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London, England, 1822-09-12 00:00:00

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it would operate as an extreme hardship upon infants seat
home to England lot education, and on some of the ahseriteei
*rho have passed the greater part of their lives in this unhealthy
climate, and have retired after literally bearing the
,heat anti,
burden of the day to enjoy their ctiiipi cign dignitate in the
land of theit fOrefatheri—the land of iliberty; happiness, and
!freedom; . ,
The allusiOn made by this louse to the liberality of our.
Most gracious Sovereign Was Made with no othey view than
show-that even Majesty. itself,. which ought always to, be sur-
rounded With splendour, felt itself ealled..nponin these calami-
.tous times to give tip part of th4t
proYision granted by a gene-
rous people for the support of its dignity and honour.
" And with a view of ,refuting an ,opinion• that • had gone
abroad, that on no occasion the salariesdf goiernorshad been
reduced, did this licitisibring to yoUrEicellendy'S recollection
the case of the reduction of the
_salaryof his..Grace.the Duke of
Manchester. This Hodge -cannot,agree with your Excellency
in the view yoti have 'taken of the matter. The reduction of tit;
govern Or's salary inso wealthy and populous a'eOlony_as Ja-,
inaica is a most convincing proof of the distress,generally pre-
valent in the West India islands.
" This House do not wish to diiicuss the merits of your Ex-
cellency's administration
.of. the colony„; impartial history will
One day review it, and posterity will decide upon the WhOle. But
this House do declare that it was-incluced.o ailopythe anode of
an,address to your Excellency in_ preference to the originating
.z.Billo!oticeiitingyoUrExcellency would appreciate the motives
which actuated:this House, Aral fondly hoPing;fittatilte attach-
ment so often manifested for the welfare. of the colony in
public and private by' four EXCellencY; that you would, on
such a faithful representation of our cabinities as we have laid
before you, have induced without hesitation tugive up part of
your income (far exceeding our means) to meet the wants of
the colony tottering on the very brink of ruin.
" The house, on looking for Ward; can see , no prospect of
better times ; the staple manufactures of this colony are daily
diminishing in value. The intercourse with the United
States, so much.' talked of, and from which is expected by
the sangtiine, is not likely to be so beneficial in its conse-
quences; for by late accounts from that quarter, rum does,not,
produce ksufficient return to enable the planter to. pay the ex-
pence of Making it.
" In continuing the salary of the Chief jtistice during his
absence froT the colony on leave granted by- ',Orr Eicellency,
thii house considered itself as discharging. a debt to an old.
servant to this colony,.and that Mr.. Piggot, at his advanced
period of life, borne down by the Weight of domestic afflic-
tion, was entitled to the favour, kindness, and protection of
this House.

" CIMISTOPIIER IRVINE, Speaker.
" Hoiise of Aisembly, July 15, 11122."

,THE GOVERNOR'S VERBAL REPLY.

" Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of, the house of Asiembij,'.
" What I have heard in this address only serves to confirnt
the propriety and justness of my answer to your first address."

THE BISHOP OF PETERBOItaUGH.

REMARKS on a SECOND ATTACK on the BISHOP of
PETERBOROUGH in the HOUSE of LORDS, June 7,
1822. _ .

( Concluded frona yesterday's Sux.)
Let the Bench of Bishops consider the
,accumulated dignit;
of character attached to their seats in the Ilot;seof Linils: They
ao not, as the oppugneis of our hieratelly Would hive it believ-.
ed; they do not sit there as cyphers ; as men who have little or
no concern with the great objects Of discuision that are, day by
day, rapidly passing before than. No: They occupy their
senatorial stations in-a twofold capacity; as the representatives
of the nation, and as the ambassadors of IleaVen. Before them
is spread out the solemn, congregated, duty , of consult-
ing the well-being of their fellow-creattires in one world, and
of preparing them for their departure &nil acceptance in
another. Let them not suffer,, themselves to be .entrenched
upon in these great privileges, or to be deluded from, or alarm-
ed at their exerciii6.- These two high and holy interests are
one.' They cannot .be, divided—they cannot be Commuted—
they cannot be ifeglected... A Goveinnient originating. bad
laws will-mate bad subjects., A Parliament bracing up, in its
acts and its edicts, incentives to immorality will turn church dis-
cipline into a farce, paralyze declarationS; statutes, and canons,-
and deracinate the very sum and subitande of Christianity. A.
perpetual eye, therefore, must be had to every legislative pro-
ceeding, as well as.to every intemperate opposition; an eye
tlrat never Will slumber over the'political, because it never dares
to slumber over the religious welfare of the community, never
dares to stand by and see a dull, desperate,. Whig faction seize
upon virtue, and tear her very heart out.
Where these learned Prelates then have a vote and a voice,
let them have a spirit also; a trtie British, ever more insepa-
rable from a true Christian spirit. As a body of men, none
are more respectable. Blit while their private conduct is highly
exemplary, we would be glad to see their public conduct, as
parts of the legislative body, exemplary.alSo. What in the
name of wonder is it that enervates them ? If they have done
nothing to tremble for before. God, why should they be afraid
of the face of man ? lff their hearts be where their treasure,
ought to be, they will seek their preferment where a Christian
dignity and Manliness of conduct wilt be no bar to promotion.
It is not the vain glories and magnificence of an evanescent
existence like this that should weigh with men who are daily
witnessing the confusions of one world, and daily preparing
themselves and theirflocks for the quiet habitations of another.,
The road to their "heaven by Canaan" they must pursue in the
direct face of Heaven*, whose Court favour will be found to rest
with " the poor, and the maimed, and the halt and the blind ;"
with those who can serve no turn whatever for them at present
but who will hereafter constitute their crown and their glory,
when they depart together to that " land' where all things shall
be forgotten" but innocence and goodness.
With the due discharge then of these soothing duties appet-
taining to their profession, let the Prelates of the Church of
England associate the due exertion of their rights as senators:
This will do more to fix them in the estimation of the people,
Whose hearts their Whig udversaries are daily turning against
them, than any silent vote they may be prevailed upon to give,
let it be given with what judicious policy it may. The times
are critic4l,, and the country looks up to them, in conjunction
with wise and good men of every persuasion, for the best ex-
ercise of their legislative duties, and the strongest support of
the laws and government of the realm. Let the ,Bench of
Bishops be what they are intended to be, the " strong refuge
to flee unto;" the safeguard of Church and State in the day
of adversity.' Their influence is powerful, let it be power-
fully exerted • and above all let it be fearlessly exerted:,
lf, in conclusion, the times of Charles I.—no imprsbable
event—are destined, for our manifold offenees; again to return,
we know what will be the condition of the orthodox Clergy of
the Church of England. They will fall the first sacrifice. But
let their weak and imprudent adversarieS remember,- that this
first sacrifice will not be the last—that the perturbed spirit that
shall overthrow the Church must, with but little pause 'oetweer,
cower over the ruins of the State—that the fate of
,any one de-
scription of men of property shall but be the precursor of the
fate of all—and, to wind up , the tragedy in an anarCgous con-
formity with all past precedents, that the calumnies with which
the Whigs are daily inundating and degenerating the country
will merge into an " even-handed' justice," that shall in-
stantaneously " commend the ingredients Of the poisoned cha-
lice" to their own perverting, cowardly, and quivering lips.
I haie done: shave contributed my mite towards the
cation Of the. Bishop of Peterborough from the slanders'of his
enemies and from the silence of his friends. The attack'matie
Upon hith, both in' the present instance and in the fornier,'has
been as wanting in the information requisite to such an under-
taking, as in the correctness and courtesy by which it ought to
have been accompanied. I am' not likely to repent of the
little ceremony with which I have treated the Whig junto
of tilt realm, that night-hag that is, dayafter day, oppressing
the country with frightful dreams and driving it to desperation.
his but paying them in their own coin. his but adopting. the
fashion of their nivn conversation, and manifesting towards
them that aversion and contempt which they have long mani-
fested towards all who dissent from them. When they give
us ground to think better of them, we will do it with pleasure ;
but'while they continue to think, and speak, and act, as they
do,' let them not be surprised that " with what measure they
mete," it should, in justice and necessity, " be measured to
them again." They are becoming a worthless set of men,
whose enmity to virtue will do her less harm than their friend-
ship. To leave them to the gnawings of their conscience would
draw after it no reformation. We must take a more effectual
method—we must deliver them over to the correction of their
• folly.