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Pereira , member , like the former , of the Congregation of the Oratory , and pro ^ fessor of philosophy . A singular identity of name and profession ! Heaven grant that the Deputy may have the courage and the talents of Pereira who died twenty-four years ago . —Chronique JRelk , '
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192 Intelligence . —Foreign . France . Portugal . America . India .
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AMERICA . Our readers may recollect that the people of the Missouri territory lately applied to Congress to he admitted as a new state into the Union . This was resisted by a great number of the best friends of American freedom , on the
ground of their constitution recognizing the right of holding slaves , but the bill for this purpose passed the Senate . The country seemed thus on the point of contracting an indelible stain : the fears of the patriots have however been relieved by the decision of the House of
Representatives , who decided on the 13 th ult ., by a majority of 93 to 79 , against the admission of any new slave state . Whether the Missourians will expunge the obnoxious clause , or erect themselves into an independent government , having slavery , not liberty , for its basis , is a speculation which already interests
politicians . Surely thes © republicans will not begin their national existence under the curse of both God and man , which they certainly lie under who coolly calculate and deliberately resolve upon the degradation and oppression of a large portion of their fellow-creatures as the means of wealth and prosperity !
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We are informed that several persons possessing considerable zeal and influence , as well Catholics as Protestants , have formed themselves into a Provisional Committee , to consider the most expedient means of establishing a Society in France ,
for the promotion of Peace on Christian principles . Among the former , we see the names of the Baron de Gerando , the Baron de Stael , the Compte de la Borde ; and among the latter , Marron , President of the French Protestant Church ; Wurtz , an eminent bookseller and a man of
talent ; Stapfer , Ancient Professor of Philosophy ; Willm , &c . &c . From the present state of affairs in France , a Society so directly opposed to the warlike spirit of the country , cannot perhaps immediately be established ; but it is proposed to institute a Society , which shall embrace other objects
connected with this , under the title of " La Socie ' te' des Amis de la morale Chretienne et de la Paix ; " and to publish a monthly journal , embracing the various objects of the Bible and Mission Societies , the Prison Improvement Societies , &c , &c . avoiding all political discussions and dogmas which divide the professors of Christianity . —Herald of Peace .
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FOREIGN . FRANCE . The opponents of certain late proceedings in our House of Lords always urged the disgrace which they would cast upon the nation in the eyes of foreigners . Their apprehensions have been realized .
England has become a by-word on the continent : the better sort of our neighbours who do not mock us , sigh over us . Thus writes one of the purest men in France in the Chronique Religieuse , for January 1821 : " Beyond the Straits of Calais , a celebrated suit has for a long
time afflicted men of virtuous minds by obscene details , which have jnjiicted a wound , a very deep wound , on public morals . A dispute concerning the political liturgy has followed . What a combination of ideas , or rather what a contrast ! How many reflections does it suggest 1 "
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PORTUGAL . The list of 100 Deputies , constituting the Portuguese Cortes , contains tweuty ecclesiastics , of whom eight are bishops . In 1797 died the celebrated Portuguese member of the Oratory , Anton y
Pereira , author of learned works , which maintained with great e * clat the rights of ^ episcopacy and those of the civil power against Ultramontane pretensions . In the number of ecclesiastics deputed to the Cortes , we perceive another Antony
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INDIA , Burning of Widows . — 'Th is atrocious superstition begins at length to arouse the attention of the British in India , and to excite the interference of tjie public authorities . Three instances are related
of British officers having interposed with courageous humanity to prevent these religious murders . A pamphlet has appeared , entitled , ' Remarks on the Immolations in India ; and particularly on the Destruction of 1528 Females , Burnt
or Buried Alive in Bengal , in the years 1815 , 1816 and 1817 ; as authenticated by a Copy of the Official Returns now in England ; with various Arguments to prove that these Immolations may be safely and easily suppressed . "
We leani with pleasure that Ram Momun Roy , the celebrated Hindoo Reformer , has exerted himself zealously in this cause , and published more than one Tract , in behalf of the female ch aracter . It is still said that this p hilanthropic theist purposes to fulfil his resolution ot visiting England .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1821, page 192, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2498/page/64/
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