The Sun.
London, England, 1803-06-23 00:00:00

ArciO.kh? TAX.

IN pursuance of an Adverasernent fur convening
a Meeting of the Merchants, Bankers, Traders. Sec.
of London, who -disapproved of the Income Tax,
about one hundied and fifty assembled at half past
one, yesterday, at the London Tavern, when Mr.
'l'. 13gowx was called to the Chair, and the business
of the day commenced..
Mr. TRAVERS condemned, in strong terms, the
revival of the Income Tax. He thought the Mini-
ster sheaved a want of judgment in reviving that
Tax which must tend to make the present War un.
popular in the first instance. He, had, he said,
written to Mr. VANS ITTART Upon the SubjeCl, and
afterwards to the CHANCELLOR of theExcaEQUS
and that morning he had received a letter from Mr.
HoettousE (which was read from the Chair), with
whom he was intimate, stating the request of the
Minister that they would suspend their judgment on
the Bill for imposing a Tax on the Profits of Trade,
and unite with him in the suggestion that the clauses
intended to he proposed in the Committee, might
invalidate the objections urged against the measure.
He then read several Resolutions which he had
drawn up, previous to receiving that letter, the
purport of which were to express their repugnance
at objrfting to any Tax in the present conjuncture
of public affairs, but at the same time feeling the
necessity of stating their opinion tespecling-the par.
tial, oppressive, and unjust nature of the Income
T.4x, and to declare their disapprobation of the
principle of that measure, which no modification
could rectify. He then read another set of Resole.
dons, which he had prepared after receiving Mr.
Hoot-louses letter, the purport of which were to
thank the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER for his
communication, which held out the pleasing idea of
an exemption with resped to the Profits of Trade, to
state their readines3-to-submir cheerfully to- the pay-
twot of any other 'n;xes which it might be deemed
'necessary to impose, and to nominate certain Gen.
tlemen to attend the re-commitment of the Biil.—
Mr. TRAVERS then wished to put it to the Meeting,
as to which set of Resolutions they would agree to.
After same conversation upon a point of order,
as to .whiCh should be put firsr, and a question as to
the nature of the letter, in answer to which Mr.
TRAVERS said, he considered it to he of a public
nature, the first Resolution. of the last set proposed
in voting Thanks to the CHANCELLOR of the Ex.
CHEWUER was put from the Chair.
Mr. WA ITIMAN made several observations upon
the partiality, injustice, and oppression of the In-
come Tax, and thought the Resolutions proposed by
Mr. TRAVERS did not meet the objed for which
the Meeting was called. He concluded by pro.
posing the following---
That it appears to this meeting that notwithstanding
the opposition to the late income Tax, it is proposed to re-
vive it by a Bill now before Parliament.
" That it appears to this meeting that the revival of that
Tax, will be highly dangerous and unconstitutional, and
that the arbitrary and unconstitutional powers necessary to
carry it into execution, under any modification, will, by
outraging the public feeling, tend to endanger the peace of
the community."

Some conversation ensued as to a point of order,
whether the motion for thanking the CHANCELLOR
of the EXCHEQUER should be put first.
Mr. WAITHMAN opposed the thanks, on the
ground that the nature of the Letter was not suffi.
ciently clear.
Mr. TitAv RXS supported the Resolution, on the
ground of it's being only decorous and proper to
return a civil answer to the communication of the
CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER.
The Resolution was then carried upon the chew
of hands.

Mr. TRAVERS then agreed to withdraw hii other
Motions, for the purpose of giving place to Mr.
WAITHMAN, the first of whose Motions was car.:
ried unanimously.
To the wording of the second Mr. TRAVERS
objeded, as tending to excite a spirit of insurrec.
tion.
• Mr. WAITHMAN denied that such a construdion
could be put upon it.
• After some conver,ttion, the words dangerous'
and arbitrary' were agreed to: be left out, and
the Motion, thus amended, was carried unani.
rnously.
Mr. TRAY Eas then proposed another Resolution,
which he considered to be highly necessary after the
two Resolutions they had passed, the portion of
which was, to express their deep intercit in the
War, and their readiness to submit cheerfully to
any other Taxes, not liable to •the same ohjetrtjons
as the Income Tax, for the support of the Govern.
ment and the defence of the Country against the
hostile aggressions of the enemy.
A long conversation ensued. The Motion was
opposed by Mr. WAITHMAN, Mr. TOM! NS, Mr.
DAV i Es, and others, on the ground of its being
unnecessary and foreign to the purpose for which
the Meeting was called, and that it _went to give
an approbation of the War, and of the conduct of
Ministers, which that Meeting were not Galled
upon to give. • -
The Motion was supported by Mt. TR AVER'S,
Mr. SILVER, Mr. WI LKSI and others, on the
ground of its being necessary to anew to the world,
after the Resolutions they had just passed, that
they .were not inimical to the Government, or un,
willing to contribute their fair proportion towards
its suport, and the defence of the country, and
'That by- agreeing to such a Resolution they were
more likely to conciliate the Government, and to
obtain any really valuable modification of the Bill.
The previous question, was at length moved, and
seconded, and upon a shew of hands, was declared by
the Chairman to be carried.
Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and
the Meeting broke up.

The PRINCE left town on Tuesday morning for
Bibury Races►
.and on a Visit to the Earl of Stmt.
atiRNE, at his Lordship's seat in Gloucestershire.
Yesterday His Royal Highness the Dux' of
yogic (eviewed the Coldstream Regiment of Foot
Guards, under, the command of General FINCH; in
Hyde Park ; several General Officesa were present;
His Royal Highness gave the ward of command
himself. The men went through their evolutions
in a soldier-like manner, and received the thanks of
His Royal Highness fur di; racirinn which they
observed in firing,

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ADLYIt2.IS;

• SPOKEN IN Till; CtlA%.SCrutt ut A st.trikN;

BY MR. KNIGRT,
Openiv of th: New Liverpool 77v.ztee,
WRITTEN BY T. 'Dirdix,

(Spe:rkl wilt:out.)

AV• A'S T, Brother Shipmates, ere Anchor.we Weight,
To out rrieutls, from the Deck--a few WONs let me say t

( Elders.)
. , .
Here you are, and Well stow'd a glorioli's tine spew;
You're all welcome oh Board—Friends aloft, anti below,

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%Veil, our Tackle's all ready—our Hands are all staunch,
And with Rapture I hail you thwitness the Lawiel.;;
We've built, as you see, a sliug, neat; pleasure Boat,
And.-we hope by your Favour, to keep her afloat ;
Each Cabin'S convenient, (B,arr) at least so vve plann'd,
We've snug Ilirt.hs below, (Pit) and our Tops (Galled)) are
well manna ;
Our Timbers are taught, (Stele,...) all our CanVas is new,
From various first Rates we've seleded our Crew;
And each on this Deck (Stage) conies with fix'd Inelinatien
To rise in the Service—by your Approbation
At least we'll endeavour—come good or bad Weather,
In In hopes of Preferment—to pull altogether :
Tho' mother ProviSions, you find your own Table,
We'll keep you in Spirits—as-long as we're able
We've Artillery too—Care and Folly to shoot •
And are arm'd, -as these Centlemen vlitness fOrrbettra) eir

flute:
We've great Guns of Tragedy—loaded so well,
1f they do but go off—they must certainly tell ; -
While With small shot, from Farce and low Comedy Swivels,
We've sworn--to burn, sink, and daeroy the Blue Devils ! •
But aim whene we will--we shall ever require
From your Harde—a itroadild: —to second our Fire!
Should you ask with what Freightage our VesSel is stored;
What Cargo—what Riches—we carry on Board ;
Look round—you'll see all Britons value on Earth,
True Fiwcloni—gocil Nature, Wit, Beauty, and Worth;
With such hailing as this, while our Voyage we mesitiure,
Ohr Anchor is Hope--our Compass—your Pleasure; flow)

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( G.-b.,j—return.r. ) '
Yet hold —`ere I go—you way think it hut right
To know under what Colours—we sail, trade, and fight ;
'Tit Engli cl, true. E..deish 1 •—her Name would you know ?
She is c.ill'il the New Liverp,l-1,:, w ts•niill Co:
Of whose Skill as.Cornitetoder (11,,ps kit AftS:L) I'd =arty
—hut mum, • ,
Ifour /1,1671. speak not •g had better be i)und
But ow Vessel is itva,' —the Statittarcl you 'dew, ( Klee .i.
elirmt) •
IV Melt we never will strike—while supported ly.you !

Yesterday a General ,Court was held at the East
India House,. when the Dividend for the last Kilt'.
year was declared to be 54 per cent.
The following Proprietors were appointed.a Coro.
mime to inspeti the By.l.i.tws.

, .
I. Angerstein, Esq. ' Georke Wilsrm, F.A.
Win. Drew, Esq. , Ceorge S anitiei Wexg*, Esq
--MA rur, LUI. • - Sit lit:lify Strachey, Bart.
Robot {hinter, Esq. .

On the Motion of Mr. TWINING/
.secontled by
General HARRIS, Mr. TATIINI, the late. Direetur,
was granted an Annuity of 3001.
The Court adjourned at Two.o'Clock, sine cfie.
On Saturday seinniglit the Earl of MANsnELD
arrived at Scone, ills Lorti,hip has assumed the
command of his Regiment, the Perthshire. Militia,
which is already'in a very excellent state of mili-
tary discipline.
We understand that Government has accepted of
the ()Ter of service made by. the 2d Regitmlit of
Royal Edinburgh Volunteers, and that both Luta.
lions of that Regiment are immediately to be re_
embodied, under the command of His Grace the
Duke of BUCCLEUGH.

The 3d Regimeni of Royal Heist Indii4 Volunteers
will have a field day to-morrow, when it will be
inspctled by Colonel ROB ERIS.

BOROUGH SCRUTINY. ---The HIGH. BAILIFF
and his Attendants met yesterday morning at the
Town Hall, pro forma. They did not, proceed to.
business on account of the absence of Sir THOMAS
MILTON. The Scrutiny, as we before stated, will
not commence until this morniog. To expedite the
proceedings, it has been arranged, that the Scrutiny
shall only attach to those persons who shall be point.
ed out by the opposite Party as proper, objeds of
suspicion. Such Voters will be .brOught forward
individually, as they can be found.
In our Paper of yesierday, we mentioned that a
Commission had been some time ago appointed by
certain Board, to inquire into Abuses which were"
supposed to exist at the three Head-quarters of the
Royal Marines, and we animld vetted on the inde.
corous'wording of the letter 'that was sent to'‘he
Commanding. Officers of each of the three Divisions,
beginning thus: " Whereat ntfarious and flagitious'
prances have boa carried on limit.). your Command,
Rm." We also understand that a •subjed will sown
be laid before the Public, and probably, made a topic
of either Parliamentary or Legal discussion, of the
Unconstitutional and inquisitorial mode adopted in a
late Commission issued by the same Board to the
two Surveyors of the Navy, the resident. Comtni,t_
sioner at Chatham taking to their assistance the
Master Attendant and Builder of the Yard. We
shall hot now animadvert • on this unprecedented'
condud, as it will 'probably soon be taken up in
another quarter, to the complete exposure of those
from whom such a Commission originated.
It is said, that one of .the causes which delayed
BONAPARTE'S Journey to Belgium, was the reftoal
of fourteen Generals, arno,,;gst whom were Mott lr AV'
and IVlassartA, to obey the orders of • Ihe FIRST
CONSUL, commanding them to retire jo teagitts
from Paris. BONAPARTE, in consequence, thought
it necessary to negotiate, for which purpose he sent
to them FOUCHE and DuROC, and the Generals
luded to at length agreed to.retire to their Estates,
and to give their Parole not to return till the FIRST
CONSUL returned from Belgium.
On the Bth inst. the occupier of a farm was fined
in the penalty of 'os. for not sending a waggon and.
horses to convey the arms, clothes, and accoutrements
of part of the Cambridgeshire,Militia, on their march
from Bury to Stowmarket ; and a constable of the
Same parish was' convicted and fined 31. for wilfully
hindering.and frustrating the execution of a warrant
for providing g waggon and horses ; and likewise a
farmer was fined in the penalty of 31. for refdsing
to send his waggon and horses, though required to
`do so by the constable.
The Countess of Ronirt happened to slip as
she was entering the Dutchess, of GORDON'S on
Tues_daappynairgelnlttiy ,and was pitched on herhead against
the pavement in the Hall. She was some few se.
conds
motionless, when she was assisted
• toltand., She was in great pain, and-went up stairs
with tome di*ulty. We hear, however, that her
laidyihlp ha l wavered the shock. . .

Lau/ REfi

COURT OF KING's BENCH, 1;:b.

IN the course ofdiscUssing a tase in which ther,-;
was a alum plea put in, and the question was, whe-
ther the Attorney who had filed it should-not pay
costs, thereby incurred ; it Was stated at the Bar,
that the pralice of sham pleading was reprehensi.
ble, and •it was Much to fie laMented that ti greW
into use; btit it was alto observed, that .the
tice was. very general; anti an Attorney should not
be so severely vi.sired as to be Made to pay the
Costs in a Lase whete the other side Migtt have
brought the point tri a cOnelbsion, by,taking issue
•npon the plea ;—That many Client's kneW the
pralice of sham pleas; hnd irisili:ed on their Attar.
nies using them, in order to put off as far as poc.
sible the evil day, and that an Attorney in such a
case would lose his client, if he did not follow his
instruCtions :—Nor were the Gentlemen .of the
Bar themselves entirel,, rree from this, pract.
tice ; there was not one of them who had been
in the habits of special pleading, who did not sign
their names to sham pleas—Such for instance as .1
plea of judgment recovered, Sic. That it might
perhaps be worth while for all the Judges of the
different Courts to meet and come to some ride
upon the subjed, of perhaps the Legislature might
pass a Law upon it, as they had done in the Case 0
pleas in ' abatement, by which it was requited th4f
a plea- in abatement should be accompanied by an,
affidavit of the truth of it; which had Certainly
diminished the number of such pleas; but that tt
would be too much in a pradice so general to make
the Attorney pay costs.
The Lord.CHtsi Juvrice observed, that Gen.
tle.nen at the Bar, when they signed pleas brought
to them; or when they drew them from the instruc.
dons of ,Atiornies, were responsible only for* the
legal correctness of them, if true, and that they'
should contain no matter that was scaodalous ; but
they had no responsibility whatever as to the truth
of the pleas, that being nutter of consideration to
those alone whO furnished instructions. But with
• regard to aid Attorney who gave instrueliOn; for a
sham plea, he might.or hc,miglit'not have his Coss
of his 'Client ; but the Cotitt, it the matter Came
-beforeit, and the motion 'Was made that the actor:
nev do pay Costs', %voids!, fill short of its, duty, if
it did not order him so pay Costs. And in this
case the Court ordered aForningly. •

TO THE EDITOI: OF THE SUN.

Sr P.,

•
11AV been prevented by indisposition from
pertningeese venal .of your Papers t% hen they were
publ;shed, I did not know until a few days'since, by
Mere accident/that an Answer had been attempted
to the Remarks I sent you on a Letter signed
reritas, wench appeared in Tx E SUN of March 22d.
. This re; rt is a prodnelion so palpably superficial,
self.contradidory and irrelevant, 'tnided to the time
which has elapsed since its publication, that I have
hesitated much on taking the least notice of it. It
is alser'throwintogether with such rhapsodical into.
hercuce, that diflieult to consider its contents
with any regularity, and preserve the conciseness
v !deb could be wished. But es the. subject is not
out of date, and lest .silence, which has been occa.
!lowa' solely as ,above, should be deemed an aqui-
c ceeice 11l the truth of what he has aliedged, I must
request the favour of your ioserting some further
animadvevioes on this.question. The first Letter
of the instanced signature originated in a complaint,
th.t what was there called the Relikinn of Ireland
had not been respeaed a; it ought, in the late new
arrangements of the Empire. The Remarks• slimed
the ueloondedoess of the charge, and eitatmight.
he truly designated the Religion of a Country',.
'Though nor the semi lest attempt it made to deny
the truth of these positions, yet •the second .Letter
intakes its debut in this prurience of egotism: " He
teelea yours to confute what I advanced, but -I shall
puree his efrirtS are in vain :" and then restric-
teoto, not ;replying to the general body, leut only,
to eern:in descriptions of Catholics, ;ire hisisted on.
The first is an /WI of the Legislature which applies
only to the Militnry of that Seel, and exhich rn tAe
same breath, he acknowledges •is generally
waved as to execution ; an instance, , however, of
its enforcement, which once occurred at ClOnmell,
is given. Now., when such numbers of Soldiers
might • have bee 6 seen at every Catholic Chapele
umnolestedly, prising their own forms, honk can
it be asserted, or if that, yet how belieeeti, that it
was for attending worship 0n1.,p? must not some. un-
known circumstances, unknown at present, have
occasioned such a severeexception ?. is a fael,
that Soldiers of other denominations, although no
Ad of Parliament forbids their doing in thiarespea
as they please, while they 41ceasionally frequent
ei r own modes of religion, yet
.cannot atway.t:
Would,it not then :have been less invidioes‘to
. roe a regulation,
,which•appltes to others as well
as :to themselves, rather to the forms of military
discipline, titan to the cruelty of persecotion ?
When- the . publicity and nourishing state of thetr,
congregations, compared with fdrmer tunes, and
especially the support of a Seminary for the educa-
tion of their Clergy, by Government, a favour
niVei enjoyed by any othetSe&aries, are; taken into
the account, there was the greater reason to have
expeOrd such' a representation of the ease. Bitt
when, instead of this, these exaggerations are
brought forward, that can only serve to keep"alive
and tan the fires of. an" irritation which has been
always pregnant with such sanguinary cOnSequences,
it is the dory of anx, nr every, man to conic far_
and, and by exposing the fallacy, to quench ,the
flax ; be his-condUtt, or its motives, mitt-
. reported'as they may, by ignorant:, or interested,.
or inVidioinn malevolence. ',On the subjen of these
consequences, it may be fairly asked- this Writer,
does the title of ". pretty, names," applitel With
levity to these scenes of horror, Scullabegue, &e, &c.
indicate a proper sensibility, "or due disgust at
their. atrocities ? Bat we are told the Adors
-'ecru Tragedies drew the Kilig's catmint in a great
fan of snow,, When, the •French were off I3antey.
Now iris. established beyond all donht, that Num-
Iters,,who then assumed an appearance of loyalty,
were aorder the roost spicule previous eng-agedente
to join the Enemy ;. and would hide joined them
too, with mighty and efaielent force, but • for, an.
i-nterposittan Peevidence as singtilar'as ever took
puree in ;iny age, on- nation. Thd ipexplieehte Let-
ter. mentioned in elle Report fronfthe SecrerCom.
mittee. of the Irish Pccrs, is here referred to, which,
,leeving the Rebels unprepared, was -more the
occasion of that. Expedition's defeat, than even the
Storm -which dispersed' she Enemy's
,Fleete, It is
also that it. was French' artifice which
excie:ed to theie cruelties; but truth ob;iges it to
be confessed, when the enemy did effeCt a landing.
under. litymb Ear, often their greetest labour was to'
hinder their, Catholic tribes from butchering the Pro-
testants : ss itnessabcive all other instances, the Bishop
cif h' ilialu's guard. However, it is asserted with his
usual unhesitating promptitude, that if the ACI of
F,lnaocip.ttitut. (as. it is. calied) had been passed at
this juatute, all that followed might have been
prevented. Now we may. satisfactorily learn fait»
the first Letter of leritas, that it 'would mot, or
for, no length of time: most assuredly the regret
expressed to that Letter was, that the Religion of
lrelandliad not been as highly favoured aii.ehtifef
Scatland, It is to be presumed Veritas is not sin.
xrdar iii his views of this subjea, nor is he the
only' one distressed in bit:feelings at this so mark.'
ed a difference : therefore it is clear, that unless
the term Einancipation here, and what is called a
Barrier al Defence encircling the Protestants in the
,first 'Letter, includes such n state, of things
va !d., the satisfaction. enjoyed can be of no long
duration, nor consequently that safety from commo
rim) tl hich Nei:divan :It. If so, and there at a
other things which indicate this 'to be the fact, yet
he rests hit hopes on the patronage and support of
those names of high political celebrity he gives as
aeruftioninreoch views, it is easy to predift, he
twill fttiel.-himself most egregiously mistaken. It is
more loAtecome a:question with them about
iodlng 'mans to :restore an Institution which once
obtained in kretand, similar to that now reinstated
with suitable funds by Parliament for the Northern
DiVision of this Island-; the.Par4thiszi Schods. In
tteland, they- were nohappily not supported (see

Cultle's Ea. of horns, vol. i..p. j 4.6) and- their
riptal maylh juitirktoked upon as the cause Gi
ill.l4lll(iC6utitry'oofter miseries, by leaving
she lowet classes igik )cant all:1 un'oilarmed, and so
iss-east prey to the iirtifiees of every deceiver. ‘Ar'.

lowing all die. descriptions of. their many social
virtues and amiable propensities o' be just ; let
the Office be finished with as high i degree of
colouring as the band of partiality can give it ;:still
the question retorts- widi the more irresistible
force upon their apologists ; how; dtemilul must the
infinence be, that has from t hue to t hoe turned
such anlialde dipositions into such tremendous
struments of d:struetion.? and who can answer
it, to reason and to his Country, to enlarge the
powers and extend the range of that 'influence? By,
the way, a singular suggestion obtrudes itself here
on the refie“itig: inind ; we have often heard'
of ruling by dip qystear of Terror, but it is cer.
tainly a new discovery to make that system a
concomitant and measure of obedicate; and the pro.
eedure which constantly obtains. in die prosecution
of this business can merit no other name. That
unless every 'quest is granted which may be made
from time to time .by that particular part of the
community, without regarding how it May bear
upon the rear, • the certain expenation of such
miseries taking place should be constantly held up
by implication indeed sometimes, tuft so as not to
be misunderstood ; this certainly is a paradox irre-
, cnncileable with every idea a a' well-regulated
state,' and utterly indefensible. That -instance of
persecuting intolerance referred' to formerly, 'and so
boldly questioned, took place in Paraguay in the
last war, and was had from the mouth of one con.
corned, ,who with others-was threatened with cer-
. fain and inevitable death, if .they dared publicly to
'praitice the rites of Protestant Worship, though for
arid by themselves alone. ' With regard to those
who solemnly prolesabeWe the Altar to 'renounce
(what they then term) the Errors of the *Amish
Church, `and through life continue the same pro_
fession Ostensibly, „yet secretly procure, or, permit,
or connive at their children: being educated in there
princiatas, the whole business is so loaded with pc-
' eulhir circumstances Of disgust, notwithitanding all
the palliations that have been offered, or indeed
can be, that all discussion of it has' been design-
cdly waved, and shall be so still; and for this the
Writer doubts not to receive the approbation of
all for*tose esteem he can be concerned.. • Respect_
ing BOaTARTE, it is impossible not to feel a latent
soreries4, a kind. of mimosa sensibility in the second •
Letter signed Veritas. - Perhaps the zeal 'maul.
felted by the Consul to prove the sincerity of his
reconversion, may be one stimulus ..to his uncon,
querable enmity against
.free discussion and the
right of private judgment, which, though this
Nation's pride and boast, is the most odious of all
:monsters in' the, eyes of true Romanists : it may be
this which has blotted Out thejentembrance
his former site. And
.the hopes-that his Viaa-
rious arms may once more seat Infallibility Sri,
nmphant over the bodies,, inindsaand "fortunes of a
prostrate.world, that blessed Millenium—, fur 'whose
speedy advent every devout Catholic fatigues, with
daily and incessant-oraisons, all the Saints in the
Calendar, whether they hear or whether they for.
bear, may have excited this tenderness of his repo,.
don. But .as all that was said of him is now more
than fully ratified by the sanaion of the highest
authmity, and indeed by the constant tenor of his
aBioni, any further prosecution of the point is need:
lefts; except perhaps the family business. On that
it as sufficient to observe, that not pedigree merely,
but principle, sentiments, and condudr. mark. the.
Gentleman ; and without these, a Pedigree. drawn
up by all the Heralds of Europe, and paintef.l on a
tree as large as that Nebnchadnezzar dieamt of;
W.llO OM ,constitute the ehara&er, or sustain a
claim to it. • But as the general conduo of this
Adventurer is guided by a thing called Jateresti
which sloes not alwayi keep to the same side of a
question, how long he may inutile his present'course
it is hard to say'; however, it highly' becomes those
who would not view such a State of things as de.
scribed above in the same favourable light, to look
'-about them in time. Whilethe AnsWerer 'has. taken'
such pains to make out,an exaggerated and affliaive
display of his own party's restraints,, be
.shews he
tan preserve a' most undisturbed serenity on the.
vim of that of Orkeri: all such to him seem only
lig4afflietions, which are'llut for a moment. lie
prOnounces decisively, that '6 as to the Presbyterian,
Test there is notbilig severe in it :" and gives as a
reason, in his confused manner, .that 'f4 the 'grand.
Protestatit Dattrines remain the same to all." Now,
never was it grosser
.mistakecommitted, than that
this assertion•carriea un its very face: as, except in
the might of private judgment, there is a very great
difference subsisting on many essential points. ,But
waving the consideration of this, and admitsing.his
first ioiitiof true, could, not this Most, sagacious
of reasoners see, (hitt his cattSe and all its confidences'
are destroyed'for ever at 'the very roots; and by
his own hand ? In. the-. Debates on the Test AO
Bill, those' Eminent Chiraeters he claims as Pa.
trons, some of edeey first cl 14)ern at least, took
:great pains to establish a
:case of
.considerable
grievance but if his statement be just, as lie
certainly desires it to be deemed, they must ap_
pear. to be men who merely diverted themselves
with flourishes of oratory,- a play at figurative'
brilliancies,- a sort of Senatorial Spouting; without
regard .to truth or fait : and those he represents
to the world in this light, he boasts of in the same
breath 'as the Props and Guardians of his cause He
rit4st certainly was at home in quoting the barker:l,
Who can 'thus at a stroke make' a burlesque of his
Cause aid of its: Defiluders, of hi' Leiter and of
himself/ But the reputation of these Gentlenien is
is in no imminent danger of suffering' from 'the
oppOiition 'of' such high literary authority as this
supplementary Yeritas; (every .thing in the Epis-
tle indicates it cannot proceed from the, first
Writer) any more than that he is likely to be soil,
cited to employ such eminent talents in this
service again. As from these •cohseyttences ••110
will 'firm that here there is an absoltite ne.
cessity of recanting and acknowledging the obverse
of his position to -be the truth, let liam then see a
most unshaken attachment to the cause and interests,
and liberties: of their Country, maintained and .ex.
etted constantly, even under, political restraint,; and
that rewarded, not lrachattglog..those restriCtions
int.) '.an exacted, oath (which, where there is :no
heartaatitichments for community , of interests,'.. liar