the full and free exercise of their reli- | King, that he exclaimed-“Very well, gious principles was secured to them, you shall be my minister,"--addressed and the King to be allowed to enter him by the name of Father, and prothe town in a friendly manner, with his mised him his protection; and cirtroops. A law at that time existed in cumstances soon occurred to try the France, that wherever the king resid- faith of his Majesty's promise. St. ed, there should be no public exercise Jean De Angely having been besieged of any form of worship, different from and taken the subsequent year, Lewis that which he adopted; and accord-ordered M. de Vitry, one of his geneingly the magistrates of St. Jean De rals, to plant a guard at Mr. Walch's Angely requested Mr. Walch to for- house, that he might receive no inbear preaching on the ensuing sab-jury; and soon afterwards, himself bath. "It is making (says Walch and his family were conveyed, at his with his characteristic firmness) no Majesty's expense, to Rochelle." good requital to God for your deliverance, to hinder his worship; for my part, except I am violently hindered, I will go to the public place, and preach to any that come; and if none come, I will go home and bewail the miseries that are coming upon you." This resolute conduct was productive of the happiest effects. Not only was there a greater meeting than on any former occasion, but many persons of the Catholic religion, who belonged to the royal troops, were among the number of the hearers.

The king hearing of the determination of Walch, and offended at his presumption, dispatched the Duke D'Esperan with some of the guards, to bring him from the pulpit into his presence. When Walch saw the Duke enter the church with an armed guard, he was not intimidated. Making a pause in his discourse, he ordered a seat to be set for the Marshal of France ;--and commanded him, in the name of God, whose servant he was, not to disturb his worship. The Duke, struck with the dignity of Walch, and the air of authority with which he spoke, involuntarily obeyed his command, and listened to the sermon with decorum and seriousness. When the service of the church was over, the Duke brought him before the King, who demanded of him, how he durst preach, it being against the law to do it so near the King? "If your Majesty," replied Walch, "knew what I preach, you would command others, and come yourself to hear it, for I preach salvation by Jesus Christ; and I am sure your own conscience tells you that your own works will never merit salvation to you. I preach that there is none on the earth above you, which none of those about you that adhere to the pope will say." This unexpected reply so pleased the

ON GIVING LIQUOR IN SHOPS.

MR. EDITOR. SIR,-The remarks which appeared in your valuable publication for July, col. 619, “On giving Drams, &c. to Porters, Coachmen, &c." have led me to address this epistle to you on a much more degrading practice, which operates as a fraud on the public. This is a custom prevailing much at present among modern tradesmen, particularly drapers, of treating their customers with malt and spirituous liquors.

Being, about three months ago, on a market day, at a small town in Monmouthshire, I had an opportunity of visiting one of those respectable shops, from the external appearance of which, and the exhibition of goods, &c. I concluded I could be furnished with the article wanted. But on entering the house, to my great surprise, I perceived the counters decorated with trays, decanters, glasses, plates, cakes, &c. and was instantly retreating, judging I had entered at a wrong door. This being noticed, I was closely followed by a youth, who accosted me with, "Sir, what shall I have the pleasure of shewing you?" ?" to which I replied, "Nothing in your way, I thank you; I thought it was a draper's shop." The youth, with astonishment, exclaimed, "It is, Sir; and after a more minute inspection, I found this actually to be the case, and soon procured the goods I required. But I must do these inventors of modern civility the justice of saying, that they did not ask me to partake of any of their attracting fascination.

From the inquiry I made, and the information I received from a worthy inhabitant of the above town, I

am given to understand, that each of these shops draws as much malt liquor on a market day, as any one of the most respectable publicans.

Now, Sir, if the customers were only to consider who pays for this supposed draught of civility, they would, without hesitation, conclude it is themselves. These practitioners do not only delude their customers, and prove exceedingly injurious to the publicans, but they also defraud government, by actually selling liquor to the credulous without a license.

By giving the above a place in your publication, you may direct the attention of the inconsiderate to the imposition by which they are duped, and diminish an evil, which in some places has assumed an alarming magnitude. Your's, &c.

J. THOMAS.

Penyclawd Park, July 6, 1822.

CHRISTIAN CHARITY DEFINED.

Communicated by R. Crofts.

MANY are the dispositions and tempers of mankind, originating from divers motives and persuasions.

Some characters appear so riveted in sordid, sensual, and rancorous passions, that it should seem they exult in torturing their fellow-creatures; others make a specious and superficial show of friendship, under the colour of charity; but, alas! they too often resemble beautiful apples, which are rotten at the core.

The former are laudable virtues, but real Christian charity crowns the whole. Oh that every professor were the felicitous possessor of this celestial gem! As puppets are made to mimic animation, so hypocrites seem to imitate sincerity; but when they can colour their deceit no longer, they endeavour to calumniate the objects they professed to serve. On public occasions, they seem to outvie all; by which they are rendered popular: but you may find them griping the poor to retrieve their loss; all their benefactions proceed from sinister ends.

Let us inquire a little into the nature of genuine Christian charity. Some imagine it is confined to almsgiving; but St. Paul tells us otherwise, 1 Cor. chap. xiii. When a stubborn sinner is arrested and subdued by the grace of the gospel, he is at a loss to express his love to God and Christ his Saviour: his inmost soul rebounds with gratitude and praise for the inexpressible blessing, which causes him to wish to be instrumental in promoting his Redeemer's interest in the world, not only by evincing his regard to their temporal, but spiritual, and consequently eternal, welfare. When a humane person imbibes the spirit of the gospel, he manifests it in all the actions of his life; though it does not appear so conspicuous as in the former character, the change not being apparently so great and sudden.

We find that all the gifts and graces of a Christian are defective without, and incomparable to, charity. Union of faith, concurrence of sentiment, knowOf these two characters, were I to ledge of the truth as revealed in the make a choice, (bad as the former word of God, and fellowship in the are,) I would give them the prefe- experience of the grace of the gospel, rence; because I should be the better will create that charity; which will prepared to guard against them, and eventually prove sincere and active in because there are greater hopes they doing every thing, not only to relieve may be reclaimed and converted; the body, but to expel the perturbawhereas the latter characters are not tion of a distempered mind. Inspired only deceivers of mankind, but of them-with charity, the soul will ever be selves likewise, yet they cannot de-energetic in doing his heavenly Masceive God. They are calculated to do ter's will, to which the holy Spirit urmore mischief by their fine smooth gently presses him with alacrity and insinuating language than a common delight. Real, true, genuine, and reprobate! evangelical Christian charity, embraPhilosophy teaches philanthropy; ces the whole world at one grasp, humanity dictates candour; but su-anxious to render every good to every perlatively to these,Christianity mani- one, friend or foe. It is an univerfests itself in holy love and charity, a sally liberal principle. Unlike the gift which human reason cannot admi-circumscribed and secular imitation, nister it is a boon of heaven, and whose views are base and pernicious, operates by divine influence. this true charity discovers all the

beauties of moral virtues, and deco- | the lightest, and instantly flew up to

With this address, I intended to furnish you with a copy of Mr. H.'s reply to Richard Carlile; but since I formed the determination, I have learned that some friend has engaged to forward you one in some other way, and that probably it is in your possession at this time.

Since Mr. H. has published his book, he has had to defend it against the attacks of Carlile. His defences, and the replies to them, have appeared in different numbers of Carlile's Republican. (Perhaps you see the work, and may recollect the name.) The controversy has now closed, at least in the Republican; for although its atheistical editor engaged, at the outset of the controversy, to insert whatever Mr. H. might write, if under a given number of pages, he has broken his contract, and declared he will print no more; and this he has done, after inserting one of Mr. H.'s letters exactly as he received it,

In the course of reading, I met with | friends, closely given to devotion, memuch that excited my astonishment, ditation, reading, and writing. and that convinced me the author possessed sterling genius, and a mind of no ordinary cast, yet I could not but regret his evident want of literature-there was, to use a figure, a strong, healthy, luxuriant tree, that needed training. I have since, for the first time, seen and conversed with Mr. H. and my conviction of his extraordinary powers is confirmed; and I begin to feel myself bound to endeavour, in some way or other, to serve him. I was not long in discovering that you, Sir, may render him essential service, by perusing his production, and animadverting upon it in your excellent Magazine, in such a manner as to point out some of its defects in punctuation, style, unwar- | rantable harshness of expression, &c. | &c.; and yet furnish him with encouragement to proceed in a course of intellectual improvement, by directing his attention to such particulars as would not only tend to mature the powers of his mind, but give the abi-written late at night, after a day of lity to communicate his thoughts in hard labour, and under circumstances the best possible manner. I am fully so peculiarly pressing, as not even to convinced, Sir, that any useful sug- | allow Mr. H. or any of his friends, gestions from you, would by him be time to look over it; and of course gratefully received, and duly appre- containing many glaring orthographiciated : and I am willing to hope, too, | cal errors. It is evident that this was from what I can learn of your charac- done by Mr. Carlile to abash the ter and conduct, and from what I young man, by exposing his want of know of you by your writings, that learning to the public. But he knows you will feel interested for the indivi- not the man. The constitution of his dual in question; and especially after mind, I am convinced, is not thus to I have laid before you a very summary be shaken: and however desirous he account of him, and the circumstances may be to possess such a skill in the under which he has had, and still has, art of composition as shall bid defito cultivate his mind. ance to captious criticism, and render his productions reputable for literary merit, his object in appearing before the public as a writer at this time is much higher; it is to overturn the flimsy structures of daring impiety reared among us by some modern visionaries, for monstrous purposes, and, by placing his feet upon their ruins, to reach and exhibit the stable and uninjured SACRED THRONE OF TRUTH.

He is a young man, of low extraction, almost without education, a gardener by trade, and regularly works upon an average 12 hours a day. About five years ago, he became decidedly pious, at which time he could scarcely, to use his own expression, so write as to be able to communicate with his friends by letter; and even now his pretensions to scholastic attainments are so low, that he is conscious of his deficiency, not only in the elements of English composition, but even in orthographical skill. His acquaintance with human authors is very limited, and it must remain so for some time, for want of leisure and means: what leisure he has, is, however, as I learn from his

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It is also evident, I think, that Mr. Carlile has herein discovered a shameful want of candour, especially when it is told that he had, in the fulness of his affectation for fairness, corrected other letters of Mr. H.'s, and in his remarks upon them had acknowledged that Mr. H. possessed a powerful