price, whimsicalhefs, or a phantastic love of being different from other men; but from a Philofophical, genuine, confiftent originality of character. He looks upon mankind with very different eyes from the multitude; and therefore his Ideas, from being uncommon, have by fools, and knaves, been deemed ab-furd. Swift fays, when a great genius appears in the world, you may know him by this mark: "That all the dunces and blockheads are in "confederacy against him."! What a ferment was raised in France, and at Geneva, for his attack upon Religion while Voltaire, a native of the first place; and almost an inha bitant of the fecond; ftood his ground undifturbed, and yet, he has gone much greater lengths, and wrote upon Religon, with muchlefs ceremony, than Rouffeau. Voltaire in his Oeuvres Philofophe, fans fouci, absolutely denies a future State with many other tenets equally pernicious to the prefent: for thought Voltaire, wanted to faddle the King of Pruffia with that work; the King overturned the charge, by caufing them to be burnt at Berlin

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by the common hangman. It was however, more the mufical tribe in France, than the religious fraternities, which raised the fpirit of perfecution againft Roufeau. Though his writings and his life have raised him such a number of enemies and calumniators, yet he has always in his private life, been reckoned a man. of irreproachable probity, and great goodness of heart. The first principle of his foul is honeft. independency; and to that noble principle. he feems wedded for life. He has more than once rejected riches; and while he subsisted himself, by copying mufic for pay, he refused a handsome pension offered him by the Marchionefs of Pompadour ! nor would he accept of a Penfion, offered him from the Crown of another Kingdom, when he knew the littleness and meannefs of fpirit; which belonged to those, through whofe hands he was to receive it.

Of Mr. Voltaire.

Voltaire is certainly the most agreeable writer, and the most intelligent Hiftorian of this, or perhaps of any age: It is to be lamented,

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that he could not admire his rival Rousseaus in private; instead of attacking him in public: and though it is a hard task for Men of fuch fuperior genius as they both are, to be filent about Religion, while true Religion is fo abufed; yet, we could wifh, for the good of fociety in general; they had neither of them wrote upon that fubject, as perhaps a bad Religion, is better than none.

Of the Hon. Colonel H―y.

A Speculative man, fond of searching into the curious works of nature, and capable of making juft remarks thereon. After having seen a great deal of pure nature in America; where his duty as a foldier led him, he has, fince his return, been equally as fedullous in viewing the face of his native country, and particularly, the principality of Wales: and we are not without hopes, that the natives will find entertainment and inftruction, from his obfervations and hints, of a country, which has not been fufficiently viewed, by attentive and penetrating eyes.

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Of Sir W-m B-p P-r.

Notwithstanding the perfecution this gentleman has undergone in confequence of the late M- -x Election, we can from our Own knowledge of him, not only acquit him of having a favage difpofition, but affirm, that he is a humane man, and as he has been treated, not much better by the M-y, than by the People, we cannot help wishing that his errors, or misconduct, may henceforward be forgot.

Of G-1 A-m-t.

WHEN an officer was tried at a Court Martial at the Horfe Guards; and con

victed of having broke open doors left locked and fealed up, under his care and truft; this Patriotic Minifterial G-1, appeared to give him a character; and afferted, that the fellow in question, had served under him in A—a, and that he was a brave, an active, a diligent; and a good officer. He might be fo, but we

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could not then help obferving; that bravery, activity, diligence &c. may belong as well to a Highwayman, as to a Houfebreaker. By fome fuch pieces of address as this, the fellow was found only guilty of Indifcretion! but though he has been repeatedly called upon to publish his tryal, and has had, as well a drawn up copy of it, as his friend Mr. Gould could execute: yet, it has never appeared in print! When an innocent man is charged, with behaving in a fcandalous, infamous, manner, unbecoming the character of an Officer and a Gentleman, and is not broke, nor difmiffed the Service; one would think, he would fhew the world in general, and the army in particular; how falfely the charge was laid, by printing his innocent tryal.

Of the Hon. William B--t--n.

A SHY referved man; of a friendly difpofiti

on; indolent: uxorious; and without any of that sprightliness, which fo particularly diftinguishes the noble Lord his Brother.

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