CHARLES CORBET T, at No. 30, facing St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet-Street, STOCK BROKER, who buys and fells in the Stocks by Commiiffion, and tranfacts the Lottery Business as ufua), Devizes. Gloucester. Mark-Lane Exchange Baungtoke Eyefham. tarnham. Henley. Worcester. Hereford. Monmouth. London. Wheat 45s. od. to 5:8.51. to 16.05. 8dto6s.2d 141. os. to 1511 os load 421 to 47 qr568 to 64 qu78 06d bushel 78 60 bu. 9878 bush. 10 gal Hay per load 278to 520 Barley 228. od. to 275.268. to 27. 38. 5dto38.6d 279 to 289. od 2020 to 38, od 18 to 218 15sod to on. od 281 to 300 185 to 30 928 to 24 158 od to 18151 to 27 288 to 32 orloos to oo 340 to 35 038od to 3s 3doa od to 48 od 48 2d to 48 4d Straw from 143. to 191 228 to 24 0384d to 39 6das 6d to os od 284d to 28050 Coals 441, per chald, 328 10 5431 60 80 31 salos od to osed for odto os od Hops al, to al, 61 Price of corn THE LONDON MAGAZINE, For JANUARY, 1768. To the AUTHOR of the LONDON SIR, Tâ; μiSodría; Tou diaChou, Ephef. vi. 11. Late refolution taken in order to afcertain the ftrength of the Roman catholic in tereft in this kingdom, appears to be very generally approved; as being likely to produce fuch an exertion of legiflative authority, as may be found expedient to check its growth amongst us: and effectually to fecure the peace of the protestant establishment against future annoyance from that quarter. Every well-wisher to this country must indeed rejoice to fee the day on which meafures fo falutary are enacted, who has ever taken a view of the dreadful calamities formerly brought upon its inhabitants, when in a comfortable and innocent enjoyment of their invaluable and dear bought religion and laws, have had cruel deftruction levelled at both, and their perfons either treacheroufly afaffinated, or barbarously maffacred, and all this by the baneful influence of bigotry, and fuperftition, a mifguided and intemperate zeal; founded on erroneous principles; impreffed by early inculcation; and rooted by obftinate profeffion. But can plaufible pretentions to fanctityfavourite and amuling notions taken up at pleasure, and occafionally quitted be allowed by unprejudiced reason fufficient to warrant, or excufe the commiffion of grofs abfurdities, and irregularities, and manifeft violations of the most facred laws of God and nature? The dangerous confequences of fuch tenets, and the fallacy of thofe arguments used in defence of them, being to obvious, they at once ftand Jan. 1768... exposed and felf condemned.. Nevertheless I fee with the utmost concern many of my well meaning country other ftrange conceits if poffible more men eagerly fwallow down thefe, and inconfiftent and romantic: and though gospel light thines with a meridian brightnels on this happy land, they fuffer themfelves to be deluded by the ignis fatuus of enthufiafm, and wantonly neglect thofe peculiar bleffings which the beft formed conftitution, and most reasonable and fcriptural fcheme of faith this day in the world, do afford them; adopt and encourage opinions and practifes that have a direct tendency to the fubverfion of both, and have already involved both in the most imminent danger, and diftrefs. To prove this affertion we need only refer to the dark annals of the grand rebellion, which contain glaring inftances of the most abominable and pernicious confequences of fanaticifin: in that fhocking fcene, the blackest characters were performed by men of this stamp. The like has operated very alariningly in later and different periods: And in the present age has proved fatal to many individuals. We not only fee it often afford to men of the most corrupt principles an opportunity of facrificing the property, friends, innocence, and every dear poffeffion of thofe who are unhappily betrayed by this fatanical artifice, to their luft and avarice; but have recent inftances of notorious vices being openly practifed, and impiously vindicated, by these wolves in theep's cloathing; nay to fo flagrant a height have they carried their outrage against all virtue, decency, and common fenfe, as to recommend the fame extravagancies to their followers: Some of whom I believe indeed unchargable with purfuits fo baie and abandoned; but being once feduced by artful infinuations, favour A 2 ing 4 Addrefs to the Liverymen Where this contagious evil will end is uncertain, it is in its nature evident-ly deftructive to law, reafon, and religion. I would therefore earnestly recommend to those who are yet untainted with the poisonous infection of romance and enthufiafm, and to others not totally involved in this beguiling mift of the old ferpent's, feriously to confider, how we make way for him, by creating divifions in a communion that imparts every means of falvation, that either reason or revelation can difcover. And if any one fancies himfelf actuated by a degree of faith and grace fuperior to what he imagines in the reft of mankind, let him manifeft it by fuitable good works. The unity of the church of Christ is its fureft fupport, and a fincerely pious endeavour to promote that important end, by an uniform and confiftent faith and practile, the peculiar characterific of the friend of God and man: This is the criterion that distinguishes the good man from the bad, and the true Chriftian from the bypocrite. I am, fir, your encouraged to hope you will publifh thefe lines, the defign of which is to rescue a part of God's holy y word from an interpretation, the moft foreign that could poffibly be given it. In attempting this, I thall make use of no human authority, but go according to the good old rule, The fcripture is the beft interpreter of itfelf. In p. 638 of your laft Mag. A. N. has produced Dr. Lardner's opinion of thofe words in Eph. ii. 3. We were by nature the children of wrath even as others where by nature he understands cur former ftate, before we were en Jan. lightened by the golpel; that then we Gentlemen, Arms tavern for that purpoft, I fee it has been recommended to us, fo little defirous of our good opinion, that At a meeting of the freeholders, and Loaf LONDON. and paste ware Snuff Mustard chaifes, Clocks and watches and carriages of Silversmiths and all forts jewellers ware Broad cloths that coft above ten hats! hillings peryard Men and womens|Muffs, furrs and apparel ready tippets made All forts of milliHouthold furniture Gloves Men and womens Stays, women and fhoes Sole leather Sheathing and deck nails nery ware Starch childrens Fire engines China ware Silk and cotton Gold and filver velvets thread lace, of Gauze all forts Gold and filver buttons Wrought plate of all forts Diamond, T Pewterers bollow for garments Malt liquors and stone,・・ cheese.. Though none of the other provinces will be weak enough probably to be -led by thefe Bofton incendiaries, yet it will not be their fault if all our Ame-rican colonies do not combine together against our trade in the fame manner; for not content with having entered into this affociation for themfelves, they have alfo unanimously refolved, "That the foregoing vote, and form of a fubfcription relative to the enumerated articles, be immediately pubJihed; and that the felect men he directed to diftribute a proper number of them among the freeholders of this town; and to forward a copy of the fame to the select men of every town in the province; as a fo to the principal city or town officers of the chief towns of the feveral colonies on the continent, as they may think proper." Their countrymen and abettors here very affectedly give out that the people of Bofton have done this only to enable themselves to pay their debts. But although that might be a reafon for their buying nothing of us themfelves, yet it could be none for their thus exciting all the other colonies not to deal with us. Should the gentlemen of Virginia, for instance, take the advice of thefe Boftonmen, (which they most certainly will not) will, the people 5 of Virginia, &c. by witholding their orders,enable the men of Bolton to pay their debts? This extraordinary endeavour, therefore, to perfwade all the other colonies to refule to trade with us, proves, that it was malice, and not parfimony, which prompted them to this combination; and that the real intention of it was not to relieve themselves, but to diftrefs us. Whatever may be the evil difpofition which these people bear to their parent country, I have remarked, that they scarce ever have ventured upon any particular meatures of expreffing their ill-will, which have not been first advifed or fuggefted to them from their correfpondents here. And accordingly, upon looking over fome of the Bolton Gazettes, in that of the 28th of September laft, I find the following article, viz. The following Extract of a Letter from a Merchant in London, to his Friend in this Town, we are requested to insert. London, June 17, 1767. "Yesterday the bill for fufpending the legiflation of New York, until the faid colony fhall comply with the mutiny act, and 'for establishing a board of cuftoms, were read a fecond time in the house of lords; and the bill of commercial taxation passed in the fame houfe to be ingroffed. With refpect to providing for the troops, no oppofition is fo reasonable because none can be fo effectual, as that which procured the repeal of the stamp-act, viz. the general engagement to import no goods from England, till fuch a taxation be removed or difclaimed by a repeal of the act. And the efficacy of this mode of oppofition could never be more afluredly depended upon, then at prefent; becaufe that the manufacturers can but barely fupport themselves under the prefent fcarcity of provifions and flackness of trade; which is fo great a difcouragement, that although wool never was dearer in England than now, yet cloths are twenty per cent. cheaper than ever was known, so that fhould your demand ceafe for a year or two, the utmost you can defire would be effected here, without any unconftitutional oppofition on your parts, &c." What merchant it was who could write fuch a letter as this, I am not in the leaft degree qualified to guefs: He could |