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GENERAL UNION.-A society, which has attracted much attention, has just been formed, under the title of A General Union for the promotion of religious equality." We subjoin its own account of itself :

"Fundamental Resolutions.

I. That it is the paramount duty, and therefore the inalienable right, of every man, to worship hisCreator and Redeemer according to his religious convictions of the Divine Will as expressed in the Holy Scriptures, the only authoritative rule of faith.

II. That to compel any one to contribute to the support of religious rites of which he disapproves, or of the ministers of a church from which he conscientiously dissents, is manifestly unjust, and at variance with the spirit and principles of Christianity.

III. That State establishments, by which any particular church or sect is selected as an object of political favour and patronage, and its clergy are invested with exclusive rights and secular pre-eminence, involve a violation of equity towards other denominations, create serious impediments to the propagation of the Gospel, render the religious union of Protestants impracticable, and are the occasion of inevitable social discord.

General Objects.

1st, To secure an efficient co-operation between the friends of Religious liberty in the British Empire, in defence of their common rights and privileges.

2nd, To provide and inaintain an effective agency for watching the progress of legislation in its bearings upon the interests of religious liberty; and for opposing, by all legitimate means, the passing of bills, or clauses of bills, infringing upon the rights of conscience; as well as for procuring the introduction and support of such bills as may be necessary to remedy existing grievances.

3rd, To obtain and diffuse in'ormation, especially among Members of Parliament, relating to any pending question involving religious considerations; to undertake the publication, when necessary, of papers or tracts explaining or vindicating the funda-, mental principles of this union; to promote, in case of any urgent occasion, petitioning

to Parliament; and to facilitate any general demonstration of public opinion in favour of such principles.

4th, To collect, arrange and preserve Statistical returns, Parliamentary papers, and other documents bearing upon religious liberties of the community; and to provide a Depository for records of the same description, as well as a Registry of legal cases and decisions affecting such interests.

5th, To afford legal advice and aid to any parties exposed to injustice and persecution on account of their asserting the rights of conscience.

6th, To correspond with Missionaries and others in the British Colonies, whose circumstances may require the interposition at Home, or of the Imperial Parliament.

7, To co-operate, by information or adof suitable representatives attached to the vice, in promoting the return to Parliament the confidence of the religious public. principles of religious liberty, and entitled to

8 h, To aid in promoting the extension of religious liberty throughout the world."

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.

On

Wednesday October 24, a new Catholic Church was opened at Leeds, called St. Ann's Church; it will hold 1,000 persons.

NUNNERIES.-The Rev. M. A. Gathercole, having been indicted for a libel on the Nuns in Scorton and Dar lington Nunneries, and found guilty, was brought up for judgment on Saturday November 24, in the Court of Queen's Bench. His counsel submitted to the Court, in mitigation of punishment, that he only intended to assert that secret licentiousness was the natural result of the monastic vow, and not The Court said, that, whatever he meant, to charge it upon these particular nuns. he had by his published interrogatories respecting these individual nuns, conveyed a direct charge against them; and as he now stated himself to be unable to pay any large fine, he must be imprisoned in the Queen's Bench for three calender months.

END OF VOLUME X.

J. M. ROBESON, Printer, Glasshouse Yard, back of Apothecaries' Hall.

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