The Sun.
London, England, 1825-04-01 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN.

MR. EDITOR—I have a high respect for the
office of a Public Journalist ; the Editor of a Newspaper, to
discharge his duty faithfully, must have considerable historical
and political knowledge : he must be well versed in general
Science and Literature, and he must make himself acquainted
with all the literary, political, and philosophical proceedings of
his own day ; end, beside all this, he must have judgment and
discrimination to select from the mass of matter under his re-
view what may be best deserving the public eye. But, Mr.
Editor, how is this respect of mine for Public Journalists
increased, when I read in your Paper of yesterday,
that they are HOUND to give the public INFORMA-
TION on subjects not on!), abstruse, but UNINTELLI-
GIBLE ! In your oracular office, therefore, as explainer
of nnintelligibilities, I call on yon, Sir, to explain to
me the letter in your Paper of yesterday, which conveys the
above information. In the words of that aenigmatical produc-
tion, " I shall not be satisfied with any evasions or equivoca-
tions, but a direct explanation of the" letter.
As it would occupy too much room to explain the whole com-
position, I shall, in regard for you, request the explanation of
the following points only :
I. For what purpose A Subscriber and Amicus counted the
number of lines in my letter, and then threw it aside when
about Ito answer it ? For this I must conclude he did, for he
says it contained " a dozen of lines," and yet he had not the
matter before him when he wrote.

11. How any thing which appears in his letter proves that he
could have translated the word Amicus ? Does he mean that
this is proved by his scrap, "ex debito JustiCiw ?" Does
writing bad Latin prove that a man can read good ?
111. What is the meaning of " ex debito justiCim ?"

IV. 'Who is "my favourite author Hudibras?" The bio-
graphy of a learned clerk and doughty knight of that name by
Butler, I certainly have read, and, for unintelligibility and
English cut on Greek and Latin,
Like fustian, heretofore on satin,
he was perhaps unequalled, until the days of " A Subscriber
and Amicus." But, so far from his being my favourite au-
thor, I was not aware that any of his works bad reached pos-
terity. Will " A Subscriber and Amicus" inform me where
they are to be procured ? It is evident that he possesses an
edition of them himself, since he has quoted them. Some of the
lines, I perceive, have been pillaged by Butler ; however,
Butler has miserably corrupted his author, who appears, from
tkelatter part of the quotation, to have been a prophet no less
than a poet, since he foresaw the controversy between " A
Subscriber and Amicus" and myself, and recommended, by
way of settling it, that I should be shaken in a bag with Mr.
Rae Wilson.

I protest against the measure. Had I the honour of know-
ing Mr. Rae Wilson, I should net be solicitous to disclaim it;
but I do not know him, nor have I any connection with him
whatever; and if he has had recourse to puffing, no one would
be more inclined than myself to disapprove that part of his
conduct. A Subscriber and Amicus may call me. Hoc if he
pleases, for on this question I am perfectly neuto, ; having no
prepossessions whatever, except what may arise from gentle-
manly conduct where the balance certainly is not in favour of
A Subscriber and Amiens. I only meddled in the matter on
the broad principle that no man should go searching for others'
motes till he has expelled his own beams.
V. A Subscriber and Amicus would give me Greek, " but
that might be worse than Arabic in the Holy Land." Expo-
sitor of unintelligibilities, what does this mean ? I will give
him some, if he pleases—

AffflN OE K.E9EAOI ITPOT. KPEIEIONAY.
ANTIoPEPIZEIN.
Your obedient servant,

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