"that religious flavery, under which a people have been willing to "remain, who have lavished their lives and fortunes for the efta"blifhment of their civil freedom. The legitimate powers of go"vernment extend to fuch acts only as are injurious to others. But "it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty "Gods or NO GOD. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my "leg!" Such an extract fuperfedes the neceffity of a comment! Another of the Jacobin candidates, whofe name was well known during the American rebellion, GATES, recently declared, at a pub. lic dinner, "that HE HOPED TO SEE BONAPARTE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES." This fact was published, and duly authenticated, but it did not prevent him from carrying his election. Indeed, it feems probable, that it operated as an additional recommendation to his worthy conftituents.

We had formerly occafion to advert to the curious complaints which had been preferred against us, in the American prints, for prefuming to speak truth of the conduct of their government, while they had themselves been in the conftant habit of reviling this country and her fovereign. We have now a series of American papers before us, which contain fome of the most virulent, false, and malignant calumnies, on England and Englifhmen, that ever were uttered by man. Nay, our Ambassador himself, whose character, by the law of nations, and by every principle which is holden facred in civilized countries, is fecure from infult, is grofsly abufed, and publicly accused, in the true cant of the Jacobinical fcribblers of republican France, of confpiring against the freedom of the United States. Whatever we may have laid of the American government (and, be it obferved, they have not dared to deny a single fact which we alledged against them) we have ever respected their Ambaffador here; we fhall not, however, be difpofed to observe the fame delicacy towards their private agent, one of the worthy Commiffioners for the fettlement of British claims, of whofe departure for this country we had timely notice, and whose conduct as a Commiffioner, we have only been prevented from noticing hitherto, by the intervention of other objects of a more temporary nature. We have two papers before us diftributed at New York, and printed on the 29th of April, one of which is entitled "BRITISH ROBBERY DETECTED;" the other "The VILLAINS UNMASQU'D!. Americans plundered by the British!" They relate to the alledged feizure of American by Britifh fhips; but, admitting the allegation to be true, which we very much doubt, had we no Ambassador, no Confuls in America, to whom a complaint might have been preferred, according to the regular practice adopted in all countries, and of whom redrefs might have been obtained? Was the nation to be libelled for the mifconduct of individuals? This daring and profligate infolence can only be founded on a prefumption of the pacific difpofition of the British government. Another instance of the fame kind appeared in a vile Jacobin print, entitled, "The American Citizen and General Advertifer," of May the 7th;

where

where the British are reprefented as a fet of plunderers and kidnapand as "enemies to the rights of man." In the fame pers, paper of May 5th, they are termed "the Leviathans of the ocean-the free-. booters and fcourges of the world-whole tendereft mercies might form the blackest item in the lift of crimes committed by the piratical Barbary States." Yet thefe men have the unparalleled effrontery to abuse us for prefuming to impeach the wisdom of their go vernment, and the honeity of their conduct towards this country, not by wanton abufe, not by loose and vague declamation, but on the authority of facts and documents the authenticity of which they. have not dared to question.

The Aurora and the Mirror, and other American papers of the fame ftamp, are full of the moft malignant abuse of this country, generally marked by the moft impudent falfhoods. A comparative ftatement of public confidence in the credit of England and France, as exemplified in the price of their respective funds, money vefted in the French funds being fold in February laft, at only feventeen per cent. whereas that vested in the English 5 per cents. fold, at the fame time, for ninety-two, having appeared in a Boston paper, a fapient financier undertook to prove in the Aurora, that the high price of ftocks is no proof of public confidence. It would be too difgufting a task to analyze this curious compound of ignorance and lies. A fpecimen or two will fuffice to fhew its object and its nature to our readers. "The great body of Stockholders, we are told, are the collateral branches of families, whom the barbarous laws of primogeniture leave without any other provifion than a small fum in ftock. Perfons fuperannuated, who have been fortunate enough to accumulate fufficient to provide a small annual fum in the Stocks. Servants of opulent families, who lay out their wages to accumulate in that way. Old maids and bachelors, or kept miftreffes; with a herd of thofe drones in Society, who fleep out a life of idleness and mifanthropy. These are the defcriptions of the great body of Stockholders!" Now if there be any fet of people in America fo totally devoid of fenfe and information, as to be impofed upon by fuch falfhoods and abfurdities as these, we fhould think our time very ill-beftowed in the attempt to open their eyes, or to enlighten their minds. Their prejudices must be irradicable, their ignorance incorrigible.-Again. "A Landholder in England of 5,000l. a year was obliged, in 1798, to pay a tenth of his income or contribution, independent of indirect taxes. A holder of 5,000l. a year stock was not taxed a fingle cent. not, therefore, a proof of public profperity when a stockholder confides in the Government."-This man, we think, muft have known that he here advanced a barefaced falfhood, and that ten per cent. was exacted from every species of income above 1991. per annum, from whatever fource it arole; without any exception whatever to ftockholders. But this fufficiently fhews the fpirit of the party that favours Mr. Jefferson and his gallic friends. Mr. Joe! Barlow's authority is quoted to the lame effect in the Mirror. This

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man,

mán, a rank Jacobin and Regicide in heart, we learn from that paper, "has been entrusted by the Government, with offices of honour and truft, and it is fufficient to fay is univerfally esteemed a profound politician, and an honeft man." The whole of this information is perfectly new to us, and we heartily congratulate the American Government on the acquifition of fo fuitable an advo

cate,

In the Daily Advertifer, a New York paper, of the 18th of April, there is a letter from "a gentleman in London to his friend in Baltimore" containing the whole of our Political Summary, for September laft, relating to American affairs, which he is pleased to call" a palpable libel upon the Government and chief magistrate" of America; and he expreffes a hope that "America will find an able advocate in her caufe to answer it." We will tell this gen-. tleman that he is himself the libeller, and that America, neither has found nor can find any advocate, to difprove the truth of our ftatement, refpecting her revenue, and her dishonest conduct rela ting to British claims. If he be ftill in London, we dare him to the field of controversy.

The

paper, however, which contains our statement, appears to be really friendly to the interests of America, and as fuch is entitled to commendation. It has filled many of its pages with our Political Summaries, and we fhall be happy, at all times, to fupply it with materials, which, if they do not inftruct, fhall certainly never pervert nor miflead, the minds of its readers. All we wifh, or delire, is, that the Americans will be true to themfelves, and just to others. Our limits will not allow us to extend this article fo as to finish our statement, begun in a former Number, of the conduct of the Commiflioners, appointed for the fettlement of British claims. But it is too interefting to be omitted, and we fhall, therefore, embrace the first opportunity that occurs for inserting it.

June 26, 1800.

LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.

WE are happy to find, that a New and Uniform Edition of all the Works of the late Mr. JONES of Nayland, in thirteen volumes, 8vo. is preparing for the prefs.

A new edition of that scarce book, Willis's Survey of St. Afaph, by Mr. Edwards of Wrexham, brought down to the present time, with confiderable additions, and the names of the incumbents of each parish, from the earliest period, with Memoirs of fome of them, is very far advanced in the Wrexham prefs. It will make 2 vols. 8vo.

Mr.

Mr. Edwards is also preparing a new edition of Willis's Banger upon the fame plan.

A New Work, on the Subject of French Folitics and French Finance, from the able pen of SIR FRANCIS D'IVERNOIS, Will very foon appear.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

The Correspondent who transmitted us fome intelligence from Chatham is earnestly requested to let us know where a private letter may be addreffed to him. We have very particular reafons for wishing for an immediate interview with him. He may fully rely on the strictest honour and secresy on our part.

W. S.'s communications have been all received, and he fhall hear from us very soon.

The Book mentioned by A. B. has been received and will be noticed as early as poffible.

The Tour recommended to our notice by a much respected Cor respondent, in Yorkshire, has never been seen by us.

We have received a note, refpecting that miscreant, PETER PINDAR; and it is with great reluctance we have been compelled to poftpone for a month the chastisement which we have prepared for him, on account of his new compilation of impudent falfhoods, which is, without exception, the most atrocious libel we ever pe rused. We think, indeed, that it cannot fail to subject him to the lash of the law: our Correfpondent may rest affured that we shall not relax in our efforts to exhibit this wretched Poetafter to the world in his true colours.

We had engaged to break a lance this month with C. D. E., the doughty champion of Dr. Paley; but a pressure of more important business has reduced us to the neceffity of deferring this literary skirmish to a future day. We mention the fact, left our antagonist should be disposed to suspect us of a want of confidence in the ftrength of our arms on the juftice of our cause.

We have to apologize to many other Correspondents for the delay which has occurred in the infertion of their refpective communications. We hope to have a very early opportunity of dif charging all our debts of this nature,

ANTI-JACOBIN

Review and Magazine;

&c. &c. &c.

For JULY, 1800.

NOBIS AUTEM UTILITAS DEMUM SPECTANDA EST.

PLIN. EPIST.

ORIGINAL CRITICISM.

ART. I. General Biography; or Lives, Critical and Hiftorical, of the most eminent Perfons of all Ages, Countries, Conditions, and Profeffions, &c.

(Concluded from P. 146.)

IN examining the execution of this work, we obferve one

predominant colour of SOCINIANISM obtruding itself violently upon our offended eyes at every opening. Thus that death of Herod which is fo circumftantially related by St. Luke in the XIIth of the Acts, where we read, that " immediately the Angel of the Lord fmote him, because he gave not God the glory," when the affembly pronounced him a God; is retold us by Dr. Enfield, in this vitiated and Socinian manner. "He feemed," cries this biographer, as willing to wound and not afraid to ftrike, the very infpiration of the Scripture, too well pleased with this extravagant flattery; but foon after he was feized with a violent diforder in his bowels, &c." The fupernatural caufe of all, we fee, is totally fuppreffed. The Angel, who is brought forward by the Divine Hiftory as the dealer of the blow and the difpenfer of the diforder, is left wholly unnoticed. The incident, itself, however miraculous S

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