The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-11-16 00:00:00

Till; DISSE.SPERS.

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, isTO or Trty StAtr.eMA.
Sia,—Caa4tos in his Leiter in ynur Parr, the •
4th inst. is in settea in one statement, onti.corred in
some nti.olll. Twill state the error I ailtuits to. 11l
says (speaking of Dissentets), `• 111 iould he lat
rg:lt that they should participate a little in 'he (Tele-
siist ica I revenues of the Estaltlished Chart :1! !" Put,
sir, it is time enough for CAssit s to insinuate that
such is the TriAlt of the Dissenters when they have
EXPIILti;t b rc.--Such a Nish, sir, slyest, In me con.
linty to the principles of their societiev—they sre in.
depent:ent-7and if the present I)issentrrs acre to
become ilyendeW nn Gorernntent there would sorn
wise Dil4steters (torn them.—..Chrintieoity sod Go..
vernment are two ileings--One is it ti ordinance of
man, cocsisting iu laration—the other the kingdom
of Heaven, which consists in faith, hope, and lore
dwelling in the iteatt—regulating the till$::-Orirlde
cud PUBLIC.

CAsstus is correct i.s his ex. sentence, i 7.
" Yet. if such a thing were to be propose,: to the
Legislature, the 1) gnitaries of tue Chutch would,
doubtless, raise a great clamour coinst it, as they
aglinst the Puritans under the reign of Cit.sitt-Es 1.!!"
Certainly they would, and justly. The Dissenters
(~f the present daj) ask in Eogland only .for pro.
tertion—in Scotland they are enriched by Govern..
ment, but in England they are independent of
vernment—they are happy if the crnaernment is
happy. And if the Government give the 20th, in
of the 10th, of the produce of
espoused Seel, u bat is that TO TUEM

of their Churches do not grumble, Id
pecuniary stipends.-150,0001. tRi
Established Clergy, by Pal liament,
and 100,0001. last year—what mill
nest Session of Parliament no one

is clear: no remorstrauce i• beard ri

log People or their Pastors.—"java
is one of their creed,. •
. .
But, Sir, as a sect paid by the State is horde's-14
on favouritism, and calculated to raise jralousie.en4
feuds—l say to Casstus, let the wish be minifest.d
by the Dissenters, before he assemes it as a fart,
and reasons from it.—Sir, such a desire of the Die.
centers would be the inroad to dreadful commotions,
and perhaps civil ear ! Whattlithe Itomish Church
(the society of Christ'ans It td is at Rome, in
Italy) wants, to participate oft-66stitiment eme.lu-
mentc, I do not know ; but think deg do not cord
(at the pre,ent time) 'the tithes, and the other good
things whichthi English Cllurch (the society of
whese he. ,(1 i, in Lone' n) • 0,414 pg-
. Puritans, in the reign of taaarts I. we-a
very loth to lease the Bond nt the Church ; it
was their subsistence.—lf the Dissentirg
would receive Government "REMUNERATION,"
I should be deceived in them.

Jzsus Caßisr (I speak it with reverenceand with
sviutnph) was a Dts,ENTER; he had in his day all
the Pt:e-ts aittl the power of the Government against
him. Dissent has ',ten honoured by the Taut limo
of the Christian Chinch—whose abode is now in
!leaven, out If the reach of the passions of men or
DEVILS. The glory of Christianity is theprontikof
Christ—that " where two or thice are met tophet
in his name, there is he in the midst of thew to *EIS
THEM"—ea upper room, a barn, or a churchifif
makes no distinction.
Nov. 10, 1815.

A LOVER OF FREEDOM.

nauttar-LAse..7!ICATRE.—Lect bight a new farce,
under the title of Who's Who, was hrouell for-
ward at this Theatre. Two old Gentlemen had 111.1_
tined their son and daughter for each other, aml died,
leaving it to two guardians to see this design rid.
filled, under a severe penalty, v% .—the lass of their
hole fortune—to attach tit;olchever of the
young parties should refuse the connexion offered
to them. Neither guardians nor young folk. himr
ever met—but the lady and gentleman having formed
other views, before the above match is proposed to
either,—they are driven to a succession of coarse and
overstrained, though highly ludicrous strabigeors, at
once to avoid the marriage aitil escape the penalty.
Sluence, in the character of Sam Dab, an apntlie.
cary's slmpman, plays off a two-fold deception
upon each of the guardians, whom he personates
alternately, to hoax the other. By a series of
complete manoeuvres, the earl of one of them
receives the written consent of both, marry
the girl lie loves; which leaves his betro:herl fare
one at liberty to pl.'ase herself in the name was.
There are some most laughable scenes in this lit
performance. An Apothecary, H seLer. Ineost...s
Air. Kit Cat, one of the old gentlernee, for a ri: .1
knight of the pestle, and a ritlicul, us scene
mUND:-.N.S Reline threw the house into 41111 apron
,
there were a go. d many lively things
rather oliciou, pails committed.--end some a rritic!.4
blunders. The nuttier has been too little scrupulous
for a man of acknowledged pleasantry in seieir,g
every species of g :dse that t” in his way, er could
be made to seise his purpose—two or three of his
jokes are near aid pointed. His plot has the into.
lotions of the Cretan latiyriiith, and his characters
only serve us for a clue to get out of it. IVe dare
say this farce will have a rnesiderahle run; and it is
rumoured, that w hntevet sucress.may attend it, is to
be ascribed to the talents of Mr. Poocs, the author
of Harald Trartsts.

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