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The breed of cattle however is incon- 

 fidetable. 



Timber is an article of importance ; 

 many c:irgoes ariiveboth Irom ihe Bakic 

 and from Norway, pnrt of which remains 

 hire, and part is fent u\ fiiiallcr vefiels to 

 the neighbouring country. 



Swedifli iron, and EnglilTi pi'-coal are 

 art iclfsoF great trade; and Biitifh earthen- 

 ware, though formerly contraband, has 

 been iinporied in large quantities iince 

 the prahibitlon was removed. 



Wine is brought here incomparably 

 more than formerly; fmce ihe blockade of 

 the Elbe, the inhabitants of Tonnlngen 

 have learnt the way» of the Haniburg.rs 

 in this and various other articles. 



Linen of all kinds and linen-yarn hav€, 

 fin^e ihe blockade of the Elbe, been coa- 

 fiderable articles of expoitation with Mr. 

 T. H. Tctens. 



If proper meafiires were taken, many 

 ether articl s might remairi hcie. Of the 

 fliippirg concerns of Tonningcn, which 

 have bf-en increafing ihefe five years, and 

 of Mr. Lexovv's oil-mill, &c. &c. I have 

 had occafion to ipeak. 



The fifhery, fmce the blockade of the 

 Elbe, fiioiild by no trieans be forgoHen ; 

 the Helgolandei-j bring filt-water-lrfn to 

 Tonningen in great qi^ar.titie'!, and the 

 Blankenberge.s viflt the Eider to caich 

 river-fifh, for the fame purpofe. 



Turkeys are purchafed at Tonningen, 

 at the prefcHt I'eaion, for from eight to 

 thirteen marks; a fowl from twenty-four 

 to thirty grofchcn ; and other provifions in 

 the like proportion. 



I cannot conclude without mentioning 

 % fmall publication, in 1801, called An 

 Anfwer to the Quelh'cn '* By what Means 

 the Diforcitr cf .Mendicancy is prevented 

 in the City ot Tonningen ?" Of this work, 

 vhich is iiiphly worth reading, the ]jatri- 

 o*!C char.cery-counfellor and burgoniafter 

 Lcfltr of Tonningen, who is the chief 

 mover of that philanthropic undertaking, 

 has av-,wed himftlftiie author. The king 

 his aHb, ur.Herdate of the 27th of July, 

 1804., expreliid his approbation, fubjeiit 

 fo cerfiin reftri^tions, iif Mr. Lefl'er's pro- 

 pofed fcheme for a Work and Inftruclion- 

 Hoiiff, f .rthe poor of the city of Tonnin- 

 grn. Mr. Ltifer has, ho .«ever, been'obliged 

 to pottpone the execution of his excclltnt 

 ^an — hfcaufe at prtfcnt th^rc are no J>oi/r 

 in Tontiingen. Tlmle, who were forn)erly 

 beggars, are now proud, inlblent, haughty 

 fpend-thrifis. But how will they fare, 

 wlien th« blockade of the Elbe fhall 

 Ceafi ? Scarcely will a LtfL-r then offer 

 to provide Tonningen with an iuUitUtiun 

 iO' their relief* 



To the Editor af the Monthly Mapazint, 



SIR., 



Mi' cenfurer, " Clerical,^'' need n-'t 

 hive affixed ihat fignature byway 

 cf a diltinitive ippellition, fincc the man- 

 ner in wiiici hi has cunfidcred the t'^|jic 

 fuffici^nily indicates one who his a prof'c'f- 

 Jicnal iiiteieJt in it. When (iripptd ot its 

 milrepre'entations, and gnrbled and inter- 

 polated quo-atisns, hii Ktttr lias lb liiile 

 left for a leply, that my remarks upon it 

 will be in no danger oi' treipAiliig upon 

 your indugervce. 



The intnnfio txcellence of our erclefi- 

 afiical coniljtution was no part whatever 

 of my confi leration ; and if Clericus 

 ciioofes to affume its fuperioiity, in doc- 

 trine and difc;iplir.e, to all other Chiilti.^ii 

 churches, and the divine authority of its 

 whole hierarchy, i'rorn Ijilhops down fj 

 Minor Canons, I certainly flisll not enter 

 the l;ih agiinft him. The fole point of 

 my difculiion was a fiippoliiori fl-irted by 

 <:ei tiin periodical critics, that the ipread of 

 Metiiodii'm woti'd finally endanger the ex^ 

 iftence of tiie Church of Eng'an.i, by de- 

 taching from it th; mafs of its prefect 

 flipporters. Admitting by hy;io hefis the 

 faflof Aich a future d;fe6lion, I attempt- 

 ed to fhew that there would remai.i a i\A- 

 ficiency of fupport, fn-.m wo. Idly andp'di- 

 tical caofes, to prtven: its fall ; and not 

 one of the arguments I have adduced on 

 this head is contro^'ened by my opponent. 

 To any one acquainted \vi;h the rules of 

 resfoningi may confidently appeal, aghinit 

 his charge of vilifying the EngLih church 

 by a i'uppofirion which I hive meitly 

 adopted troiu ano.ber; nor has he any 

 right to reprefent nie as regarding tl>e 

 church in the light nf a mere political ma- 

 chine, when I argue, thi.', were it even to 

 become fuch in Ci-Miun.n eltiniation, it 

 v;oul(J ftiil be able to maintaiii itlelf by 

 means of its connexion v.-\<}\ the (iaic. 

 In truth, there are few fubjcfts nio.e cu- 

 rious and important than ihe natuieanJ 

 operation or religious ellahiifhmenis, 

 which may be coniidered perfcfliy Qjiqi t 

 from the influence of r^-ligion itfcif, or 

 the author i'y on which tliey claim to be 

 founded. But invelligation-. of this kind 

 demand a portion of the pliilolophical fpi- 

 rit which is not likely t>) fall to the (hare 

 of an inteielicil zealot. Were the topic 

 thouglit fit for fonher difcufli ju iii yi.ur 

 Milcrlliny, I ftioidd not decline arecou- 

 fider.ition of the argument* I have pro- 

 duced ; but I Hiouid think it a walte uf 

 time to pay any mote attention to aogry 

 declamation and illogical rcdiiiiiinp. 



Wj h rrl'^tcl t'l ihe imperious call which 

 *' Ckricus" h.ii> m,td« u^ori me to produce 



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