bad ever ta ^ - j ifwH ^ v ^) . thu pQtitimtctf 61 m « e * »» . ^ hQ » w ^ " * ^
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higldyrrespectable bbdy . The Bight Reverend Prelate might ? * inadvertently or unwlttin ^ y conntei ^ sifen testiaafoijials ; buA if , befoise he had so done * aoy circumstances came ; to , lti » kuiawledge respecting the character' t ? r opi « ioji 3 ojg the ? indivir d « al , he was bomsd to acti i ^ on tih ^ Wf , ( The conclusion of the B % Ut . Reverend Prelate ' s speech was wholly inaudibjte below the bar . )
The Eaii € * f Carnarvon , in ex ^ ana-r tion stat <; di , that he had not charged the Right Reverend Prelate with a disbelief of the damnatory Articles of the A thana ^ sianCi-eed ; butifhe Ri ^ it Reverend P ^ elate had n ^ t hiniself expressed any •? pinion
om the subject . Another Right Reverend Prelate had , in his writings , thrown more than a doubt upon the necessity of their belief . Indeed he ( Lord Carnarvon ) had never heard any Prelate say that he believed them ; and all that he should add was , that they who did . believe them could not be Christians .
The Bishop of Exeter was proceeding , we suppose , to ^ comment upon what had tallen from the noble E-arl ,. when Lord Hoi . il a no Pose to order * Hts Loi ^ d ^ up observed , that according to the standing rules and caastant practice of their Lordships , if any noble Lord , in explanation , disavowed particular words , no noble . Lord had a right afterward * to impute those woards to hirn ^ r Fhe question was then put , and their Lordships divided , when there appeared ^—Contents , 1 » I MOii-coikte < its 35 , ! ;; i ! ' " ¦ - : Majorfe ft 17 ^ ¦ ' v i t ' ! i i , . ' ' . ' • . ¦ ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1820, page 442, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2490/page/62/
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