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sonably hoped to lay j a claim upon ministerial or royal bqunty . j . ¦ >[ , In 1798 , the Bishop *; published feus celebrated " Address to the People of
Great Britain , " to raise the spirit of the nation . It was so consoiteiht with the views of the government , that it received thei ^ zealous pati * onagei tfiid was , we belfeve , circulated gratis from their various offices . yThe author complains that they printed it withpat
his consent . He pul ^ Jjshed , \ n the course of the same year ^ a Charge , to lm Clergy , which wa $ in u ^ is 6 n ^ wjih me , Aa'dress , and equally acceptable io the aristocracy aua tbev 6 urt v . It \ yas for animadversions on . these pubw ^ s f qr animadyerj | ioi } 6 on . tl > ese pub-Mr .
. Jtcgtipns that t ^ e lat ^ e (^ il ^ ert ^^ afcepel cl \ Vas proseeqted by . the govern naei } t ~ and thrown juto prison .. We cannot ' withhold the Bi s hop ' s , account p $ ims affair :
, * These publications < # inline had excited # bp : displeasure ^> fc Mi ; . Wsik ^ fhl ^ ( one of the first scholars , of the age , ) uand 5 upfprtunately for Hio ^ ejf , he pj | bILshc , d a j > aniphlet aga | ri § t * thHn . "tlie ^ aiiiiiisira-. tidji prosecuted him foI soinie eipressions in his pamphlet , tvhfcb thei ^ thoug-ht were
seditiotis , and he was fined ^ abdimprisoned . I took-gome pains to prer € fnt this prosecution , thinking- the libevty ^ of the press to be the palladium of the coiistinition ; but I did not succeed in my endeavours ; nor did the ministry acquire any credit from their over-watch fulness . I received from
Mr . Wakefield the following- 'letter : — c Lord , c my . trial will take place some time from the 12 th to the 20 th of next month , andMr . Fox ' s libel bill makes these causes almost wholly a question of , character and veracity , it mig-ht be materially serviceable to me , if , from you ** knowledge of me
through Mi . Tyrwhitt and otherwise , you were able to g-ive a favourable opinion with respect to the sincerity and conscientiousness of my conduct in g-enerai , without any reference to political and religious sentiments . Your Lordshi p ' s answer will much oblige , * Your obedient servant , 4 GILBERT WAKEFIELD . c Hackney ^ Jan . 29 , 1799 . * " my answer . " Great George Street , Jan . 31 , 1799 . " Sir , '
" I cannot think that it will be in my power , bow much soever it will be in my inclination , to serve you on your trial , since , to the best of my knowledge , I never either saw or spoke to you in my
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life ,. .. That IVIr . TyrwhUt ,. 4 $ esteem you h . ^ pow , and I Uay ^ np ^; easpQ . to . beUev e that vVe ^ 4 pes not contirii ^ eito , esteenx you , ; bif t on this point I cstnnojt sueak with certain t ^ , not having-v ' seeii . Mr Tyrwhitt for several years . Of opfr '^ jhi n . y I am . well persuaded , that Mr , Tyrwhitt is incapatbie of ^ esiteeming- any . n > $ ^; whose moral character will not beat' the strictest scrutiny , l ^ oin . with the wn ; lcl in aamirms * your fafen ^ s : I have not tri e shadow of , ill ; wjll to fid oh account of yoiir attack on tny fJanijphifet , atid sihall si nqerely ' rejoice * at your being- extricated Prohi your present difficulty . v ^ / * I am , ; jr our obedient s <» rvant ^ ; # "R .. kANDAFF . " ( Pp . ^ a ^ 306 ) ,.,
We have ( pp > . 807 , S 08 ) , ; Bishop Waitson ' s opinion infav 6 ur of a plqin df Mr . PittV entertairied in 1799 , aiid submitted by him to the bishops thropgh the Archbishop of
Canterb \ yry for the sale of thetvthe of the coaritry , on the same piirkipTe ^ tha t the land-tax had Jbjeeii offered for s £ | le the monev arising from tfie sale to be
t e&t $ d in the . funds in aid oft public credit * and . the : clergy to . receive their income < from the fiinds , t heri income , however , to be ^ adjuste ^ tf at dirTere rfct
peripdvsv according ¦ tti t \\ e price- of grain .- The plan canfte ^ to nothiiig ' through the politic opposition of the bishops . The Bishop had , as we liaveseien ,
been long favourable tp the measure of a legislative union with Ireland , and when it was brought under discussion in parliament he spoke in its favour The speech is here gi ^ en . it is highly
oratorical . At the conclusion of its delivery , Bishop Horsley complimented the speaker by saving , " that he had nevt * r heard such a speech in the House of Lords , and should never hear such another . ' * Dr . Watson owns his satisfaction in ' receiving this extorted praise , but declares that he
felt more pleasure in a letter of acknowledgment on the san » e occasion from the pen of Dr . Joseph Warton , " for he was a scholar , and not only a scholar , but a man of taste , and not only a scholar and a man of taste , but what , at that time , was a r ; ire character indeed , a genuine Whig" ( P . 327 . )
This speech excited much surprise and equal anger in the writers in opposition to the government . One of them , Mr . Benjamin Flower , editor of
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204 Reyiew ^ hjLfe the JBishop jLaiid pff *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1818, page 204, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2474/page/52/
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