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length , to quote ; the opinions of ; other Christian writers against thj prosecution pf unbeliever ? , and to expatiate upon a variety of other jnatters : in the midst of wbjjph She 4 * requested permission /' according to # ie printed Report , ' " .. to retire and suckle her it ) fant child that Was crying . This was granted , and she was absent from Court twenty minutes ,
in passing to * nd from which , t& the Castle Cofiee House , she was applauded aud loudly cheered , by assembled thousands , all encouraging her to be of good cheer and to persevere / ' She concluded with telling the Jury that she scorned
mercy and demanded justice .- —The Lord Chibf Justice , whose temper and conduct throughout the trial cannot be too much applauded , " after stating the . sub * stance of the Indictment , observed that the Defendant was not called on to
answer any reasonable or fair discussion on the truth of Christianity in general , or any of its particular tenets * The law permitted that every subject * , however sacred , should be freely , yet moderately and temperately discussed ; but it would Rot yield its protection to gross and scandalous calumnies on the established faith .
It would be a most extraordinary state of society in which the privilege of defaming that religion on which all its institutions were built , should be conceded . The publication had been clearly proved ; indeed , it had been avowed an 4 glojied in by the Defendant ; and , therefore , the only question would be , whether the
passages bore the character imputed to them by the record . The learned Judge thea read the paragraphs set out in the indictment , and left the Jury to say if : they could doubt of their meaning . Much had been urged , to which , if applied to a different case , he should readily accede ; he meant those arguments which had
been largely quoted to shew the impolicy of attempting to support religion by the secular power ; and tljese certainly would have great weight if a grave and serious disquisition were indicted : but it would be hard to shew that every society had not a right to support itself against calumny and slauder , and to protect the young aud uninformed from the influence of
mere contumelious abuse . If the Jury thought these passages were only parts of a fair and temperate discussion of the sacred topics to which they had reference , they might acquit the Defendant ; but if they considered them as gross and
indecent attacks ou religion , they niust find her guilty . " " The Jury turned round in their box for about two minutes , and then returned a verdict of Guji . ty . "Mrs . Wright has not yet be $ n called up for l > er sentence , and happy would it be
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for the Credit <) fCbriSltafiitJta 4 i 4 tMtJntet » f $ g of society If ^ e w ^^ pur ^ oiseiy forgotten , and the fopaticism of an ; unin formed and mwg * iiied female were , niit to be sanctified in 4 $ » e < $ pejDf , tjkm- vulgar by severity of punishment , whjch they will not fail to regard as cruel oppression *
MISCELLANEOUSGreat disasters have this mouth befallen the . shipping on the coast- The storm on the nigta of Sunday the 13 th instant , waspeculiarly fatal , , , The Eastern coast was ravaged as by a hurricane . Amongst other melancholy accidents , which havje been reported to us by private letters , we have been deeply concerned at the following account from Wisbeach .
Mr . Robert Garland , youngest sort of Mr , W . Garland , of Gedney , being i » a delicate state of health , was advised to try the effect of a sea voyage , lie accordingly entered a sloop in Wisheach river , on Saturday the 12 th inst ., which sailed the same day down to the -Wash , and the next day put out to sea , but was wrecked in the storm at night on the
Lincolnshire coast , when every soul on board perished . The wreck was ascertained by fragments of the vessel and her freight being afterwards washed on shores On board this vessel , we are sorry ta add , were the whole furniture , books and other goods of the Rev . Lukb Kirbt , who is about removing from the neighbourhood of Wisbeach to undertake the
pastoral charge of the Unitarian congregation at Thorne . This worthy many who is highly esteemed by all that know him , is by this casualty stripped of all his property , and reduced to the deepest distress . Our correspondent informs us that it is proposed to enter into a subscription for his relief , and to this measure we shall cordially give our assistance .
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—^ W ^^ BMMLITERARY .
Mr . Bowring intends shortly to publish a second volume of Specimens of the Russian Poets .
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Proposals are issued for publishing , by Subscription , in one volume , 4 to ., The History and Antiquities of Lewes and its Vicinity * by the Rev . T . W . Horsfield , aided by J . Wooixjar , Esq ., M . AS ., and
tfie Natural History of the District by Gidkon Mantell , Esq ., F . L . and G . S ., Author of " The Geology of Sussex . " The Work will l > e embellished with upwards of Thirty Lithographic Drawings . Price , to Subscribers , £ \ . \ ls- 6 d . ; to Non-subscribers , ^ 2- 2 * . > , . .... m
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1822, page 647, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2517/page/63/
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