had been chilled with the damp of death before it had begun its work, if I had thought, that the business which is now broached was likely, either in itself, or in its consequences, to be attended with any the least diminution of that moderation, with any the least loss of brotherly love, and Christian charity. In all disputes, whether between ourselves of the establishment, or between us and our brethren who dissent from it, the advice of a certain venerable father of the church demands our attention,-"let us mu tually give up a little, that we may receive in return a great deal, unanimity." This unanimity in matters of opinion can, perhaps, never be obtained, but the want of it may be dispensed with, if there be an unanimity in the practice of mutual forbearance, kindness, and goodwill. Having accustomed myself, for years, to look at the subjects here treated of, as of great national importance, and unquestioned utility; it is very probable, that I may have undesignedly considered them with partiality, and overlooked some weighty objections which may be brought against them. If there are any such objections, they will certainly be discovered, and many improvements probably suggested, when men's minds are turned towards the subject; and the wish of having the subject thoroughly discussed, rather than hastily adopted, or hastily rejected, s the sole occasion of my addressing your grace in this public manner. If any one should think, that it would have been more respectful in me to have submitted this matter privately to the judgment of your grace and the bench of bishops, I must beg leave to differ from him. I have no disposition to be wanting in respect to any of my brethren, but I cannot, out of respect to any man or set of men, give up a decided opinion, and I have not the least doubt or hesitation of mind, as to the utility of making the objects of this letter publicly known. If I had previously consulted the bench of bishops, I might have run the risk of treating them with apparent disrespect; for I should have been under a necessity of neglecting their advice, had it tended to the suppression of what I now offer to the deliberate and impartial examination of the laity and clergy in general. I moreover much dislike all private caballing in matters of public import; if they will not bear the broad face of day, the animadversion of men of different talents and judgments, the thorough sifting of all parties, they are not fit to be encouraged. It is a narrow policy which would teach us to stickle for any interests which the laity would not willingly allow us; they are our fellow Christians and have souls to be saved, we are their fellow citizens and have rights to be maintained, and we are both of us under equal obligations to be fellowlabourers in promoting the welfare of both church and state they will have no jealousies if we have no reserves, they will not grudge us a single grain of dignity, a single guinea of property NO. XVI. VOL. VIII. Pam. 2 P The busi which tends to the advancement of the common weal. ness thus submitted to the public judgment cannot be stifled by the efforts of interest or prejudice: nor will it ever be brought forward by its proposer in any other way; unless public approbation shall prove that it is calculated for the public good. I may not, perhaps, be able to give up my opinion to the opinion of others; but I shall be both able and willing, in deference to their opinions, to give up my plan; for my zeal for rectifying what seems wrong, is tempered, I hope, by a respect for the judgments of others; by a disposition (after having proposed openly and freely what seems amiss) to acquiesce quietly, in what cannot quietly be amended. As to any censure to which I may have exposed myself in becoming, as some will scoffingly phrase it, a reformer; in disturbing, as others will, or will seem to apprehend, the repose of the establishment, I will, as the apostle recommends, take it patiently: it is much easier to bear the reproach of other men's tongues, than of our own minds; and that I could not have escaped, had I done less than I have done. 1 flatter myself, however, or rather 1 have good reason to expect, that many of my brethren will see the subject in the same light that I have done, and will concur in recommending it, when the more urgent concerns of the state are in some measure settled, to the notice of parliament. And from the bottom of my heart I beseech both your grace and them, to weigh the matter with great accuracy, and I have no doubt that both you and they will then give judgment concerning it with great sincerity. I have the honor to be, With all possible deference and respect, Most obedient Servant, R. LANDAFF. INDEX TO VOLUMES VII. AND VIII. The Roman figures indicate the Volume, and the Arabic, the Page. A Account of various schemes for ren- African slave trade, authorities for Agistment, species of tithe, viii, 365 adequate to supply our own con- Agricultural classes, resorted to pa- Annuities redeemable, proposal to B Badging the poor, law for, in the Slavery in, viii, 93 Punishment of death in, viii, 94 Bank Stock, Address to the propri- Bishops, proposal for the greater in- Body, its union with soul, supposed Bounty on the export of corn, vii, 520 Brewers, the proprietors of low pub- Brewing monopoly, established by British Plantations, treatment of Bullion and exchanges, vii, 440 C Cappe, Catherine, Thoughts on the Chalmers, George, Esq. State of the United Kingdom at the peace of Paris, Nov. 20, 1815, vii, 431 Church property, probably endangered by consolidation, vii, 18 Church Establishment, emoluments of in comparison with those of other professions, viii, 573 Church Revenues, inequality of, viii, 574 Clandestine importation of slaves into the West Indies, vii, 552 Clarkson, W. Esq. Inquiry into the cause of the increase of pauperism and poor rates, viii, 386 Clay soils, will defend crops from the mildew better than drier soils, viii, 125 Commerce with the East, after the death of Alexander the Great, vii, 410 Considerations on the propriety of remunerating witnesses for loss of time, by Charles Frost, vii, 191 Considerations on the rate of interest, and on redeemable annuities, by E. B. Sugden, Esq. vii, 271 Copyholders, proposal for extending the right of voting in counties to, vii, 295 Costs, inadequately repaid to the successful party in a suit, vii, 196 Crombie, Dr. A. Letters on the present state of the agricultural interest, viii, 127 Cupid and Psyche, the fable explained, viii, 38 Curwen, J. C. Esq. Speech in the House of Commons on the state of the Poor Laws, viii, 3 D Defects in the representation of counties in Parliament, vii, 294 Demons, material, appeared to the initiated in the Eleusinian mysteries, viii, 43 Discourse delivered to the literary and scientific society at Java, by the Hon. T. S. Raffles, viii, 67 Distilleries and Breweries, competition of the, short letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer on the, by a Freeholder, vii, 497 of Great Britain, an important market for the produce of the land, vii, 517 Distress of the country, its cause, viii, 493 Domestic enterprizes of the people of the United Kingdom, vii, 434 Dunstan, Sir Jeffery, his death by absorption, vii, 500 Dunstan's banishment, occasioned by the resentment of Ethelgiva, vii, 536 E Edinburgh savings bank, vii, 490 Edmeads, Rev. W. National Establishment, National Security, vii, 1 Edwy, King, his commerce with two concubines, vii, 533 -'s marriage, antedated by some annalists, vii, 543 Election, proposed mode of parliamentary, vii, 313 Eleusinian and Bacchic mysteries, dissertation on, by Thomas Taylor, viii, 33 mysteries, part of the shows consisted in the representation of the infernal regions, viii, 35 Elgin, Earl of, Report from the se lect committee on his collection of sculptured marbles, viii, 496 Elgin Marbles, valuation of, viii, on Execution on the defendant's goods, statute charging the costs defendant, vii, 195 Interest, denounced by the fathers of the Church, viii, 523 prohibited in England till the time of Henry VIII. viii, 524 vicissitude of its rate, viii, F Farmers, not more extravagant than the rest of the community, vii,511 Feudal Bondage, abolition of, increased mendicity, viii, 10 Finances of the country, vii, 441 Foreign Trade of the United Kingdom, vii, 437 France, proposal for public taxes in, vii, 237 Freehold and copyhold land, remarks on their comparative value, by Wm. Rouse, Esq. vii, 361 French Revolution increased the price of land, vii, 138 Frost, Charles, attorney at lawConsiderations on the propriety of making a remuneration to witnesses for loss of time, vii, 191 G Glover, Rev. George, Thoughts on the character and tendency of the property tax, viii, 546 Great Britain, exertions in abolishing the slave trade, viii, 309 H Hades, the descent into, signified the liberation of the soul from subservience to the body, viii, 49 Holdsworth, A. H. Letter to a friend in Devonshire, on the present situation of the country, viii, 421 › I Japanese, complexion of, viii, 102 vention for recording dates, vili, 98 India, southern peninsula of, viii, 95 Income Tax, unequal pressure of, viii, 562 fraud, viii, 565 its tendency to promote 525 K Kampfer's account of Japan, viii, 102 Koster, Henry, on the amelioration of slavery, viii, 305 L Land, possession of, acquired by the mercantile and manufacturing interests, to the exclusion of the ancient proprietors, vii, 145 -, by the criterion of the Propertytax, yields eight-elevenths of the productive sources of revenue, vii, 525 Lands, new, where inclosed, have considerably diminished the pressure of taxation, viii, 347 Land-tax, advised by John Hampden, the son of the patriot, vii, 145 Landed Income of the Church, viii, 588 Leaseholders, proposal for extending the right of voting in counties to, vii, 295 Letter to a friend in Devonshire, on the present situation of the country, by A. H. Holdsworth, Esq. viii, 421 Letters on public-house licensing, by a Magistrate for Middlesex, vii, 107 on the political and financial situation of the British Empire, by F. P. Eliot, vii, 261 on the present state of the Agricultural interest, viii, 1271 Licences of public houses, their average value, vii, 118 Lingard, Rev. John, Reply to the observations of the Edinburgh. Review, on, vii, 531 London Institution, Inaugural Oration spoken at laying the first stone of, by C. Butler, Esq. vii, 407 Loss of agricultural capital, fatal effect of, vii, 147 |