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Mr . Wxlks ' s , Society has published Resolutions relating to it , ( see the Wrapper >} which do not stand for much , as they bear two senses , 'the L&y Deputies are about to meet to pass some resolution to clear their character ; and the ministers of the Three Denominations , at their annual meeting on the 26 th inst ., adjourned to
the 3 rd of May , to take into consideration the propriety of publishing a Declaration of their freedom from intolerant sentiments with regard to their Roman Catholic fellow-subjects , and of their desire and prayer for the removal of all penalties and disabilities for conscience' sake
which lie upou any class of their countrymen . Mr . Secretary Peel ' s Bill for consolidating and amending the AcU relating to Juries ( moved for in the House of Commons , March 9 ) , is a most important and
beneficial measure . It appears that there are no less than 85 statutes upon the impanelling of Juries , all which he proposes to unite in one clear and inteltfgtyle Act . Some of these are mixed up with other matters having no relation to Juries . Other statutes are obsolete and are to be
abolished . The summoning of common Juries is proposed to be transferred from the petty constable to the churchwardens and overseera . The lists of persons liable to serve <; o be more distinct and explicit .
Appeals on returns or omissions to be made to a Petty Sessions of Magistrates . The number of persons qualified to serve on Special Juries to be extended in Counties where , as in London , all persons returned as merchants and bankers
are to be included . A new arrangement to be made by adopting figures instead of names , by which the Packing of Juries will be effectually prevented . In civil causes the old mode may be continued , on both plaintiff anuj defendant signifying in writing their wish to that effect . The same Jury to try ipore than one
commercial cause at the desire of both parties interested . In political causes the ballot to be always used . —In his speech introducing the BUI , Mr . Peel expressed his hope that the same principle of consolidation would be extended to the whole body of laws , and first and especially to the Criminal Code . He stated in
answer to a question from Dr . Lushington , that the legulation as to the selection of Juries was to extend to Exchequer Prosecutions . Dr . Lusuington and Messrs . Hume , Hobhouse , and Bright , expressed their cordial approbation of the measure * and joined in praise of the ability and liberality of the proposer .
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We have great pleasure in recording the Election oi Mr . John Quincy Adams to be President of the United States of Ajnerica . This choice will be joyfully welcomed by the friends of freedom and humanity throughout the world ; both on account of the excellent
character and proved talents of the new President , and of his being preferred to a military candidate , General Jackson ? not that evil principles or designs are attributed to the General , but tha , t it woul 4 be a fearful thing to see a military man , not a Washington , in the Presidency ^
America , in her history and con-duct , puts the intolerance of the old world t <> shame . A corespondent reminds us of the noble conduct of Lord Baltimore , a Roman Catholic , who in legislating for tie State of Maryland set an example of religious liberty ]! by providing for the admission of all sects to equal privileges .
And we now see a gentleman chosen to the Presidency who is of a Presbyterian family , and whose father , the venerable Ex-President , John . Adams , is reckoned amongst the Unitarians of Mussachusetts . Yet in the mother country , we are debating whether Roman Catholics and Unitarians shall enjoy the natural rights of man !
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InteUlgencje . —Literary . —Foreign : America . 255
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\ ' 7 > The widow of the late excellent and Rev . Edmtjnd Butcher is printing a small volume of Ike Sermons of this interesting preacher , Dirhich ( judging from the volumes , of his which have already
appeared ) will be acceptable to his friends , and to that portion of the religious public who approve a system of theology that is at once rational and fervent .
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JVorship of ifte new President at the Unitarian Chapel \ Washington * [ We copy the following from a number of the Liverpool Mercury just published ,
in which the paragraphs are headed " Religioits Liberty in America . " ] We have long regarded the perfect equality of all religious churches and sects ,
in the United States , aa one great cause of her national prosperity , and a triumphant answer to those persons in our own country who faucy that Government cannot exist where it ceases to prescribe to
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1825, page 255, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2535/page/63/
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