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      boy , were four out of the five summoned to appear before the bench to give evidence against a person he considered as bis patron and his friend . " The Karl of Ronmey here remarked , that to exonerate Mr . Hoar , tne solicitor in this cause , he thought it right to declare that lie was the sole selector of the witnesses , as well as being the complainant and informant . It was his wish to have avoided all discussion ;—simply to have proved the offtuicc , and to have left to the

      magistrates the amount of the penalty ; but on this point his mind was now changed : —Mr . Kennedy had objected to b « ing called to give evidence against Mr . I * soel , whom he termed his patron and his friend . Air . Noel w as not his patron , nor bad Mr . Kennedy ever received any benefits from that family , as he well knew .

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      MONTHLY RETROSPECT of PUBLIC AFFAIRS ; OR , The Christians Survey of the Political PForld .

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      THE conflict at Algiers is over , and it lias terminated with a treaty of peace , bighly honourable , to this country . For the time it lasted , and the small space in which the combatants were engaged , it may be considered as one of the great actions for which an eventful period will be

      celebrated in the annals of history . The Algerines , confident in the strength of their batteries , kept up the fight for above ^ ix hours \ but nothing could stand against the bravery and skill of the English sailor . Their batteries were demolished , their ships burnt , and great part of the town became a mass of ruins . This severe chastisement

      brought the sovereign to bis senses , and fearing a worse disaster , he complied with the terms proposed to him . The first article of the treaty abolishes the infamous traffic that had subsisted for many centuries , of selling for slaves the unfortunate persons that the chance of war had thrown iuto the hands of these

      barbarians . Whatever contempt we may cast upon the name of infidel in this country , it is a thousand fold greater at Algiers : but there the term of infidelity is appropriated to a confession of the Christian faith . Slavery in all its farms is wretched enough , but the Christian slave amongst the Algeriues was treated 'worse than and called by

      the name of a Christian dog . The system is now changed : the States of Barbary are wo longer to indulge in this horrid custom : their prisoners of war are not to be subjected to the horrors of slavery . This article is beneficial to the conquered as well as the conquerors ; for instead of their abominable piracy , the former may in time be brought to exercise their talents in honest industry .

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      "To this Mr . Kenned y replied—that for every favour he had received ft Mrs . Bouveric , he stood indebted to tlT friendship of the late Lady Middleton << Here the discussion ended , and Mr

      Kennedy and Mr . Thompson were desired to withdraw , but in a few minutes were recalled , and informed that the beuch had convicted Mr . Noel in the full penalty of forty pounds , which was immediatel y paid into the hands of the chairman by Mr Thompson , with au enquiry whether one

      moiety of the penalty did not belong to the poor of Teston parish ; and was answered by the chairman , that when the rxpences of the prosecution were paid , of what remained , one half went to the informer and the other half to the poor of the parish where the offence was committed . "

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      A strict eye will of course be kept upon the execution of this article of the treaty ; and it will be an honour to England to have acted more for the benefit of Europe than for its own—for few if any of the English had been kept in these disgraceful chains of bondage .

      Another article provided for the release of all the Christians held in slavery , who thus through our means have been restored to their country and their friends . Many a captive now made free will , whilst gratitude remains , offer up prayers for the welfare of that power which has conferred on lum the greatest kindness ; and the prayers of our fellow creatures are to the generous

      mind a source of ^ he greatest satisfaction . Besides this the Dey was compelled to refund a considerable sum sent to him by European powers for the redemption of slaves ; and now for some time at least the Mediterranean will be freed from the

      ravages of the pirates . Its shores will however remain \ subject to the Mahometan name , and Ch'fc ^ tian ity will lament that the bad conduct of its professors drove them from a country , which they disgraced by their contemptible disputes , and disregard of all that is . most valuable in religion .

      France presents to us a new p icture . The sovereign seems at last to be sensible that he can no longer govern his country on the principles of faction : that the benefit of the whole must be consulted , not tlia

      of the few who arrogate to themselves w exclusive title of royalists . He has disso yy his parliament ; a new one is to be cM j according to the charter , which he no declares to be the rule of his conduct . ^ Germany is op . the point of cntewflj ,

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      5 C 2 Stale of Public Affairs .

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1816, page 562, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2456/page/62/