The Sun.
London, England, 1803-01-21 00:00:00

TO Dit. ANDBRSON *.

SIR,
HARGES of rude. and ungentlemanly Treat;
ment are always brought by the-Authors and Prornottets
of imposture against the detectors and exposers of it of
which there are so many instances in, the Controversies con-
cerning Lauder's, Macpherson's, and subsequent Forgeries,
that you-might hate spared yourself-the trouble of adding to
them. The points in dispute between us require neither in-
vedive' .argument, nor evidence, but simply t4a, and
such facle. es is within the 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 of heal,th and vigour, by
Means of his Compost.
have asserted, arid I do assert, that no Tree in that state
ever was, or can be, restored to l ' walth or even preserved
alive, by all the Composts that -Mr. Forsyth, or you, or
any other Doclor, ever did, or can-apply to it.
`You have state.l, that by the aid-of Mr Fortyth'a tom,
post' " holes in Treei coo be' brought, in a few years, to
such a state of soundness, that no one can know- .the new
from the old weed," and you ilea* _ea presaed your astonish-
ment at the " wonderful soundness" you have seen produced
by it.
inevs a*eerted, and I do aseert, thert you nevr saw any
"pelt thime end that Itotevety.-41:Attntltsh eat..? iv s,
in any one instance, or ever an be, reaiored. tb the state 'of
soundness you have deet vibe, t.' .
Probably we have both seen Conjurors, of another de-
scription, cut oil' the heads Of livintbirds, and then produce
them alive and well, with. their heade as firmly attached to
their bodies as ever ; but as our degrees of informatien, and
Motives for belief, were in this caae nearly the same, we
-.both, probably, drew the, same 'conclusion, arid only save
the operator credit for his nutunal dexterity in imptereeptibly,
substituting a living bird fur a dead one. Tieing sufficiently
•, acquainted with the nature and principles nt vegetation, to
know that the miracle is as inere.dible in the one ease, as in
the other, l must be Allowed, till better .in formed, to draw
a similar cboclueion - from what 1 saw at • Kensington-gar-
den. Miracles that have been performed there, may, I
presume, be perfermed elsewhere ; and if either you, or
bdr, l'orayth, wiil 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 intpedion of the
President of the Royal Society, or of such Persons es he
shall appoint, tinting the Whole process, 1 will stake airy
stun that. I C,lll iiiithotit inconvenience deposit, and that you
or your friends shall enoose to tie issue of it.
But as a tree in such a stale ef tlea ay as to " have been all
rotted away except ebeut one inch of bark," inuet have
been long dead, tome 'line will probably he required ru
-store it to life ageili, ana'te the degree of health and vigour
requisite to support your assertion ; 'and as you, and even
Mr. Forsyth, eneuninered with the 'honours of his Paili.a-
mentary Reward,' may at • present feel Somewhat untesy
under the charges which .your unprovoked aggression lies
compelled me to briitg forward, I will point our to you
inuuediate and erlZ:dive method to destroy my Credit witn
the Public. Produce a traitsveree,settlon of a tree, which,
having once been hollow, or partially hollow, leas been
filled up with solid wood, ut which no one can know- the
new from thti Ohl." Mr. Fortyth anti his friends, in the
Book of which'he is the neraidal !sorbet, are said, it 1 do
not mistake, to possess sonic such transverse se:Aiutas : pre-
posacesed, however, with , the ?pinion that al) those. May
have been lost, or inlslaid, strict: the appearance of my tot
tner Letter, I tetli:r you, Or your Friends, to deposit a second
Stake, to the same ;miaow, and on ennilar condition; with
the preceding, taunt You Caiopiaprotitieeame. I shall be in
Town next month; where the season will be favourable for
the proposed.operetione I but the style of your Foinitle has
not made either my "friends, or vitae:elf, very solicitous to be
introduced to )our :tequila:mice by ass interview at •Kensing_
sir, &c.

T., A. KNICIrr.

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