700 Diffenting Academy at Briftol —Progre/s of Literature. [O&ober 
and powers of that court ; and whether an 
appeal could net be had to a higher tribu- 
nal, from a fentence that I conhder unjutt 
and dangerous as a precedent for other 
fervants to fellow. 
,An impartial account of this and: other 
Courts of Confcience may) perhaps be 
ufeful and entertaining to many of your 
conftant readers, as well as to 
Walworth, Aug. 225 179 M. Jj. 
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To the Editer of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
YW ouR correfpondent A. B. in the 
Number for Fuze, whether correét 
er not in his other fketches of the hiftory 
of Briftol, is certainly izcorreé in what he 
has {aid cf the Difienting Academy there. 
‘From the reputation in which yoar Mif- 
ceilany is held, and the confequent degree 
of authority with which it will defcend to 
potterity, itis of i importance that whatever 
of hiftory is configned to it, fhould be 
faithful; I cannot help wifhing, therefore, 
that you would procure, fromamong your 
numerous cotrefpondents, a concife and 
juft account of the origin and growth of 
this re{pectable inftitution. 
From what fource could A. B. derive 
his information? He has not even men- 
tioned the name of a tutor who muft be 
eminently confpicuous in a corre& hiftory 
of this feminary; I mean Dr. Caleb Evans, 
who was the aétual antagonift of Har- 
wood; Mr. Newton having publithe 
enly afew remarks as ** a By-ftahder.”’ 
To Dr. Evans this feminary is: princi- 
pally indebted for its prefent re{pectability 
and refources, ag it was on a very fmall 
fcale until the year 17703 at which time 
he, and his truly venerable father, the late 
_ Hugh Evaits, M. A.-.were joint tutors in 
the academy, and co-paftors of the con- 
gregation in Broad Mead. By the Doc- 
tor’s exertions and influence, a fociety was 
formed, in that year, in aid of this fem1- 
nary, under the title of The Brifiel Educa- 
tion Society; by whofe liberal benefactions 
in the firft infance, Fomine with the ge- 
nerous teltamentary bequeits of a few of 
its members fince, a caprell has been real- 
ized of fevera! thoufand pounds, exclu- 
lively of the very ee and valuable li- 
brary, philofephic yparatus, &c, &e. 
which are the fole eon erty, of this iociety, 
held in ea for the purpofes of the aca- 
demy. It was in’ confequence of the en- 
largement it - acquired by the formation of 
this fociety, and entirely at the inftance of 
the tutors themfelves, that Mr. Newton’s 
affiftance inthe clafiical department veas 
- 
called in; and the uninterrupted harmony 
and affeétion which fubfifted between the 
three tutors ceuld not be furpafled, and has 
feldom, if ever, been equalled. Hoping 
you will give this an early infertion, I re- 
main, Sir, your conftant reader, 
Aug. 15) 1799- PHILALETHES, 
————S 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
[SER 
SHALL be exceedingly obliged to any 
of the numerous and intelligent corre- 
{pondents of the Monthly Magazine who 
will give a complete lift of the weights and. 
meafures lately introduced into France, 
accompanied by a concife method of re- 
ducing the weights to the troy pound, and 
the meafures to the wine-pint. An an{wer 
to the above, through the medium of that 
ufeful Magazine, may perhaps be gene- 
rally ufeful, and will be particularly fo to 
A Constant ReabDer. 
SEE ; 
Far the Monthly Magazine. 
A Philofophical Sketch of the Progrefs of 
Literature, from the Age of MARCUS 
AURELIUS to the Commencement of the 
FRENCH REPUBLIC. 
By De Sates, Member of the National 
dnjlitute of France. 
F TER four years of labor, confee) 
i crated to the eftablifhment of philo- 
fophy and hiftory on their proper “bate, 
the ameliorating of the laws, the improve- 
ment of public 1 manners, the endeavour to 
reconcile men to rational hberty, and citi- 
zens to the controul of the magiftracy, I 
terminate my career by throwing myfelf 
into the arms of men of genius, whom I 
have ever loved and honored, but whofe 
acquaintance, net much cultivated, except 
indeed that of Homer, ‘Tacitus, Mon- 
taigne, and thofe illuftrious ancients whofe 
works infpire us with genius, and without 
which all modern reputation would be like 
the image of Daniel,-—a coloflus with feet 
of clay. 
In tke examination I make of thofe il- 
lufirious charaters who employ my pen; 
TI fhall particularly endeavour to dilcover 
their fecret principle of ation, which pru- 
dence often, and that not to be condemned, 
obliges them to hide. This fecret prin- 
ciple of aétion is that alone which is not 
liable to contamination in the mind of 
rhan; it is that which ultimately forms 
the public opinion, and preferves the. 
traces of virtue amid the changes and 
ftorms of revolution. 
E fhall be obliged, in performing this 
~ great 
