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Literary and Misccllaneom InielligePCe. 



their speedy abrogation; anti tliat whilst 

 this meeting approve the conduct of their 

 committee, iu declining to concur in any 

 application to Paihanient during the re- 

 mainder of the session, they would invite 

 liberal Episcopalians and Dissenters of all 

 denominations, and the Wesleyan Me- 

 thodists, to prepare, by temperate, but 

 tirm and simultaneous, efforts, (as soon as 

 a new Parliament sliall be elected,) to 

 obtain their total and long-needed repeal. 

 That this meeting lament the rejection 

 of the Unitarian Marriage Bill, not only 

 as a refusal of just relief, hut as an indica- 

 tion of the existence, amongst high autho- 

 rities, of a potent spirit, hostile to liberal 

 principles, — a spirit liopeless to propitiate, 

 and ditiiciilt to overcome. But that their 

 regret is mitigated by their perception, 

 that tiiis spirit does not influence persons 

 in such elevated situations as the Right 

 Rev. the Archbishops of Canterbury and 

 York, and the Bishop of London, and the 

 Right Hon. the Eail of Liverpool; and 

 that to those distinguished personages, as 

 well as to the noble Whig supporters of dilion, will appear in a few days. There 

 the Bill, this meeting offer, for their more is reason also to hope, that Mr. C. who 

 enlightened and more liberal conduct, l,as flourished throufjli two or three ge- 



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ministers, which we gave at length in a 

 former Magazine. "We can add nothinjj 

 to the arguments therein contained, and 

 have only to express our profound 

 regret, tliat tiicy have iiitiieito proved 

 so unavailing. Wiicn it can be proved 

 tiiat legal proscculion has made one 

 sincere Cliristian, the arguments con- 

 tained in that document will lose part of 

 tiieir force. 



Speedily will lie published, an Ac- 

 count of the Royal Flospilal and Colle- 

 giate Church of St. Katharine, near the 

 Tower of London, by J. J3. Nichols, 



F.S.A. F.L.S. 



The Second Part of the Modern 

 History of Wiltshire, containing the 

 Hinidrcd of Heyfesbury, by Sir R. C. 

 HoARE, barf, is printing. 



The Czar, an iiistorical tragedy, by 

 J. Crahock, esq. m.a. f.s.a. formerly 

 of Gumley, in Leicestershire, and a 

 veteran of distinguished tasle and eru- 



tbeir public and most cordial thanks. 



That, althou<;li this Society have not 

 liilherto opposed giants of public money 

 for the erection of new churches connected 

 with the Established Church ; yet, as they 

 are convinced that the vast wealth of that 

 Church supplies resources sufficient for all 

 such purposes, as such buildings are fre- 

 quently erected without necessity, and 

 converted into means of individual gain ; 

 as themselves, at their own charges, erect 



nerations of men of genius, will be 

 induced to favour the world with some 

 otiier works. His friends have Ion* 

 regretted his indifference to that public 

 applause whicii would follow any pro- 

 duction of his pen. 



A Selccfinn of the most remarkable 

 Trials and Criminal Causes is printing, 

 iu five volumes. It will include all 

 famous cases, from that of Lord Cobham, 



and uphold all their thousands of religions iu the reign of Henry the Fifth, to that 



edifices, and support tdeir ministers, and 

 yet contribute equally with their country- 

 men to tithes, church-rates, and all the 

 charges of the Established Church ; and, 

 as Episcopalians, would freely erect such 

 edifices, if the privilege of presenting their 

 own ministers was not withheld ;— this So- 

 ciety now specially instruct their Commit- 

 tee to oppose any further grams for tliose 

 purposes, and pledge liiemselves stienii- 

 onsly to co-operate for the prevention of 

 the increase of burdens which ought not 

 to be imposed. 



of John Tliurtell ; and those connected 

 with foreign as well as English juris- 

 prudence. Mr. RoRRow, the editor, 

 has availed himself of all the resources 

 of the English, German, French, and 

 Italian, languages; and his work, in- 

 cluding from 150 to 200 of the most in- 

 teresting cases on record, will appear 

 in October next. 



The editor of flie preceding has ready 

 for the press, a Life of Faustus, his 

 Death, and Descent into Hell, which 



— While on (iiis subject, we cannot will also appear early in the next 

 dissemble our feelings of regret that the winter 



administration of Ihe day have judged 

 it worth their while to enter the lists in 

 the polemical controversy between the 

 Christian church and the writings jjub- 

 lished at the shop of Mr. Carlile. To 

 defend Christianity by legal prosecution, 

 and by heavy and vindictive punish- 

 ments, is a poor compliment to its divine 



Shortly will be published, a Grammar 

 of the Coptic or Ancient Egyptiau 

 Language, by the Rev. H. Tattam, 

 A.M. F.R.s.L. chaplain to the English 

 Church at Amsterdam. 



A Lexicon of the Syriac Language', 

 in Syriac and English, is preparing for 

 publication, by the same distinguiaiicd 



origin, and to its past establishment by scholar. 

 appeals to the reason and undcrslanding The Exhibition of Ancient Mex'ican 

 of men. On this subject, we again refer Anticpjities in I'iccadilly, is intended to 

 to the noble petition of the Dissenting illustrate the history and sfatn of tho 



Mexican 



