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    by w THB-V *** A ^ CORPORATION ACTS * on Proteatwt I&Ueoters , * hmt cea » e to desire their repeal : —But , b ^ iog convinced that the concessions proposed to be made , by the depeudfog BAU , vill not give to the Romao Catbolic& iu Engiaad or Ire-Jaixl any political advantage over

    Protestant Dissenters in those countries , Fhey will uot , as Protestant Dissenters , interfere in any manner that may prejudice or prejudge the Bill , but will leave the measure to the Wisdom aud Justice of Parliament , on which—with confidence—The Committee rely * THOMAS PELL ATT , > t . JOHN WILKS , f Secretaries .

    British and Foreign Unitarian Association . At a General Meeting of the British and Foreign Unitarian Association , held at the Loudon Tavern , May 26 th , 1825 , Thomas Gibson , Esq ., in the Chair , — fe = Resolved unanimously ,

    That the Members of this Society eagerly avail themselves of the earliest opportunity afforded to them of conveying , on the part of the Unitarian Dissenters of England , to their fellow * christians of the Roman Catholic persuasion , their thorough disavowal and disapprobation

    of the Petitions lately presented by persons calling themselves Protestant Dissenters , against the repeal of those intolerant laws which disgrace their country ' s name—their sorrow at such a stigma having to any extent been attached to a

    body of which they have been proud to form a part—their sympathy and cordial good wishes in favour of every effort to break the chains imposed by interested or short-sighted policy upon the sacred Rights of Conscience—and their unshaken determination on all occasions to

    vindicate for others that freedom which they claim to be their own inalienable right , and to uphold and maintain the impolicy , injustice , and oppression of every sort of disability or exclusion on account of differences in matters of religion . That this Resolution be communicated

    to the Secretary of the late Association of Ireland , and to the Secretaries of the Catholic Associations of England »

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    On Sunday , May 1 st , a gross and scandalous libel on Mr . and Mrs . Coopbr was published in the John Bull and the Sund ay Herald , two newspapers iu the interest of the West Indians . The morn-J » g following , Mr , C . with the advice of »» s friends , commtfKic&d legal proceedings ; and as soon as arrangements could be «» ade foi the purpose , Mr . Brougham

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    was instructed to move , in the Court of King * $ Bench , for a CriminaHttibrinatipn against both the papers , A Rule , Aftsi , was obtained , which so much alarmed the defendants that they immediately made overtures of reparation and apology- This gave a new turn to the affair : the prosecutors , having nothing in view but the vindication of their

    characters , willingly adopted a merciful course * which induced the John Bull , of May 15 th , to publish the following statement ; cC A fortnight since , we published , as an extract from the Jamaica Gazette , an affidavit made by a person of the name of Arkinstall * reflecting in severe terms on the conduct of Mr . and Mrs . Cooper ,

    while on Georgia Estate , m the island of Jamaica . Mr . and Mrs . Cooper have made affidavits within the last few days * contradicting Mr . A r kins tail ' s affidavit ; and we have no hesitation in expressing our belief that the statements iu it are false and calumnious , and our regret in having given them a place in the columns of this paper . "

    On the same day , the Sunday Herald apologized in the following terms : " We are sorry to have been instrumental in propagating a statement highly injurious to Mr . and Mrs . Cooper , by copying into our paper , a fortnight ago , the affidavit of Mr . Arkinstall , taken from a Jamaica paper . Mr . and Mrs . Cooper have since fully met by their owu affidavits the statements contained in Mr *

    A . ' s affidavit , and we caa have no hesitation in expressing our belief that such statements are false and calumnious , and iu avowing our regret that our column * should have been any way instrumental in extending the circulation of the calumny . "

    Monday , the 16 th , both offenders repeated their apology in fche Court of King ' s Bench by Counsel , a report of which appeared in most of the daily papers : we insert that which was given in the Morning Chronicle : The King v . The Sunday Herald . —

    Mr . Brougham had on a former day obtained a rule against this Newspaper , for publishing a libel against Mr . and Mrs . Cooper , reflecting upon the characters of the applicants . Mr . Gurnet now appeared on behalf of the Paper , and

    suggested that an ample apology had been made by the defendants before this application was made . The paragraph complained of had been copied from a Jamaica newspaper , under a supposition that the matter therein contained was

    true . Being now satisfied of its falsehood * the defendants expressed their deep regret that they had been made the instruments of circulating matter no pY ** ndeious of the characters Qt Mr . and Jlrs .

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    Intelligence . —» lfiM v * Af * v * wl Mrs . Cooper . 81 Z

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    MISCELLANEOUS . Libel on Mr . and Mrs . Cooper .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1825, page 317, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2536/page/61/