8 ANZCEOTES OF THE LATE DR. SMITH. Maj U^ 



the diirentiiiiT minifters had been In ufe to' receive two 

 thonfand pounds a year from government ; that the Earl 

 of Bute had, as he thought, moft improperly deprived 

 them of this allowance, and that he fuppcfed tliis to be 

 the real motive of their virulent oppofition to govern- 

 ment. 



It you think thefe notes worthy a place in your mif- 

 cellany, they are at your fcrvice. I have avoided ma- 

 ny perfonal remarks whicli the Doftor threw out, as 

 they might give pain to individuals, and I commit no- 

 thing to 3'our care, which I believe, tiiat 1 could have 

 much olitnded the Dnftor b}'^ tranfmitting to the prefs. 

 I am, Sir, Yours <xc. 

 G/a/gow ^ Amicus. 



j^prU ^jt/j, 1791. J 



Yo t/je Editor of the Bee. 



Sir, 



In a bufy country fiich as ours of Great Britain, I 

 confider every man, woman, and child, who does not 

 add to the public flock, by lucrative indnflry, as abfo- 

 Ic'ely idle, though relatively, they may be exceedingly 

 aicive both in body and mind. But tliere are men and 

 V'onien, whofe r^nk, fortune and fituaticn are fuch 

 as to exempt them from the neccflitv of profeffional oc- 

 cupation ; and fome are almoft precluded from produc- 

 tive employments, fuch as Peers, Peerefles, Archbilh- 

 hops, Bifhops, Clergy, old Admirals and Generals; for 

 whofe ufe, and the inftruclion of the heirs of great ef- 

 tates, who think tiiemfelves entitled to be idle, thefe 

 lucubrations are moft humbly dedicated, by a man 

 who has made confiderable proficiency in the art of idle- 

 nefs, and is, with great rcfpcft, their moft faithful and 

 obedient fcivant, Ai.banicus. 



