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shall not be able to sell their barley, urged, in a speech of two hours, that if the barley spirit distillery is stop- he had preached agreeably to his vow ped, but they make no allowances for at ordination, what he had learned the West India planters, who claim from God's word, in a course of only a fair thing, if they would be study for upwards of fifty years; and contented with the permission to dis- he gave his reasons from that word, til spirit from sugar, without excluding for the doctrine he had maintained. the use of barley. In fact, we see The zeal, and animation, and knowno reason why any part of the soil of ledge, which pervaded this dicourse, England should be appropriated to had a great effect on the by-standers, the produce of spirits, and if the dis- who could not but sympathise with tillery from, barley of English growth the old man, worn out by the exer was prohibited altogether, the coun- tions of the day. Three doctors then try would receive no detriment; that attacked him, one after another: one land would be employed in culture in a very rude and offensive manner, which can do him no credit, and was In the religious world a circum- not wanting for his cause. The whole stance has taken place which has ex- drift of their argument was, that the cited no small degree of astonish- thirty-nine articles said one thing, ment. The venerable clergyman, and the reverend defendant another: Mr. Stone, has appeared and defend- but not one of them attempted to ed himself against his prosecutors; reply to the cogent arguments which and it really was a curious sight to the defendant had produced in desee the venerable pastor, upwards of fence of his opinions. The judge seventy years of age, badgered by then summed up the evidence of the three doctors, the oldest much his preaching and publication, and dejunior, and not one of them attempt- clared that, by both, the defendant ing to refute, or being capable of re- had broken the statute of Queen Elifuting his arguments. We have al- zabeth, and gave him a week to reready mentioned the grounds of this voke his error, threatening him with extraordinary prosecution, which, we the deprivation of his living, if he supposed, had been carried on by did not comply with these terms. Some private persons, with more zeal At the expiration of the week an than knowledge; but to our great immense concourse assembled at Docastonishment, we learned that it was a tors Commons, where Mr. Stone apstate prosecution, the proctor-gene- peared, and gave in a paper, declaring tal, in, whose name it was conducted, that he was not aware of this act in the being only the agent of the king and reign of Queen Elizabeth, and that lords in council assembled. By which he had conceived himself to be justi administration it was begun, whether fied hy his ordination vow, in preachthe present or the last, we cannot tell: ing as he had done; but he would not but we have been informed that it offend against the act in like manner was begun by the last administration, in future. The counsel for the proand left as a legacy to the present ad- secution would not allow this to be ministration; or rather, as it had been the revocation which the act required: ordered by a privy council of the and one of them was so unfeeling as late administration, the present admi- to tell the poor old man, that he nistration can claim no merit, nor should now lose his benefice; and if suffer any disgrace from the results of he offended in like manner again, the cause: the attack on the old man the law was, that he should be con must be laid entirely to the charge of fined for three years in jail, without the late administration; they must the benefit of bail or mainprise. enjoy the triumph, or share in the disgrace, which the liberal and enlightened part of the community will conceive to belong to the renewal of the antiquated act of Qeen Elizabeth.

The prosecution was for preaching doctrine contrary to that of the thirtynine articles. The venerable defendant

Mr. Stone, in reply to these gentle men, observed, that he believed the holy scripture to contain all the doc trine and instruction necessary to salvation through faith in Jesus Christ; that if any other principle was set up, the church of England was as bad as the church of Rome: and, if she claimed

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infallibility, it was pope against pope. bishop, without addressing one word If they or any other man would point to the venerable presbyter, began to out to him an error, and convict him read a very long writing, which ended of it on scriptural grounds, he would in the declaration, that he deprived gladly thank him, and revoke that Mr. Stone of his living. Instead of error instantly. The council insisted, Amen, Mr. Stone exclaimed with a that the law had pointed out the error, loud voice, "God's will be done." and he must revoke it, or receive the It remains to be seen whether these sentence of the law. The court de- proceedings are legal or not. An act clared now that he had not complied of parliament is supposed to have with the statute. Mr. Stone said, been broken; it has been broken over he had fulfilled the oath taken at his and over again by the most eminent ordination, and preached the truth in divines of the church of England: sincerity, If he had preached falsely, and it was singular enough that the why did they not shew him that what bishop of Lincoln should have been he had preached was contrary to God's one of the divines concurring in the word. He should conform himself, to sentence, when his lordship, in his the utmost of his power, to the word Elements of Theology, has spoken as of God. As the court, however, pointedly against one part of the did not think that he had complied Athanasian Creed, as Mr. Stone has with the act, he begged of the court against another. It is evident, howto instruct any person, properly qua- ever, that Mr. Stone has the best of lified, to draw out any form of re- the argument, as far as the word of cantation, and give him a week to God is concerned; but his opponents consider of it. He should be happy have the staff in their own hauds, and to sign it if it was not contradictory the law seems to be very much in to the dictates of his conscience; for their favour. We wish the poor old he was the true friend of the church man safely out of his difficulties, and of England, and obeyed the solemn that his opponents may meet with charge made to him by that church in more favour at the tribunal of Christ, truth and sincerity, than they are inclined to allow to his

The court would not consent to declining years. this, and said, that no formal recantaIt is unfortunate for Mr. Stone that tion in writing was necessary; be the act of Queen Elizabeth remains must declare verbally and openly, that on our statute book: it is fortunate the doctrines he had preached were for a poor old woman in Huntingdonerroneous. Mr. Stone replied, that shire that the acts against witchcraft he would not consent to speak thus have been abolished, or the noble generally of any doctrines, but must lords and gentlemen of the late admiinsist on having the erroneous doc- nistration might have found another trines clearly and plainly stated to opportunity of exercising their talents him. He would openly declare his opi- in a state prosecution. Two young nions that God was the saviour of the women of a village in Huntingdonworld, and Jesus the means of our shire thought themselves to have been salvation, by his faithful obedience bewitched by a poor labourer's old unto death, even the death on the wife. The fact was, that they had concross. The court said then, that no vulsion fits. To unbewitch themfarther time should be allowed, but selves, they got three young men to that sentence should be immediately assist them, who broke open the cotgiven. tage at night, pulled the poor old woThis being the case, the audience man out of bed from her husband, expected to hear the sentence, when dragged her into the yard, where the lo the bishops of London and Lin- young women with their pins and coln, and other divines entered the nails, drew blood from the supposed court; the bishop of London took witch, anointed themselves with it, the chair; Sir William Scott, who and professed themselves to have had before filled it, standing up at his been immediately recovered. The right hand. Sir William now gave belief in witchcraft is pretty prevalent his lordship a summary of what in that county, but all are not inhad passed; and this being done, the fected by it, and there remained a

sufficient number of persons in their which we live. One could not do senses to convey the young men be- better than to institute a conference fore the sitting magistrates at Hun- between the three young men of Huntingdon, and they have been obliged tingdonshire, and the three doctors of to give bail for their appearance to Doctor's Commons on their different take their trial at the next assizes. modes of attack on the old man and So much for the enlightened times in the old woman.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Mr. BURDON'S letter arrived too late for insertion this month. It will appear in our

next.

We beg leave to decline Mr. JACKSON'S communication. It is left for him at our publisher's.

"SS. H." on the Popularity of the Modern Drama, will excuse us from inserting his favour.

"Perrecturns" will see that we have availed ourselves of both his communications this month. In his future Annotations on Shakspeare we beg to recommend two things: not to let each letter exceed in length the one now inserted: and to let the passages upon which he comments be extracted whole, as every reader may not have a Shak speare at hand and besides it would render the subject more generally interesting and intelligible.

Mr MUDFORD's conclusion of his Critical Estimation of H. K. White's Genius next month.

We are pleased with W. TUCKER's letter: it is modestly and ingenuously written. We have used, this month, as much as we can of his poetry.

BOOKS PUBLISHED MAY 1808.

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AGRICULTURE.

GENERAL View of the Agriculture in the county of Inverness; with Observations on the Means of its Improvement. By J. Robertson, D.D.

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The Complete Angler's Vade Me cum, containing every thing that can contribute to the Sportsman's amusement and success. By Captain T. Williamson.

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BIOGRAPHY.

taining a cursory view of the Jewish

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Memoirs of the Life and Character of the late Rev. C. Winter. By W. Jay. 9s.

General Biography; or, Lives of the most eminent Persons, arranged in alphabetical order. By J. Aikin, the Rev. T. Morgan, and W. Johnson. vol. VII. 11. 11s. 6d.

BOTANY.

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