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4411..1 i titl V' 1116 IMMULII .4., ....e.4,/.15, Wi 4, ..{, I
e a iced or not by the pnblicatird alluded to, I presume
not to say', have very lately, by a -unauireous vote,
rejected the future aihnission of so injurious a work.
as they copcei'e, and long have conceived, the
Edinburgh Review to be, amongst the authorised
list of their publications. How tar this example may
operate upon other similar societies or indi‘idoals,
I know reset ; but it lutist be obvious to every.
one, that it suspicions against she Review in ques i ten
have been entertained on slight grounds, it will be
very easy for the Editors to de away the wrong im-
pression and regain the favourable opinion of the pub-
lic, which they seem, itt least, from wlia:eter cause.
. in home measure, to have lost. In the present in-
stance, let theie strew the charges to be false or fri.
volous, and put the accuser to the blush.-may, let
them do more than this, let, them bring him before
a competent tribunal, and inflict upon him the pen.
biluneut he deserves.—The unfavourable opinion I
have hitherto entertained of them, f r I contras I
never was one of their,. passionate admirers, would
then be considerably lessened, and by v, ay of making
them some ateends for what is past, and in Vindica-
tion of °their merits; I would be the first to propote
a rescindment of the vote which excludes their Zia-
, view from, ourlibrary.
~DUI till this is done, I con-
. less I shall feel myself
.ditipOied to admit the validity•
of the cht:rges, and to reseed. the'unt bur of thent as.
a Oleo(' to religion, to morality, and to social order.
Bet, Sir, sorry am I to.say it, neither religion, filo,
yaiity, or social order, is the order of the day. The
disciples of the modern school see no beauty in
these antiquatedvirtues, they laugleat the prejudices
and ienocetit simplicity of their
.irefatlvers,. who
,were accustomed so read their Bibles and form their
principles from thence; and with a tat+ lighted at
the • prelim and unhallowed ,fires of a, Voltaire, a
Rousseau,.a Hume, and a Gibbon, presume to 1.11,1 e
the „rising generation to a fir better state Of things
than the world .ever before experienced.. 'But, acret
all,. what is this torch but. the torch of. folly ? Whi.
ther .does it condoCl but to atheism, infidelity,
anarchy, and subversion of all constituted authori-
ties, hoWeier well organized ) To the tall of emus
piret; and•a universal desolation and massacre of
the human species.—What is it, at best,. but a poli-
tical Will o' the Wisp, calculated to lead its fol-
lowers from the dired ikailt of virtue into that of
error' and delusioti; with respeet to those that bear
it, like the Pillar 011ie Cloud wbich aecompaniecl
the Israelites, enlightenini: Moire/yes, but casting a
thick darkness upon all their? fallcavits ? 1 need
not describe to you, 81r, itikyribleeffeas: - (torn
the commonceinent of the Fretich Itev,ointion to Om
present .moment they have been.,v4ittep in charac-
ters of, blood in every country where it hal unli.i.a.
pily led the -way. But thanks to the mines, cif the
immortal Pitt, and his .worthy 'coadMors, wider
the auspices of a !tied Providence, the 'dreadful
scene has not yet.hcen realized In our own happy.
land, andl trust that, under the continued protec-
tion of the same kind Providence, it never will be :
still; however, every publication that has a teeming
tendency to weaken our attachment to our King,
our Country,
,and our Religion, should be watched '
with a jealous eye, and its poison Counteraeted by
proper aniidines. It is with this view, from a sense
of moral obligation, 1 have endeavoured -to direct
the attention of the Public to the small Partiphlet of
Mentor, conceiving as i do at present,- that the Au-
thor is "misled to public praise for his good iatilk,
tions ; but at the same time wishing; if my bpi.
nip!) is erroneous, to have it reditied, by a refutation
of the charges contained in it, recognized and sanc-
tioned by an impartial Public.
I am, Sir, your obedient'Servanr,
PHIL ALSIHas.

Mardi 30, 1 sog.

0L D 11, Ilk EY Y.

MTH .PAY, MONDAY, Arllll. 17.
Salted, . a native of Bengal, 18 years of age. was
conviatd. of stealing from Sedy Had& .Abedelinged
Benhalel, a Twit, a watch, and several articles of
Turkish dress, ',veined at t ot. .
It appeared that. the ProSecator met the Prisoner
in the street in a distreitted and deplorable condition,
and from motives of humanity took hint. home to
his lodgings in the, IVlinories, where he. t'ed and
lodged him for six weeks; at the termination of that
period the ungrateful Sailed absconded with the ar-
ticles stolen, and went on' board an Indiaman bound
fur Bengal... He was apprehended at Gravesend with
the property in his possession. Interpreters were'
employed both for the Prosecutor and the Prisoner,
neither of Whom spoke English.
On the.unfortunate Sailed being inforrned that he
• was found guilty, he expressed the strongest fears
that be should be hanged ; but on being. assured that
from a defect in the evidence he was no(conyitted
of the capital charge, and.that hii punishment would
be only transportation io Botany Bay for seven years,
he seemed satistietl ; but with tears in his eyes begged
his Prosecutor's. forgiveness, and solicited, as a Ost
favoni, that he .should he allowed tn. 't tie.
on which the 'fink was sWorn. This favour
granted, he war taken from the. bar Much dl;tresied.
Thomas Ward was indleted capitally
,fur. setting
fire to a house in John's-court, Goltien-sqqare, l aid
in one count with an intent in injure the lantUord
in chief, Mr. JOhn Hobbs, who resides.at rininore;
and in a second count, with intent tO Injure Wm.
Ital Tine, the tenant in possession. The Prtioner
rented the kitchen- and parlonr,..and was seen to go
out 'about half an hour before the tire was ~ascovere-
d. prOperty Was not .
insured, bat
.4 opaotity
of tar, bits of paper, brushood, &C. were
found in his parlour on fire when the, doer was burst
open. it WitK .prOOki tliat the pinsecntor.
and 'his brother-had beeonic joint tenants,. hati
each his .halt of the. rent and obtained receipts ac-
cordingly. . • .

Counsel for 04 Priorwr,.thep con-
tended tom it watt Ate same as in
.thesoJe 'of.frand ox
lareetly, aiat that the sceond propti4or not
been named, the indictmettt waft ~bad, atta the prt-
sorter wa, entitled to 16 Lt(ntlitttil„ With fgSpeCt to
t; 1111
landlord,. th6re way, ;to cowl:N:1ton: vain-
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pOliiibiti that 1w with, have au intent to litjvrt: a per-
hou,•ol wlwbe exi,tenee he had Jnu knov,
The: litte.moiha,- -IfOweVc'r, over:nit nb
jeCtioul, and stated that the law went to punk h an