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bare turned upon the prevalent cotiraier cial distress * its causes and its alleviations , for instant -cure is allowed on all sides to be out of the question . Ministers set out with a vigorous resolution to put down the small paper currency , in order to bring the precious metals into circulation ; but they have since relented , and
exposed themselves to the charge of vacation and inconsistency , a charge the more galling , because it cannot be rebutted . They still profess to adhere to the principle of free-trade ; but it is uncertain whether the growing weight of public distress will not compel them to give way on this point also . Most of the
staple manufactures of the country are at a stand ; commerce is without confidence ; and in trade , through all its gradations , every man ' s object is to do as little , instead of as much , as possible . Nothing Is clear in the political horizon , but the melancholy truth that the country is iu . deep trouble . Out of the evil would arisfe
some certain good , if Ministers were disposed to reduce taxation neafrer to a level with the capacities of the people ; but of this they do not appear to think for a moment . To-day less , to-morrow more , of Bank paper , is the only expedient for meeting the exigencies of what they themselves call " an awful crisis . "
There ba # been little in the parliamentary proceedings ( we use the reports in the Times Newspaper ) that properly falls under the object of this work . A circumstance or two may be worth notice . Half-pay officers in holy orders—rchampions of the Church-militant—have been
again talked of in the House of Commons . Mr . Hume , the faithfel watchman X ) f the public purse , who first started this subject , has put it up again ; and it appears that Government at first ( in consequence prohably of this gentleman ' s questions ) required all these double-character persons to dispose of their military
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m j * aval commissions $ but that after , wards ( In consequence , it is to be presumed , of some interference—could it be episcopal ?)—they revoked their own order , with the exception of all but officers in the marines . These are not thought fit to appear at the altar in a warlike character . Why are any permitted
to exhibit this shameful inconsistency > Is the Church so poor that she cannot feed her ministers , but nrast quarter them upon the public ? Let these active spirits content themselves with fighting one sort of battle , whether ghostly or bodily : at ^ tiy rate , let them not , iu the name of decency , expect to receive pay with both hands , with one for wearing the sword r and with the other for thumbing the Book
of Common Prayer . On the 2 nd reading of the South American Treaties' Bill , Sir Robert Inglis complained that there was no reciprocity in the treaty with Colombia , with regard to religious toleration . It was provided that Colombian citizens should exercise
their religion as they pleaded in England , whereas Englishmen in Colombia were allowed only to perform their worship in private . As there were four other South American States to be treated with , he hoped more care would be taken of establishing a perfect equality in this respect . Mr . Robinson , the Chancellor of
the Exchequery answered , that these were commercial treaties , and that it might not be possible to do away at once with the religious prejudices of the mass of the South Americans , but that he should be happy if the spirit of toleration alluded to by Sir R . Inghs , should procure greater religious
privileges than were provided by the treaties * He hoped , however , ( referring , we suppose , to the Catholic Question ) that the honourable gentleman would extend his views with regard to toleration , to Protestant as well as Catholic countries .
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HIS Gorrespoftience .
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Communications have been received from W . Parkinson ; S . H- ; R . B . A . ; & . P . ; A Nonconformist ; A Layman ; and A Protestant Dissenter . A Well-wisher , &c , must be aware that unless he give his real name , his opinion can have little weight . We suspect that we have investigated the matter in question more closely than himself , and that we have had much better means of forming a true judgment .
H . R . ' s contribution of 1 / . to the Chapel at Battle was duly received . On looking over the newspaper with which our correspondent R . B . has kindly favoured us , containing the proceedings at the ^ Low bailiff ' s Dinner , at Birmingham , in October last , we perceive that we have already extracted all that is essential , in respect of the memory of Dr- Priestley . ( See our Number for December last , XX .
7 o 4 . ) But to diffuse the knowledge of this pleasing instance of liberality , the speeches will be given at length in the next Number of the Christian Reformer . We are requested to acknowledge , in compliance with the wish of the Contributor , tbe receipt of the MS . entitled Visits to Ruth ' s Cottage ^ and to state that it has been referred , for consideration , to the Sub-committee of tbo Christian Tract Society ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1826, page 128, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2545/page/64/
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