The Sun.
London, England, 1803-01-15 00:00:00

TO DR. ANDERSON 4.

• SAX
CHARGES. of rude arid ungentlemanly Treat-
ment arcralways brought by the Authors and Promoters
of imposture against the deteaors and exposers of -it ; of
which there arc so .many instances in the Controversies con.
cerning Lauder's, Macpherson's, and subsequent Forgeries,
that you might have spared yourself the trouble of adding to
them. The points in dispute between us require neither irt.
vedive, argument, nor evidence, but simply fact, and
such faeTk, as is within tne reach of every Person's observa-
tion. _ _ _ _

You have asserted, that Fruit-trees+, in Mr. Forsyth's
Garden at Kensington, "in such a state of decay as to have
been all rotted away except about one inch of bark," have '
been restored to the greatest degree idf4tealth and vigour, by -
means of his Compost
I have asserted, and I do assert, that do Tree in that state
ever was, or can be, restored to health, or even preserved
alive, by all the Composts that Mr. Forsyth, or you, or
any other lloaor, ever did,' or can apply to it.
.You :rave stated, that by the aid of Mr. Forsyth's'Corn-
post,. " holes in Trees can he brought, in a few years, ie
such a state of soundness, that no.. one can know Aire ~new
from. the old wood,", and yon have expressed,your astklitis44.
meat at the ".we derful ea.andece." yen II.1•• produered
by it. "
' t have assetteo, said 1 do:assert, that you never. saw any
such thing ; end;thrit nocaviry in any English `1 was, .
in any one instance, 'sr ever can he, restored to the; state of
soundness you have described. • •
Probably ,we have both seen Conjuror::, of another de,
scription, cut,ohthe heads of living birds, and then produce
them alive arid well, with their heads at tirntly attached to
their bodies as ever ; but-as our degrees of ineirination, and
motives ter belief, were in this case nearly the• same, we
both, probably, drew the eatne conclusion, and only gave
the operator credit for his manual ilLerterity in imperLertbly
constituting a living bird Ter 'a dead., one. Being sufficiently
acquainted with the nature and principles of vegetation, to
know that the miracle is as incredible in,the one case, as in
the other, I must be allawed, till better informed, to straw
a similar conclusion from what I saw at Keirsiny,too,gar-
den. Mioicles that - have been performed there, may, I
presume, 'be performed elsewhere; and if either you, or
Mr. Forsyth, -will' let me see you perform either of the
above-mentioned operations, in any garden, or piece. of
ground, which shall be under the care and inspeelion of the
President of the Royal Society, or of- such Persons as he
31.611 appoint, during the whole process, .1 wilt stake any
' sum that '. can withoin inconvenience. deposit, and that you
or your friends shall choose to risque, on the issue alit.
But 'asa tree in such a state of decay as to " nave keen. all
rotted away except 'about one inch .of bark," must have
been long dead, sume,timeewill probably be required to re-
' store it to life again, and to the• degree of health and vigour
requisite to support your assertion ; and as you, and even
Mr. Forsyth, encumbered with the Honours of his Parlia-
mentary Reward, may at present Sect somewhet uneasy
under the charges winch your unprovoked aggro sign has
compelled me to bring for Ward, I. will point out to you an
immediate and c*.tlive method .to destroy my Credit with
the Public. Produce a transverse section of a tree, which,
having once been hollow, or partially- hollow; has been
filled up with solid wood, Of which " no one can 'know the
new front the old." Mr. Forsyth and his friends, in the
Book of which he is the noneleil Author, •are said, it I du
not mistake, to possess some such transverse -seeticeis : pre.
possessed. hoWever, 'with the opinion that all those, may
have been lost, or ,misleid„ since the appearance of my for.
mer Letter,' 1 ofkr you, or your Friends, to deposit a second
Stake, to the same ainquor, and on similar conditions with
the preceding,' tnat you cannot prOduce one. 1 shall be itt
Town next month, when the season mill be favourekle for
the proposed operations; but the style Of 'h
as
not, Epistle has
not, made either tuy friends, or myself, very solicitous to he
introduced to your acquaintance by an interview at Kensing-
ton, ,am, Sir, &c.
- - • A. KN
,
Elton, lan 7 IS*3
• .-

* In answer to his Letter in the Morning Chron:cle, the
atm, and Morning Herald.
+ Recreations, No. 37.

FASHIONABLE DANCING--PRIVATE TUITION.
it ESSRS. HOPKINS 'anti SON's'ACADEMY
IVA. for PRIVATE INSTRUCTION in Fashionable
DANCING, at COACH MAK E RS-HA LL, Foster-lAne.
Cheapsido, continues Open for the improcemenc of such
LADIES *nit GENTLEMEN as have never acquired this
Accomplishment. Or those who have not obtained the pre,.
sent FASHIONABLE MODE may he expeditiously in.
strueled in the most PRIVATE MAN N E K. in 411 the E LE.
GANT and.FASHIONABLE STEPS-now in use, to qua_
lit' them for the FIRST ASSEMBLIES. YOUNG LA-
D' ES and GENTLEMEN are also Tapght every FA-
SHIONABLE DANCE, and every attention exerted to give
the most elegant Address. '
N. B. The Morning Academy for LADIES ONLY is
Open,'and will be continued till Ills Majesty's Birthday,

NEW INVENTED. WATER-PROOF BOOTS and
• . SHOE
' E DWARD MOGGIUDG Ludgate-
. t.
""3„,.:4 hill, London, •begs leave to inforahii • riendit and the
Public in general, th!tt after many, yeatS.'ittenfibeCind expe-
rience, he has to offer them Boors and Sii 0 ES, WATE
P ROO F, with perted confidence of their•-being-far•soperior
to any ever made. He makes the lightest dress fi hoes and 'loots
Waterproof, preserving the Leather soft and pliable. lie is
particularly induced. to make it public at this season of the
year, when people of all descriptions haVe their health 131.-
. paired by wet or damp in the feet. tie recommends theni to
Gentlemen 'on shooting excursions, as no water can.pene-:
tratc. •Leather prepared in. this wily, has the advantage of
lasting twice as long as Leather dressed in the ininon ‘vay.
An article of &Itch general utility will no doubt attract the
attention of •the'PUblic,',and induce, those who have a real
value for their health torapply at hii ManufaClory, as above.
He has no connexion with any other House in London.
N. B.' A large assortment of Boots and Shoes, Waterproof
and otherwise constantly kept for • the East and West India
Trade. • Merchants and Captains liberally treated with.