Character 
il 
the Englisk 
laws. 
ENGLAND. 3 
the provoking of another to break the peace; and this Statistics. 
It is beyond our and limits to enumerate the 
ere er penn 0) Sts Seema 
i however, be briefly to men- 
is affixed in the sta- 
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a 
spay ho wv easily Seeepiey-gab behing a truth as a false- 
_ By the constitution, the king is considered as the su- Church of 
__preme head, on earth, of the church of England. By this England, 
aul 
thority he convenes, rorogues, restrains, regulates, 
and dissolves all pein he ecclesiastical conyocations. 
The conyocation of the clergy in land, however, 
have never been allowed to transact any business since 
ign of Queen Anne. The ministers of the esta~ 
which me Bee al ae seen hein teen 
which com) ms either in orders, 
or in ecclesiastical offices. The different anes of the 
clergy of the church of England, essential to the consti- 
tution of episcopal government, are those of bishops, 
priests, ko sheep but there are other officers, which, 
though not essentially necessary, have been gradually 
i juced, as cag deans, daries, minor 
deemed to be sanguinary. in Saga Siasatate bak pi ph pc et 
aoe ge ea hd crimes, e. ‘The episcopacy nd consists ° 
many of which are by no means deserving of it, yet archbishops of Canterbury and York, and 24 bishops, 
there are. as few crimes i with who, spon confirmation, may sit in Parliament ; there | 
death in this as in any other country. High treason, is also the Bishop of Soder and Man, who has no seat 
murder, and forgery, are generally thus punished, in the House af Lorde. The archbis is the chief of 
Transportation for life, or for a period of years, isthe the rest of the bishops, and all the inferior clergy in 
livines in the digpocal of his bishops, 
in 
filled six months, The Archbishop of Canterbury 
enjoys some privileges above the Archbishop of York; 
to him belongs the privilege of crowning the kings and 
queens of England ; and of granting special licences to 
marry at any time or place, to hold two livings, &c. 
He is styled the primate of all England, and precedes 
all penna.en the royal family. 
he rn te Contarbuey piace ome Ist, The Ecclesiastis 
bishopric of London, containing Essex, Middlesex, and “! geo 
part of Hertfordshire : ad, The bishopric of Winches. &™P*Y- 
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aon, within six to , 
commitment, to prevent a recommitment for 
the same offence. Circumstances, however, sometimes 
without his consent, expremed by his 
ight of petitioni the kin 
righ Pontoning ie Kips 
ter, containing Surry, Hampshire, Jersey, Guernsey, 
and Alderney: ad The Bebopsic of Litebfield and 
Coventry, containing Stafford, Derby, and part of War- 
wick and Shropshire: 4th, The bishopric of Lincoln, 
containing Lincoln, Leicester, Hunti , Bedford, 
Buckingham, and part of Hertford: 5th, Ely, contain- 
ing Cambridgeshire: 6th, Salisbury, containing Wilts 
and Berkshire: 7th, Exeter, containing Cornwall and 
Devon: 8th, Bath and Wells, containing Somersetshire: 
9th, Chichester, containing Sussex: 10th, Norwich, | 
containing Norfolk, Suffolk, and a small part of Cam- | 
bridgeshire: 11th, Worcester, containing Worcester 
and a part of Warwick: 12th, Hereford, containing 
Hereford and a part of Shropshire: 13th, Rochester, 
containing Kent: 14th, Oxford, containing Oxfordshire: 
points, Pf, whieh the English constitution is distin- 15th, Peterborough, containing Northampton and Rut- 
i it would be unpardonable to pass over the li- land: 16th, Gloucester, containing Gloucestershire : 
y of the : itmay be idered as consisting 17th, Bristol, containing the city of Bristol, oh of 
ly in this, neither the courts of justice, nor Gloucestershire, and Dorsetshire: 18th, Landaff, con- 
er j taining Glamorgan, Monmouth, Brecon, and Radnor : 
or not. Itis, 
subject, that 
whether the matter of the libels 
be true or as the guilt of the persons consists in 
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part of Cumberland 
19th, St David's, containing Pembroke, Cardigan, and 
Caermarthen; 20th, St Asaph, containing the pcre 
part af Flint, Denbigh, Montgomery, and part of Shrop- 
shire: and, 21st, Bangor, containing Anglesey, Caer- 
narvon, Merioneth, and part of Denbigh End Wasntgo- 
mery. 
In the province of the se eyree A of York, (who 
is termed the Primate of England), there is, 1st, The 
bishopric of Durham, whi — Durham and 
Northumberland : 2d, isle, which contains at 
ae : 8d, Chaster, 
