worship think they are found members of the church as by law eftablished, good churchmen, when they attend this pharifaical affembly. Dr. Gaskin, the Secretary of the Society for promoting Chriftián Knowledge, can give farther particulars on this fubject, if the Bishop. of the diocese where this Clergyman has preferment, or the Overfeer of the beep of London, wish for information. There is one queftion, Mr. Editor, to which I fhall be obliged to you for an answer. If Mr. Eyre, Mr. Rowland Hill, or twenty others, preach in conventicles, can the diocefans fufpend them, or prevent them, from preaching in the established churches ?-If they can, why do they not? June 25, 1799. Your's, &c. BOULEIOS. SIR, TO THE EDITOR. S the cowardly Wyvill has not dared to give his laft pamphlet may a few extracts from it, as these will fhew the cloven foot, and will prove to the world that he, and fome others of his adherents of the affociation, intended more mifchief than fome unfufpecting perfons were aware of. The title of his pamphlet is, Seceffion Vindicated. He fays, "the nation is threatened by military defpotifm; and, though we must endeavour to fhun the traps of informers, and the fnares of legal chicaners, yet we must not fuffer our caution to degenerate into timidity, nor our moderation to cool into torpid apathy and inaction; that though Seceffion is generally a dereliction of public duty, yet there may be, and he endeavours to prove, that there now is, fuch great public danger from the continued obftinacy of Parliament, &c. &c. that an appeal to the people, by Seceffion, is, therefore juftifiable. When the neceffary means of fafety have not been spontaneously, and, in time, applied by Parliament, what the reafon and eloquence of the minority have in vain recommended, may be obtained by the decifive authority of the public opinion. On a timely declaration of that opinion may hang the last hope of falvation; and Seceffion, with a view to procure it, may thus become a neceffary duty," He goes on and fays, "it feems clear, therefore, that in fuch extraordinary cafes, the Seceffion of members from Parliament is perfectly defenfible on the principles of the conftitution. It is their laft regular appeal to the nation against the obftinate rafhnefs and folly, and infidelity, of the major part of the trustees. And if the impending danger were evident to the public; if the neceffity for a retreat were clear and urgent, undoubtedly the feceding members would be received with open arms, by their fellow-citizens, as the deliverers of their country." A a 4 Much Much is faid of the increasing influence of the Crown, and the Minister is treated with great acrimony. "By this exorbitant influence the Parliament may fink, we know not how foon, into a mere office, to regifter the edicts of the Minifter, and our reprefentatives may then be feen crouching at the foot of the throne, idolizing, in proftrate fervility, the Emperor of Britain." Much is faid to make the people diffatisfied with the war, and on the misconduct of the Minifter, in not procuring peace when it might have been had; the confequent increafe of new burdens, the infringement of our rights by paffing the fatal Bills, as he calls them, which have expofed perfonal freedom to new dangers by legal chicane." He goes on in the fpirit of his prophecy to tell us, that, though on opening the campaign, fuccefs may attend the armies of the allied powers, yet foon, or a little later, this flow of profperity will be ftopt, and the tide of war will turn in favour of the republic, whofe elaftic power to refift, and, finally, to repel their compreffing weight, will be continually increased by her ardour, and the zeal of her democratic dependencies, &c. &c."-" The more fatal confe quences," he fays, are too painful to be furveyed. As men, friendly to the gradual and peaceful improvement of our fpecies, we deprecate them from the bottom of our hearts, and willingly avert our eyes from the diftreffing profpect." High compliments are paid to Fox, Erskine, and Grey. Can one imagine a more malevolent heart than this champion of liberty poffeffes? Can fuch language as this require a comment ?, I can affure you, moreover, that his private conduct proves him what every democrat is ever found to be, an infufferable tyrant. The inftance of Richmond fchool is in point. When it became vacant, a few years ago, inftead of advising the electors to look out for a perfon of the beft abilities, he recommended a man every way notoriously unfit for the office. That he had opulent affociates in this fcandalous attempt is no palliation of his offence, His clerical character ought to have made him more deeply sensible of the utility of learning, and the obligations of Christian morality. Luckily for the town and neighbourhood, the Lord Chancellor prevented the fuccefs of fo nefarious a purpofe; and it would be well for the community at large, if fimilar attempts could always be fo hap. pily frustrated. I had forgot to mention, that the Mayor of Rich mond, one of the electors, much to his honour, fpurned his imperious mandate, though probably connected with him as his mercer. The conclufion is about himself, wherein he attempts at once to provoke perfecution and imprisonment, and to excite commiferation from age and infirmity. We hope his complaints are not very severe, as he has had a child almoft every year by Betty Codlin, whom he married about eleven years ago. I am, Sir, your humble fervant, ANTI-DEMOCRAT. POETRY. POETRY. The following Academic Exercife has been communicated to us by a Correfpondent at Cambridge, DANDE fores tutus, veneranti templa Doloris, Liminis horrendi decede Penatibus, hofpes, Quàm varios homini mores habitufque creatrix Tam 1 Tam variæ morbi facies. Hiat ille reclufis Ecqua procul fociâ fecernitur (aspice) turbâ, "Reddite," quæ clamat nequicquàm, "reddite amantem, Felices tamen hos, (felicia fi qua refervet Nec guftare mifer potis eft :---quám fæpe morantem THE FALL OF CISALPINA. BY A CISALPINE REFUGEE. Ex. Com. Ex. Mun. Ex. Anc. Cident. Tranflated from the Original-found in a Gin Shop at St. Giles's. UNFRIENDED! exil'd to a foreign shore, Far from those plains befmear'd with kindred gore, Time was, I haften'd on the banks of Po, With ardour fnapp'd the matrimonial thrall, Till gaunt Rebellion, clash'd with Auftria's cause, Reftore to flavery, Lombardia's race, And dash the new republic from her base. Ah? fad I haften'd through the midnight gloom,* * Subit illius triftiffima noctis imago. Ov. When |