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UORWICH FREE LIBRAK.Y. The first stone o...
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The Mormons.—A Congregation Disturbed. A...
" Witness : ¥ es , sir , they-are . Mr . Parry : Js it pajct of your creed to interfere with the , rel ^ Qus professions of other , sects ? ; Witness : No , sir . Cross-examined by Mr . Paynes We helieye in . tk < e divinity of the Saviour , and also in the authenticity of tlie Scriftur . es . We believe equally m the inspiration and authenticity of the Bookof Mormon—that it was a Divine revelatjlop to Joseph Smith , and as eqoajjiy as inspire . d as the Bible , and as ajithe » ti . as ± he "Vypr . d , pf God . Mr . Eariy , interposing , said , this court was not the proper arena for discussion of questions of this' jkiajd ; they had nothing io , do with this charge . Mx . Payne thought Jfchey ha / 1 . The prosecutors had brought the case here , instead of quietly answering the question" as to -what the , text was which was being preached , from . They
had sooghtta public inquirj ' , aadthese things prnst be looked into . ( Tp witness ) . —Js not plurality of vnViesxecognised b y yo ? u-religion ? "Witness : N " Qt in England . Mr . Bodkin , thought , it wouW . he letter that this line of crossTexamination should not be gone on with . 3 ^ . JPayae would sho > T that it \ yas quite relevant to the case . ^ To the witnes s ) : Is it not s tated in you r book s that further information maybe had at all your religions roeetinssibroughpnt the world ? vVitnesa : Yes ; but such information is to be had ip preaching , nofc'in noisy discjjssipn . If there is np infoprjiar tioflkito be gathered frojn preaching , then where is the . useg $ peeapbujg ;? : Wv Parry z AvjBjyprojejf answers Thp : witness , in crossrexamination : We believe that the
Almjgbiyy thix > ngh the in . sjrgmenja ^ ty ; of ; the elders of our church , effects inu-acnhx ^ jpn ^ es . IJh ' ere was such a plaiif as : the . temple , of Nanyoe . The . head of the secj ; . does npt represent rthe A ^ migb ^ gg ibg , an . d g 9 . thVongh the pw »? awny ^ pf prefcending-to preafe a : wpjttan froia Jjbie' rib of a man . - Bright Young , does not do this . Such things hjtye been stated ; hut it W 73 S also stgted that Christ was a blasphemer , .:. ' ¦ ¦" ; : ' ' : ' . r / r . ''' : ' :: . ¦ ¦ ¦ . •• •¦ - . .. ¦ . MX , , P « y # fi : Do opt the Latter Day Saynig ^ ec ^ pe . as . part of their belief . that all pfcheir sects , aro cbrrapj , and , teach false doctrine , add thata nW rerelation was necessary , whipi reyelation was made tpOTfieSoiith ? Witness ; . jfaey . bdfe ^ a departure from traeappstolic doptruie a » d from ajostplic institutions , and therefore that a new : rejifflons . organisation was necessary
Tap new reyela . tion was giren ; to Joseph Sjnffch ,. who . was deliberatelymnrdered in America . MjvPayne ; Isit not part of your b » Kef thafc $ ie bishops of tte ;; English , or prptestapt church must cope , to Joseph Swth s , chnfch as the only true oi ^ e 3 in order tQ be saved ? Witfiejs ^ . It ; . is jusj ^^ lieye that Joseph gmitt ' s church must come over to the bishops in order that they may be sayed . Mpv Parry said there were a great many questions of faiilv ; in ; jus , church of England itself , and if Dr ; Pnsey liimselg v ? erq ju the witness-pox , no doubt a smile could lie elicited ! ftom ^ Jsoross-e ^ aniinat iott . A inanj as far as ie could see , might be just as able to preach religion even if lie had , not been , educated at Oxford or Cambridge as if lie had .
Witness an continuation : Tho defendant is a lecturer , and a Protestant clergyman has presided at his lecturesto mv great surprise , Tiowever . I have heard of a book called " An Exposure of the Proceedings and Improprieties of the Mormons . " Re-examined ; Those are the calumnies of those whp assail our religion . Joseph Smith was cruelly and barbarously murdered in America because of the religion he professed . By Mr . Bodkin : We consider ourselves Protestant Dissenters . Evidence of the defendant having disturbed tlie congregation , and of . the , place being duly licensed having been given ,
A disouaaion took place upon a clause in the act 52 nd Qeorge HJ ., cap . 165 , with reference to these HcenaoB for places of religious worship . The clause required a return ot a license being granted to be made to tho Quarter , Sessions from , tho Eishopfe Court , when tho parties w <; nfc there , and vice versd when tho proceeding originated at tho Quarter Sessions . In this c < is « no return had been miide from the registry of "the 'diocese , and Hit . Payne contended that such return-was n condition precedent , while Mr . Parry , on the other hand , argued that tho lepal rights of tho parties obtaining the certificate could not be nflucted by any negligence on the . pnrt of tho bishop or his deputies , they having ! taken alMhe . steps the law , required them to do ; and that it was sufficient for them if tfioy had tho certificate . This the latter gentleman observed , was a moat imjortant question , affeptmg « Hibpdies of Dissenters j and if tho bishop , or those under him , did hot perform tho duty required pf thon , it must bo looked too .
Mr . Bodkin suid lie folt tho force of Mr , Parry ' s remarks , and ho . should not stop the case upon thq paint raised . Mr . Payne , in addressing the jury , uuid ho wag one of those who greatly rejoiced at tho amount « f religious txee-« Iom and liberty of conscience enjoyed by tho people of this country , but still ho thought pernicious effecta would result frpm a matter-of-course sort of rogintration of these places of woreliip , without a preliminary inquiry into tho tenets and profoBaiojitt of thoso by whom such places were to bo Heed , Now , the placo in , qHoatlon- » -thi ( i 41 , Qlobc-. roAdTwas Jicpns
certain iofexenoes ; tb . ey adapted the Scripture as divine inspiration , but . differed not so much upon matters of doctrine as of discipline ; but this party ( the Mormons ) had a Bible of their own . They believed that a new revelation had been made to their prophet , Joe Smith , under circumstances of the most miraculous nature , and that their Bible was equal in divine inspiration and authenticity with our own . Were these persons , entertaining such doctrines , to be deemed Protestants , and could it be supposed that the Legislature ever contemplated such , a sect wJien they threw a protection over Protestant Dissenters , in the true sense of the term , in the exercise of their religious worship ? The doctrine of the Mprmons was essentially antichristian , and the idea of their Bible "being inspired reminded him of what the native Indian said of it . He said , God made one Bible ,
and the devil another , but the devil was so asbiimed of his Bible , that he went and buried it j and Joseph Smith afterwards found it . Plurality pf \ uve 3 was recognised by the Mormon religion , but not by the English law , and he argued that the law could never be construed to protect in worship those who entertained the abominable "Mormonist doctrines- They had procured the bishop ' s certificate by a false presence that they were Protestant Dissentersfalse preienge , he reiterated , for , though professing to be j ^ rptesiaiit Dissentersj tbey held the ;' belief that their e ] 4 ers , j > r the / jieajis of the church had jtlje . power , through 0 pd , of vyprjking njiracles , and that Protestant bisnops jnust jconfprm | o tjieu * jd |^ tr ? Hes ini order to be s ayedk Now , snpp , pse , pa the : . oipcasiQn in ques . tion the preacher was advoc ^ tjng tiiese ( ipctniies , and he Celoiiged to a sej ? t which p rofessed them , where was tlie crime in a man asking where he took tfe . te ?] i from ? Hfe would say let every TPrbfcestant of
Pissenter . iiaye / eyery Jvber ^ r conscience , every : freedpm of religious yrprshjpjbuj ; - let it not , fce tolerated that the prpfessors of these poisonous and banefal doctrines should take refuge in the ^ gijise , of iProtesfcanti ^ iiij a reli ^ on with y / hleh theirs cou . ld not be Tecpnpiled , and under that mask seek to avail thernseives . oir a pTojectipn the lav / could not have jnjended them to participate in . ^ They were dealers ia mora } poison , and now wisjfied to appear as good Protestants . JJe trusted the ju ^ y would not ineasure this rnatter-wijih golden scales , that they would put a liberal construction ppon the whole case , for such proceedings as tfiose of these Mprmpas were not . to be endured by honest Englishmen , and that , for the hpELpur of the country , of the true Protestant religion , for Jlpd's Word , and- as good men , they ! would not coiivict the ; defendant on this charge of disturbing 9 . " Pro ^ gstant ' congregation , and so subject lunq to a penalty of 40 / ., wfeicji- the , Goprt had no pp-wer to
mitigate-The prisoner was found guilty , bub . discharged on giving sureties not to offend in the same , way again .
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Uorwich Free Librak.Y. The First Stone O...
UORWICH FREE LIBRAK . Y . The first stone of a Free , IJihrary at Nppwich was laidj on * VVednesda ^ r , by the Mayor , Sir Samuel Big--nold , assisted by tne Duke of Wellington , the Earl of Oxford , Sir J . P ; Worlean , Sir F . Helly , Mr . Peto , M . P ; , & c . After the ceremony of fixing the stone , addresses were delivered by- the Mayojr , vvho stated its , object , and called on the Key . E . Sidney , Mr . P > to , SirF ; Kelly , and Sir J . iP . Boileau ,-who severally spoke to the occasion . Tile Mayor haying stated that Mr . J . H . Tillett had l ) een the " main-Bpf iog of the Institution , and that he had never lost sight of it since the Act of l ? arjiarnent placed , if in the hands of tho Corporation , requested that gentleman also to address the assembly ;—" Mr . J . H . Tiilet * rose and said , —My felloy-citiienj , I will promise you owe thing—that I will dotuin you but a very ievf roinuteB indeed . X have listened with tlie utmost pleasure and satisfaction to the admirable observations wbich have been made by the preceding speakers , and the only point to whioh I shall now urge your attention is this —that all we are noiv doing will be perfectly , vain and fruitless unless the j > Qop 1 tt will accept the advantages held out to them by this institution . The people mast come forward , and , feeling that they hftro a desire for information and useful knowledge , they must avail themselves of this institution for obtaining them , and they must-support with earnest , and zealous co-opqrntwn every effort made for their good . You have heard from our lion , member , Mr . Peto , tljiit many of tho nwn who havo been most distinguished in the most noble enterprises which constitute £ ! ie greatness of this country havo Bjprurig from' tho people . Tho Bov ; Mr . Sidnoy would alaoit « sU you that mnny ot tho brightest orna ^ ments of the church , and in every department of science and literature , have risen from among the poor . Whatever difforenco there may ho in extomnl circumstnnces , God is just . Ho has made man with a soul as well as a body : we aro not merely flosh and blood ; wo have a work to do , and every man who does not try to do his work boforo he dies will live in vnin . Opplnuso ) . Every mm should try to leave thp world bettor than ho found > t ; oyqry man should feel that he has a power to do fiood , and every mnn should try to do good . I say in tho language of the Apostle , "Qlory , honour , nad pence to every mnn tliat worb & th good . " ( Applauao .: ) Tho proceedings cloaod with a vote of thanka to tlio Mayor , proposed- by the . Duke of Wellington . T" ~ 'l " - r ¦ ¦ - ii i
Miscellaneous. Soorrinu Civkjubation.'-T...
MISCELLANEOUS . Soorrinu CivKjUBATioN . ' -Tlie hcrrinir llahory beinff very backward , ooino of tljo uhIioitooji of Buokio rcocntly AnmA a copper iu a flaniwl ohirt , with bura atuok nil over it ; unit Jn thw condition he who curried an pr <« ioa « ion Ihrouiih the town on i \ h « nd-b « rrow . Thia won dono to " brine bettor luck" to tho Hflhinpf . It liappened in a vlllnfw , whero thoro « ro no fewer than nine elumiUoo atid ohapolu of v « iiou « kindo , nnd thirteen ttdhoola .
WAnteo an Owner for 20 , 000 / . —It appears by a letter which we have seen addressed to Mr . waves , Sub-Inspejator of ; Police , that several pacties , i ^> ^ h . e nejghbpurhood of Forkhijl ar , e in a state of considerable agitation as to the whereabouts" of a female , named Oatheiine Byrne , alias M'Guinness , to whom has been left the princely sum of 20 , 006 ? ., besides valuable annuities . Patrick Byrne , the husband of Catherine M * Guinness , was , it appears , sentenced to transportation some years agp & % ¦ thg county Antrim , assizes . Soon after the execution of , 4 hs sentence he was left the property nventioned by a distant relative ; this property was transferred to his son Tborpas Byrne , who was then in America , and who has since died , leaving it with other sums , to his mother , and now the relatives are in a state of great anxiety as to the existence or fate pf the interested » arty . Tb « y seem to be ignorant of the value of newspaper
advertisements , and as a matter of charity we mention theabove circomstances in the hope that Mrs . Byrne , who is supposed to be in Belfast , and who had two of her sons employed as tanners here some tune ago , maybe discovered-Information on the subject will be Jtpankfully received , by SubrJns . P ? ctor GrfLyes , —Belfast Papttr . MEKCAnriLB Morality . —In . Cltambers Journal , thefollowing statement is given witlt an air of authority : — " Who would suppose that London firms of character and jerainence deal , knowiqgly and 6 ystemn . tlcal . ly , ia forged bills ? Yet . such isyactaally the case . Great mpney dealers , wliose names . aiQn ^ an spmelunes tu ^ n th « character of the market , have a ijuiet ^ r ^ wer in . which tbley ^ tow away these bills , just as they would any . other . Tie- principle upon which they proceed is a very simple one . They know their , custonMr : lie is a man ift buaness , with a stock infcrafea ji pf
charaster . tp . lose , andgj ^ eatjy n ^ a & t ready inoney . The ? customer forges to . hi § T > iUs the nanie , usually , of a near relation , or spme one of tnpneyed faine with whom he is connected . The dealers , fully aware « f the circumstance , take thebills . ^ They knowyreU-thattheireastojners will pay tbis bp before : any oihers ' -Vjtbat he avijlrijn aUrisk , refuseall payments , make aft , sacriiicg ? ,, r ^ jtljejjr than leave these bifls iunpaid , with tlie terrible consequ . ejices of their examination . The custonter , in ^^ fact , ^^ says to the dqaSer-r- » I p ; nt my liberty ^ my character , and prospects . lnypuphand ; if I fail uumy engagenieBtS t you wiU . have tttepow « r ;* o transport jne as a felpn , I ^ iattrpot rim that rjsk ; Xli ^ v ^ suich and . such property—s ^ b and sufih eonnexipnsr-le ^ d nae so much money . * The dealers do not ftesitatje to . c & ihply . " ' Marriage oe" Mr . URQUHAicT .-TTBere ia a probability Uiai . •'¦ Mi » .- Titvinljnjrf .. nrilV . not-. brni ' Mit himsftlf-fthnut the Kasteril
Question ,, atJeast for ^ . month ,. fpr , he > J ! ias just married Miss Harriet Fortescue , daughter pf the Jats jAeatfinant-rCoIonel Fortesci ^ p , of QlydeFarm , county I ^ puth , and sister to £ > ord Clarempuiit , Th ' e marriage tooii place , on the 5 th inst ., at the parish church of Ar 4 ee where the ceremony was performed by the Jlev . E- Hamiltonj ferother ^ . in-lasv to the bride , who was giy /? n . away by her brother , Lord , Glarfiinouut . Mr-Urqtihavt is the son of David Prqahart , of , Braclongwell , county o £ Cromarty , Esq . ; and'the bride is Ulster to Lord . Claremount , and to the Hon . Chicliester Fortescue , M . P . Ma . Cardkn . — . Ireland is doing asrhatihe one young Irisb lady did—rejecting Mr . Garden . The Ditblih Evening MaiS says ^ -r ? (> iVe 4 idTnot think wejhojildagain haTe ^ o noentipa Mr . Cmdcn ) s namie . ^ ut sin (; e it lias naturally and almost unavoidably presented itself in reference-to this-case , we not
unwillingly- accept the occasion to- state a mot which lias lately come to our knowledge . That' Irish Gentleman' is not an . Irishman at all . Neither by birth , parentage , nor education can Jroland prefer , the sli . ghtes . t ' . cjajro to liim . He was . born ip Enghind , and so was his father before . him ., Tov hjg breeding—such as . itisr ^ hij \ a indebted to 15 » gJand ; ho is the graduate of an English university , where lie guiced some distinction .. Thore is nothing Iri ^ h belonging to hini , except a certain quantity of green acres . JSajmv-a . v PAsaftNOEBS AsauitAjiiPa Company . —At the meeting , this week , pf this Company , some interesting statistics were given : t ~ " The . jncowe * br the paat half-y « ar amounted to 5 , 0 P 4 ? . J 3 s . ! 9 d ., beiAg . an increase of 2 ( i per cent , as compared with the year 18-52 , That w « s a proof that the eyfltcm was besoming , well , establ ' ^ hod in the estimation of the public . Tho business of tho
Companywould , ho ( tho Chairman ) behoved , increase as the system was better known and more widely appreciated . It might , perhaps , ^ pppar that the amount disbursed us compensation , 1802 ? ,, was comparatively largo . It was so as compared with tho number of accidents * There were two cases in which sums of 870 ^ . and 550 ; . were paid to persona who had repeived injuries previous t » this halfryear , one of them being that of a gentleman whoso leg was frsjetured in the accident at fiornsoy in tho Aufrusf of lost year . Ho did not know why , but Uw month of August appeared to bo fatal as regarded accidents ., By a pingnlar repuiTcnco of events , the nuinler of accidents was again great in tho August of this your . Thq company was happily not involved in any of those , except in that ait tho jOroytloa Station , Tho company had issued 70 insurance tickets to persons in the excursion from Dover ; b ^ t at Aahford tho train was found bo Inrgo that it w « . s iliyidcd , and the Hirst portion , in which the majority of tho ticket lioldcrs of tUo company wore , renchod
tho Crystal Palace in safety . TJher / o hail been tlioreforo only seven oloima on tho company , all of which had been settled , except tvfn cases , which were in progress of settlement . Tim Ejvn * KH 9 s , ow thk Fvunoh a $ * d tou Nvn . — That the Empress of tho French i » jmUoiouuly watchful of her Imperlnl husbnnd njpeiu-a fron > tl » o following ^ necdoto : — " 'lboirMnjcstk ' s Intefy viaitctUJie nuns atStJlornanl , near Anglct iii the aoutl ^ -wcat of Frmico . All tho nuns , to rcccivo lhe » r Imperial viwltors , uloood in two rnnlts , in their uauiil attire , which covers tliein ao ontiiely ns not to nllow tifiuturo of tho Ihcu to bo seuu , a l « rg « Jiood luing drawn far over tho f « co . Tlie Kmporor amd ISihpress nnsucu between tho ni « l < sf ami v / Utin tlmy had «» rivcd « t tiio on <] , Lonfo Napulcon inquired if tho rules of tho ordur would not allow the 1 »' ' \ ° bo iluuwn baok . Tlie Abh < S Oestiio , who flccomp » ni «( l » l » tlir MnjceticyH , replied tUnt there wna nothing to nbttoluK'ly l " v « nt tJjaifc It-ing < lono . « n < l ordoraU tho uenrvnt . ^ i » U •^• to uncover lior head . TIiIh sho did , nnd pr « Hontc < l to view tho ftico of a young girl of sixteen , ' of great beauty . " no fi ' viprcae took thia nvn with lior in her visit round tho eatn-Mis / tment , "
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 16, 1854, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_16091854/page/10/
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