1805.] 



Letter to the Editor of the Annual Review, 



did piece of ftate-machinery. With fuch 

 a number of potent allies, the Church can 

 never fall but in fome grand convulfion of 

 the State, againCi whi( h no defences are 

 available. Even now her maintenance is 

 far from being voluntary en the part of 

 the contributors ; for there is fcarce'y a 

 farmer in the kingdom who does not exe- 

 crate the payment of tythes ; yet no at 

 tempts even to procure an alteration of 

 the mode have had any chance of fucctfs. 

 It is n<'w reckoned found doctrine to hold 

 that the fevtnues of the Church ftand en 

 juft the fnme i,ro .nd of legality as thtf 

 tftates of individuals ; and fuch ia the 

 tender care cf her welfare, that, in every 

 coxmuiation of property, fpecial provi- 

 fio.i is made that (he fiiall lole nothing, 

 but may ^^un ns much as The can. 



The ila'e of the Church of Ireland is a 

 ftriking example of the advantageous p fi. 

 tion occupied by an ecclefiaftical elfablifn- 

 mcnt. Although i' is the church only of 

 (probably) the tenth pur of the people, it 

 is er.doived as if providing ioi' the religious 

 wants of the vshole ifland. Tnis circum- 

 fiance is, indeed, giievoufly complained 

 of, and has be^'n a principal canfe of the 

 dillurbances of that country j but in none 

 of the conciiatory plans has it bten pro- 

 poted to take one fingle living from the 

 Irifli Proteftant Chu:ch, and give it to 

 the Catholic ; and the utmolt that has 

 been conceded ha. been the judice of per 

 milting an additional hvy oi public mo- 

 ney for the Catholic and Prelbyterian 

 clergy of Ireland. In ihe late Cat oiic 

 Petition, it might beobferved, tliat parti- 

 cular care was taken to dilavaw any in- 

 tention of touching the revenues of ilie 

 Pro cJfant Cinircli. Now, it can hadly 

 be conceived, thai, at any peri d, tlic Mc- 

 thodi/tical Diffei.ters of England will be- 

 C>me pri.poi tionally (o numerous and pow- 

 erful as the (eparatills from the national 

 Church of Ireland, 



One event alone would bring on dan- 

 ger to the Church from a (Irong Mctho- 

 diitical party — an unadvifed perfecuiion ! 

 Let high-cluiichnicn, in 'his their hour of 

 triunipii, beware of a mealiire to which 

 fome zeaiots Item licrn-ous of urging 

 them. Many circumiiances tend to (how 

 thnt there is in this nation, rational and 

 enliglmncd as Ionic think it, a latent 

 germ of fmaiicilm, to the txpanfion of 

 wliich favourable occafioiit alone aie 

 wanting. Perfecutlon, even of the mode- 

 rate kind that thcpitlent times w. mid al- 

 Jow, could not fail to give lile and vigour 

 to ihis germ, and no cne cin foieft: the 

 4- 



limit of its growth. As quiet dilUdents, 

 the Methodilfs, however numerous, are 

 not to be feared ; as provoked and injured 

 feilaries, they might be rendered really 

 formidable. Your's, &c. 



POLITES. 



To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 



SIR, 



YOU will have the goodnefs to infert 

 fhe following^ addreis in your next 

 publication, which will oblige, Sir, 

 Your obedient Servant, 

 T^eivcaflle, Sarah Hodgson^ 



June 16, 1805. 



To the Editor of the jinnual Re'vieiv. 



SIR., 



IN your Preface to the th'rn vlume 

 of the Annual Review you obferve, 

 " That am')ng the be'f friends of this 

 under' 'king are to be ranked tliofe who 

 have lav lued the Editrr wi h their opi- 

 nions 0.1 the ei rors which have here and 

 there ii fmo ued th^mlelvts into the two 

 firft Vjluir.es." Afier reading the above 

 remark, I can have little hcfitation in 

 conclud! g, thit perfons who may poii.l; 

 out the errors of the volume now befoie 

 the public. Will be equally entitled to the 

 approbation of the editor. I.i the article 

 you have inserted under the title of 

 " Bewick's Brit'fh Birds," a kind of 

 hiftory \i giveii of thof- p.blications, to- 

 gether wiui thr; Hi'tciy of Qu^adrupeds, 

 (of the latter book I am a proprietor) 

 where the circum(fances attending each 

 publication are fo blendwi together, that it 

 is im .cilib e an indifferent reader can dif- 

 criminat.; to which each remark attaches. 



It is the lot of all editors to be im- 

 pofed on by corrcfponden's at a diftance, 

 and if you are tenacious of being the 

 faithful reporter of ths hilfory either of 

 works, aiiihors, or articles. Sic. before 

 your next publication I will lend you 

 iuch documents as will enable you tc> 

 correal " the errors which have irilinuated 

 themielves into" your laft volume (under 

 the above head) ; by which you will be 

 co;,vinccd that Mr. Bewuk w.is neither 

 the orioinnl projefl or nor antanr of either 

 the "Hilloiy of Q^adi uped.*.," or the 

 firll volume of the " Hiifory r,f Birds ;" 

 and like^ife by what means his genius as 

 an artift was firlt brought into ceiebriiy. 

 If fuch tilings are thought of fiifficient: 

 conlcqueiice ;o b.' laid before the public, 

 furely the genuine ci;cum;t.in,ej arc mod 

 worthy 



