Star.
London, England, 1802-05-25 00:00:00

ed this evening—the Hon. Baronet had gone into
a minute and elide defcription of different parts of
the queftion, but had not given a fair and com-
prehenfive view of the whole, he had exaggerated
the parts, furvcying them in detail as it were, with
a microfcope—to which microfcope the Honoura-
ble Baronet would put the eyes of the Hoare to
.look at the bull's mangled firth, and then cry out
how can fuch cruelty be fuffered in a civilized
country ? but then he (Mr. W.) would fay, let
this objedion to cruel (ports be confiftent—let it be
applied generally—let it operate againft hunting,
(tooting, fifhing, and courting ; againft the
amufements of rich as well as thofe of poor,tother-
wik it was hypocrify and injuftice—for all thofe
pleafures were upon the grounds Rated by the ad-
vocates of this Bill, equally objedionable ; but the
Houfe fhould fee thofe things on a larger fcale,
and confider that if the faired proportions were
to be looked at through a magnifying slats, they
might appear difgulling ; for inftance, if the fined
model of human beauty was to be examined
through fuch a medium, the hair on the face,.
which would be fcarcely preceptible to the naked
eye, might appear as large as a bridle on a hog's
back. If he were inclined to go into a detailed
defcription of the cruelties confequent upon Wr-
ing, hunting, courfing, ttc. he felt confident that
he would be able to Phew that they were numerous,
and not lets, perhaps more, barbarous than thofe
of bull baiting; and then he would apply the ay-
pawn= ad hennas, and fay to Gentlemen, that
while they purfue thefe cruel amufements, and
guard the exercife of them by a code of game
laws, they fhould not attempt to deprive the poor
of any favourite entertainment, which was not li-
able to other objections, than would go to put a
ftop to their own alto. This Bill, however, was,
it teemed, the fire Rep in the defign to reform the
manners of the common people ; and thofe per.
tons who happened to be defeated in their maiden
exertions to reform the conftitution, in which, by
the bye, had they fucceeded, we fhould now have
no conflitution at All ; were at prefent endeavour..
ing to plan, and withing to effect a change of thole
manners upon which the fecurity of the Conflitu-
tion and the Country materially depended. To
accomplifh this end, two parties were combined,
the Methodifts and the Jacobins—both branches of
the fame Houfe—both Iprung from the fame an,
celtry ; for the Puritan of old -and the modern Ja-
cobin were equally determined in their hottility to
what, in cantlanguage, they called lewd (ports and
arittocratic pallimes—that was the badge of the
old Puritan's order. He did not mean now to
reproach any of the fedaries, or to enter into a
difcuffiun of their tenets; but it would be adniit.
ted that one of the praEtical purpofes of the Me.'
thoditts was to give to the common people a more
lobar, grave, and reflecting character, than clinic-
guilbed them heretofore. itgainft that defign he
moll formally protefted.--upon that point he ever
would differ with any defcription of men. For how-
ever he might with that the people fhould be more
religious—more attentive to church, and to their.
moral duties—he would never confent to exchange
the cheerful, open, and merry character of the
common people, for the four, morofe, and felf-
conceited manners which generally marked the
Puritans, who were feldom known to polka jolly
or focial tempers; and in that they refembled the
gloomy habits of the Jacobins. He would not
pretend to fay, that thefe two parties entertained
precifely the fame views—he rather believed the
Methodifts were averfe to the plots of the other ;
but the fyltem of inftrution they gave to their
followers, was certainly calculated to make them
very tradable inftruments for Jacobinifm, that
poifon of fociety, which happily had as yet made
lets progrefs among the very lower orders of the
people, than among any other clefs of the com-
munity ; but Methodifm worked upon them with
harder materials, it paved the way for the othcr.--.
it urged them to judge of things they could not
underftand. The Jacobin Miffionary might fay to
Ithe Methodift—teach the common people to form
opinions for themfelves—make them read your
religious trails, and then I (hall put my political
pamphlets into their hands. Thus they might and
did work with the fame rope twilled at both ends,
and the end of their fyftems would be to deftroy
the old and natural character of this country. Both
tended to fanaticifin—fanaticifm little agreeing
with the difpolition of thole who were aceuftomed
to bull-baiting ; fo little, that he would not hefitate
to pledge hinifelf that one bull-baiter or bull-runner
was not to be found among the Correfponding So-
ciety. No, the Members of that Society were en-
gaged with higher objeds. Perfons occupied in
plans for the depofing a governments, and the
cutting off Kings' heads, would not degrade them-
(elves with fuch low purfuits. They did not, how-
ever, hate bull-baiting on accotmt of its inhumanity,
but on account of the thoughtleffnels and jollity
which the amilfement encouraged, and which were
not very fuitable allies for their project. He did
not mean to infinuate that the Methodifts. as a re-
ligious people, were friendly, he fhould rather fop-
pore they were adverfe to moral Jacobinifm, which
had no religion at all ; but he could not help ob-
(crying, that though hot water is known to be
further removed from congelation than cold, yet
when brought into the open air, it still freeze
foOner ; and he was perfuaded that the Jacobin
Miffionaries of 1792, who turned their attention to
the tormenting of higher animals than bulls,vould
have been more apt to make converts among the
Methoditts than among the common people
bufed for bull-baiting. It might be faid there were
better places for common people to elk, than to
fpend their time and health in public-houfes, b
he would recommend attention to their proper
evocations in l'afifellh and leccailmally• to athletic
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