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wickedness of the men that hare heaped such dire cala-
mities on the nation, would be the first to oppose the
incendiaries, though they clung round the throne, and
basked in the beams Of royal favour! Such loyalists,
even in error, demand our respect : they are not mime% I
latest by interest to bend in servility ; they are *it
I allured by ambition to sacrifice their counter at the
I shrine of power. They worth, pre”ent Revolution: nail.'
led by the designing, they fancy they behold the seeds
la national calamity germinating in the writings of NNW
assailants of Ministers. But the interested loyalists,
whose loyalty is gain, are callous to their country's
wrongs; they are indifferent to the sufferings of their
countrymen ; they rare not far the misery and distress
which so generally prevail ; their chorus is the cry of
the daughter of the horse-lerch, Hive! give! Widow.
blushing effrontery they stigmatise as reb I. the op-
posers of unjust authority and ill-contlncted power ;
they condemn as ignorant and. deluded, all those who
are not steeped to the neck in their dark folly ; and i
though they are too often as nether as the rankest
weeds, they exclaim against the operative and wield;
orders of society, as if honor and honesty, virtue and
wisdom, utility and respeetalbility, were to be found
I only among the base korshippers of the idols of the i
I:tea:ono! These. forsooth, are the respectable men—'
p.sseli respectable. are the admirers and the lovers of I
I aid follies : they hate innovation; and they wool&
lAsaerifice to their ignorance and their interests the
wisest sages and the most profound politician•! it
was such rerpeettiblee that condemned onr Saviour to
be crucified-4nel% respectable% prevailed on the anal-
tittitie to prefer Barabbas, the robber, before the divine .
Philosopher—such respvetables stoned the martyr
, Stephen to death!—tech respectable*, fur the sake of
gain, itemise') Paul and Silas of teaching nolarefal cur
toms—rrieh reepeetwbles cried " great is the Diana oft
Abe Ephesians!"---we know the reason, because their
craft was in danger--sech respeetebles banished Aris-
tides the just, and put the great and good Socrates to
death !--,nch respectable* burnt Latimer—such re-
spectahles induced the multitude to drive from his
country the illustrious Priestley—such respectablea.l
in short, in all ages and in all times, oppose all
kimprovement inconsistent with their interests, and ail
*form contrary to their gain. Though such re-!
! spereables ar mentally blind, yet they pretend all are •
in the dark who are not as mole-eyed as them-
selves. They laugh at the beam of the lynx ; and.;
as they can see nothing beyond their horizon,
all beyond, in their estimation, is a labyrinth di
danger and difficulties, amongst which wisdom would
'tot wand r. They are unenlightened in an enlightened,
age; they cling to error like the limpet to the rock.
The older the nonsense, the wiser does it appear to'
them ; the more ridiculous the folly, the more they
think it deserves to he enshrined. The time is come
when their labour* are despieti—the efforts no lever
prevail—the people have withdrawn the certain.
and laugh at the jugglers and their nires,l sad they
laugh at themselves for having been ainusesi and cheated
by such puppets in leading strings. These addresses i
wit, as much respect as the song of the ballad-singer.
The tinsels arrived when the Whig and tisk /key slsokidl
sake—when the higher and the lower orders %humid
join together, to save agriculture from poverty, and
trade from ruin; and, governed by principles assinai.
I Intim' with the character of the age. should restor•ont
Constitution to its pristine parity, and mould it tesait
the condition and cireumstanees of the times. It is tie.
ISM duty of the British politician to preserve the Conn
stitution. as it is the highest duty or the patriot toes.
deavour to preserve his country. But the anti-
reformers some unintentionally, some by design,
under the mask of friendship, are enemies of their
King, of the Constitution, and of their country.
To gratify their base passions they ar, canoes to
their country's wrongs—they greet the ear of sorrow
with ell is well—they mock the cries of woe—lthey
behold wills calm indifference the general distress;
and they pretend that the Press is the cause of the
calamity! They would rob the Cap of Liberty of its
plumes to place them on the hemlet of ambition. In
fine, the anti-reformers are fools of the co eeeee ion folly.
slaves of the treatittry, and pi sof rerufffties!
Fools, indeed ! that talk loudly of the licentionsooss
of wards, and say nothing of the Ikentlonsanwee
artions. Fools, indeed! that trace one evils the
Press, anti not to the acts of the Ministers of the last
thirty years; who, for a river, an old man, auks bar-
ren rock, have paralysed the nerve of intlustty. and
the power of art—clouded the nation with calamity,
and covered it with glory and wretchedness!--who
are now impotently striving against the apiril of the
age, endeavouring to restrain thought within the
bounds of their narrow understandings, and trying to
check the progress of liberal opinions with the dungeon
and the sword !

Three gentlemen of family and fortune, snit dee'
derate and independent political principles, vist."RbOs.l
Swionertoo, Esq. of Butterton ; Thomas Lisvr. Rsq.
of Armitage-park ; and Rdward Jervis Kleklltto, Req.
of Meaforil, heir presumptive to Earl St. Vineeet. have
addressed a eirrnlar letter to the noblemen and gen-
tlemen of the county of Stafford. respecting the pro-
veiny of calling a county meeting, 64 to coosr the
45.1 t means of securing one glorious eortaCtiltinn.
%%Gaily against the dangerous designs of the sedition"
bid disaffected on the one hand,laadtbreorrAwhmears
dhows of Ministerial power oda* Am." • The
answers in favour of the proposed telittleitlois hate, it
is reported, been most numerous from sololirmen and
gentlemen of the first weight and character is the
county.
Hswict—A Meeting of the lioltabitaits of lifistriels
was sailed by the Magistrates so be held it theAll'inra
Man, an the 21st instant. • Prom the nosabomPerho
amended, the Meeting was adjeorsed to tim
were a Loyal Address of this usual MtokodlL oat
' ens irMipo. An Address to dismiss 11114Milro was
WA Wired Ten or twelve of the Net ANON
ThiliCeprisell the nuarodod •hideoso for thidiMaitival
of illisisters, sad mintibelbotlicoodir it was
voted uwanigrowlyrloses prosoM Sift rad,
above rose thousand.
Wedneosliy bir.Sorjesat KOMI, mimeo in Moth
Jody of the Court of King's Beach, Ireland.

iNDENCk Sea set np by the Landon Clergy? and, finally, he
wwith great deference inquire whether Mr. (tern.
lERERFORD, UMna or sT•
ford has not contributed in no inconsiderable degree to
.NU MR. ALDERMAN walla-
• this injury. by the notice he has recently gives to his
MAN parishoon-rs, with wham lie has only been ciotherted
about eighteen months, that he shall enforce the pay-
LETTER FRO ilinntlllPOND TO ALDERMAN 11•1TH)5AN. went of this exaction ?
Stn,-1 have heard With the deepest concern that the •W
' 'Aliletman*ilthnsan would earnestly recommend Mr.
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privilege, assunsest on the ground of ow:mit usage, of Beresforil seriously to reflect upon the subjects, aim to
holding a Wardmote for the election of Common Coon- consider whether, by endea% miring to wean his affi-c-
-cilium' in St. Andrew's Church, was, on theist instant, tons from the perishable things of this world, and de-
ontrageoesly abused, by the introduction of much scar- voting his whole attention to these spiritual duties by
and irreverent declamation, and the recital of a trhich fie can correct the errors of others, lie would not
blasphemous parody. in derogation of the sanctity of best maintain the Cbtistion character, and e.seuti.illy
the place, and irrelevant to the occasion of the promote the true interests of religion ?
meeting. . Alderman Waithman would finally recommend to Ilse
it might have been presumed, Sir, when the atolls- consideration of Mr. Beresford, whether his venesurut
tooled offices of religion had been suspended fur the fulminations from the pulpit, on tho last salibatli, wets
worm.% of your temporal Court, that you, as Presi- in conformity to the admonition of the apostle (..? Tim. ii.
dent, would not have quite forgotten where you were 24, 2), that " the servant of the Lord must not strive,
sitting, or have been negligent in restraining d ornasions bit be tenthe onto all men, apt to teach, petient, in
which would have been highly offensive in a less sacred meekness iustructing those who oppose themselves."
place. Bridge-street, Dec. 20.
I lament, Sir, for emir own sake, and for the sake of
all to who ii the influence of your example (intends, that
you have not more reverence tor the sanettiory ; and I
sympathise with no small number of my parishioners,
whose feelings have been wounded by an act of gross
profanation, which, if you did not promote, you cer-
tainly took little pains to prevent.
remain, Sir, your obedient humble Servant,
Kt. Audrew•e-eorirt, Dec. 23. OILBT.BERESIVIID.
ALDERMAN witynumes REPLY.
Alderman Waithman acknowledges the receipt of a
note fr the Rev. Oilhert Beresford, and begs to in-
form him, that while he is ever ready publicly to vindi-
cate his conduct and opinions, lie does not consider him-
self boom' to enter into any explanation of his public
conduct with any individual who sitar choose to consider
himself warranted in privately atitiressing him: nor
elves he admit the authority mourned by Mr. Beresford,
of reprehending him in the exercise of.his official duty,
as presiding offieer of the Ward of Farringdon Without.
Instead of Mr. Beresford venturing to impugn his con-
duct and 00000 tires, and those of the Warditiote, he should
have attended the Meeting, where he would either have
had the means of substantiatilig his charge, or have re-
ceived a refutation of the unfounded assertions contained
in his note, as well as of those aspersions which appear-
ed ins recent declaration, arrogating exclusive loyalty,
to oltich he had affixed his name. Indeed all those ca-
lumnies have been indignantly repelled by the great
body of lionseholders of this Ward, as well as by those
of the most popnlous Wards of the City, who have re-
planol their confidence in the Members who supported
the late Address of the Corporation, and in other cases
selected awl returned new candidates—advocates of the
political sentiments contained in that Address.
Altliongli Alderman Waithman is in no way bound to
correct the errors of Mr. Beresford, yet, in courtesy, he
condescends to inform him, that there was no "recital
of a blasphemous parody in derogation of the sanctity of
the place, and irrelevant to the occasion of the meeting,'
nor " any act of gross profanation." much less could
any such act have had .11derman 11(aithusan's sanction
or permission. It is true, that when a candidate was
brought forward by certain persons, who, with Mr.
Beresford, had signed the pretended Loyal Declaration,
an inhabitant of the Ward did produce the parody thus
described, with the sole view of showing the nnworthi-
nes. of the candidate by whom, for his own benefit. it
had been edited and pufilislied. and of exposing the in- this
consistency anti hypocrisy of these pretended loyalists ; Bth July.
bat when oaly a few lines of this parody; containing, he
believes, twenty stanzas, had been read, Alderman carte wan on shore ,
Waithman then, perceiving its tendency,,requested the casabas. is yepayied as ye.
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Ueutlmoan not to proured, which request was itninetli- rage totally destroyed.
elkot,iied with. Notwitisemodiag this espo-ition, ,
fittiroy.i declarers continued to support and vote for this
very candidate.
Alderman Waithman further begs to state, that this
Wartimote, the latest ever before known, was conilncted
with as mach order and regularity as ever had been wit-
nessed, exhibited no ordinary iisplay of talent, and
every ;sermon had a fair hearing. fle likewise informs
Mr. lieresforil, who, he believes, is only a recent inha-
bitant of this Want, that the Wardmotes have been is:-
memorially held in its respective churches ; that the an-
nual choice of Common l ()lowdown being an important
trust, It is highly necessary that the electors should have
a fall opportunity of investigating the conduct and pre-
tensions of the candidates; that it is the duty of the
Alderman, as presiding officer, to hear every person with
patience and impartiality ; that the right of discussion
has ever been freely exercised on such occasions; that
it became more imperionsly necessary at the present .
moment, as the Loyal Declaration, to which Mr. Beres-
ford affixed his signature, had charged the members of !
the Common Council with supporting an Address to
his Majesty, "disgraceful to themselves and the City at
large, anti breathing the most malignant spirit of hos-
tility to every distinct branch of the Constitution." It
therefore became inciontwid on the persons making snch
atrocious charges, publicly to stand forward at the
Wardmote to onitinintiate the same, and upon the per-
sons so charged, to vindicate their character from as-
p Promos sn fool and so infamous, aggravated as these
charges were by the secrecy of dieir manufacture, anal :
the ostentatious publicity of their circulation ; printed
anal circulated, too, as these Loyal Declarations were,
on the Sabbath Day, when Wry themselves hail so
hypocritically denounced the-publication of Sunday
newspapers.
As Mr. &evolved has volunteered himself unneces- '
airily and unasked, Alderman Waithman humbly sub-
suits two or three interrogatories for his calm redection. ,
Is it not the duty of a minister of tioil to avoid
worldly contentious, to abstain from branding his fel-
low.-sttbjects with opprolirions epithets, tending to recite '
sad inflame animosities among them, and to become as
example of tastiness and forbearance, by W111)4141 wad
softening their asperities?
Is it consistent with the Christian spirit to meet in ,
secret elaces for the purpose of frothing and publicly
Herniating aspersions upon the conduct of others,
iuspnting had motives for that conduct, and thus de-
prising them of the means of explanation and vindica-
tion ?
How ran Mr. Beresford reconcile to leis duty as a
Christian teacher the signing of the declaration,
ing the great hotly ..f his fellow-66mm with " breath•
a ntaliznant spirit of hostility to the constitution
of their country ?" and upon what principle of Christian I
feenstiorisratasea astirieftwo4dlr atptterpt tuposutdrawintluwtt g
t thehesadaleas imputation' onstaised
it the saki .? •
If is dint legal declaration which be signed he
phased of "blasphemous publications," by what =
amass time gross bypocriay and moutempt of the es- ,
tablished religies will he designate the roadact of hie
brother doclaratloaims, who brought sad toted
fee, the esailidate who edited and poblisped a parody,
wide\ be is his knee has termed .4Unepimapotss
the emsaspry. does it sot laeronse his deity immediately
to rorltoos.lodoolotisb, sail tithed his -brother deviant-
desists, Mawr than discover sorter's and eipmerated
feeliEds thew who presume to eatertala Fetid- •
cal demo tams his owe?
A Wafts** wield liumbiyishimits whiskerl
the established church has out brim severely imiored by
the dormaat claim of 2s. 9d. is the posed for tithes,

NIGH WATER AT i.ONIION BRIDGE To-moinew.
Morning. 32 min. at!er S.—Evening. 9.

Innocents.—Holiday at the Pal lie Offices.

inn attateginan.
TUB INITISII STATELSISAN" IS INCORPONSFID WITH
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THURSDAY ILYSHIRS. DECEMBER 28.

(FROM A JAMAICA COURANT or :env. 13.)
From Aruba, we have received the following :
Vol. Raves Buenos has recently deserted the standard
of the Royalists, and joined the Independents, and
has taken Bargamiemento, a town in the interior.
and was marching on with a formidable force
against Corn, in consequeeee of which, a number
of the inhabitants of that coon had emigrated to
Aruba.
Cresco*, OCT. 4.—The schooner Maria, from this
i port to St. Martha, was taken by llnti%'s ,quadron
t anelllwried into Savanilla, and ou her return to this
1 port she lipoke the Spanish Beet, which passed this
Iharbour. By her ne learn, that a brig of BURR'S
Squadron had gone ashore at Savanilla and was NM.
The whole naval force consists only of five vessels.—
liouv•ft is stated to have increased the import duties
from 25 to 30 per rent.

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PR ITATIL LITTER.
' Butwos Avant, OCT. 20.—We have experienced a
most dreadful hurricane in the river Plate, which has
destroyed the mole of Buenos Ayres, many houses aluag
the beach, and about 50 sail of shipping. Hoods are
now scarce, and freights !sigh. The brig Warrior of
this pert, was off the harbour of Valparaiso, on the
ffth July, when Mr. Nixox, the master, and surlier-
cargo was on shore I the number of lives Wet at the
Coaches, is reported as very considerable, and the til-
lage totally desttoyed.
The correspondence published In the papers of the •
day, between the Rev. Mr. Benesroan, Rector of St.
Andrew's, Holborn, and Mr. Alderman Wasrumen,
is of higher and more extensive interest than the sot-
jeers by which it was occasioned. Mr. BINH/ORIN it
appears, complained that when the accustomed offices
of religion had been suspended is St. Andrew's Church
for the purpose of holding a temporal Court, (a Ward-
mote of the district,) the Alderman had (twisters
where he was sitting, and bad been negligent ill //-
straining the recital of a blasphemous parody. and
discussing whieh would have been offensive in a less
sacred place. The reply of MlP.Alekintiam WAIT/MAN
is an unanswerable refutation of Mr. lienzaresto's
charge. li is wore ;itis a plete exposure, Dot only
of the inconsistency and hypocrisy of the persons
pith whose feelings Mr. Be aEPro a v alleged
he sympathised, on account of this pretended pro-
fanation of the place, but of offirioes and in/swab
tory spirit of the clergyman himself. '1 he fact of the
worthy Alderman having request•si the recital not to
proceed, when only a few lines of the parody refeered
to had been read, is studiously suppressed or per-
verted ; and the other fact, is equally concealed. of the
publisher of that obnoxious parody having rewired
the countenance and votes at the Wardruote of the
very persons who affected to be outraged at iho re-
cital of his publication. An Instance of more gross
toesnyereity nod of can scarcely be adduced.
It were desirable to add, that inch examples were sit-
' guise. The troth. however, is, that they every where
almond. If men possessed is his rt and deed that re-
verence for Christain doctrine, to which, for the put-
' poses of arrogate** and a' rife they make such loud pre-
smeeloms. it is savecessary to say that they would actin a
'Welt Inffettewereet and coosistest manner. In all ages of
Ilheleinehlt,And its all countries as well as its Judea,
',Pere have 'been Scribes, Pharisees, aid Hypocrites,
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I, *ho assume Most high iusportaace for their affected
attachmeet to 'eternal observances, while inwardly
they are at variance with every principle they profess.
" Men have just oliosigh of Religion," says Dees
,ffwift, "to woke them hate one another." It affstds
tit mumnion of with* the most immoral and asjist
pay tonfirlly avail. if they patents has the holders.
to. withstand. the Imposers of their roettrulictions. it
Iles *twat* peosehhnl a moot fondly-1001 powerful ex-
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horn ahe r; at ey are sapportfog the eositry.l COIIRESPO,
are too timid to reflrtt seriottsly on their actor and airrware sus km us. n 1
indolent to probe their measures; hut who, we 's! ANORKIV'tI, UOLSOIN, AN
rii•rnr•lr the i •