were as ftrongly charged upon their own Patron, when He profess'd that Character, even by Diffenters themfelves, as they can be now to any Gentlemen in Oppofi tion to Him. It is likewife infinuated, in this Pamphlet, that Bishop HOADLEY was obliged to the fame Gentleman and his Adherents for the Favour of fetting the Convocation on his Back, in order to deter the Ministry from relievingthe Diffenters; upon which our Authors make the following Obfervation. "This mean Malice of juftifying their former Ne"glect of Us, by directly oppofing our Intereft, ought to be fo far from deterring truely great Men from attempting to relieve Us, that it fhould animate "Them with juft Refentment against THOSE, who "would make their most laudable Actions unpopular, "and tye up their Hands by the noify, ill-grounded "Clamours of the Church's Danger. Bring but this Bufinefs once into the Houfe, and leave their own Shame to keep Them filent at least. Even the Men, "whofe Side. They now ftrengthen, fhould They "openly oppose this Affair, will with Contempt hear 66 every Speech, that contradicts their Declaration, "when it was thought neceflary to oppofe THEMY "and court Us; and doubt not that their own Fears " will keep Them from voting against all their former "Arguings. I now leave the World to determine whether Mr Walfingham's Patron is not particularly mark'd out in thefe Paffages; but the Authors found themselves iniftaken in his Complection; fince neither Shame, nor Fear could reftrain Him upon this Occafion; for He open'd his Mouth against Them, in the most violent Manner, without any Regard to his former Declarations, or Arguings, and exerted his whole Strength to defeat the BILL, which was calculated for their Relief. This is the Fact, which I afferted, and Mr. Walfing bam undertook to disprove; but when He came to the the Point, He confirms what I said in the main, and only tells us, by Way of Apology for his PATRON, that He acted in Conjunction with the late Duke of DEVONSHIRE and the late Earl CowPER; upon which He runs into a long rigmarole Defence of thofe noble Peers, whofe Names were not fo much as mention'd, till He brought them upon the Stage. It is true, indeed, that the late Duke of DEVONSHIRE generally concurr'd with THIS GENTLEMAN'S Measures, whether in, or out of Power; and, no Doubt, He ought to retain a very great Regard for his Grace's Memory, upon that Account. It is likewife true, that the late Earl CowPER oppofed the BILL under Confideration, as it was firft brought into the House of Lords; for it contain'd not only a Repeal of the Conformity and Schifm-Acts, but likewife of the Sacramental Teft. Now, it appears that Lord CowPER distinguish'd in this Cafe, and declared that He would readily give his Vote for repering the SCHISMACT; and made no Objection, as far as I can find, to the Repeal of the CONFORMITY-ACT; whereas it does not appear, upon Enquiry, that Mr. WALSINGHAM'S PATRON made any fuch Difcrimination, but very warmly opposed the Bill in general. Befides, I cannot help thinking that the late Earl Cowper is fomewhat improperly introduced as this Genteman's COMPURGATOR, whofe Measures He is known to have opposed, even to his dying Day. But there is another Circumftance ftill behind, in Favour of the HONOURABLE GENTLEMAN, which Mr. Walfingham feems to think a Clincher. He tells us very confidently that Mr. PY Himself spoke and voted in the fame Manner; upon which He condefcends to commence an Advocate for THAT GENTLEMAN, and is fo good as to put an Apology into his Mouth. Now, fuppofing this Circumftance to be true, I cannot conceive how it affects the Point in Dif pute between Mr. Walfingham and Me; or proves that that his PATRON hath any particular Right to the Favour of the DISSENTERS, more than OTHER GENTLEMEN, who have acted the fame Part towards Them. I fpeak This, under a Suppofition that the Circumftance of Mr. Py's peaking and voting against the Repeal of the SCHISM-ACT is true; but pray, Mr. Walfingham, where did you pick up this Intelligence; or in what Book did you meet with it? Are you fure that Mr. Py was even in Town, or prefent in the House, at that Time? If you are, be fo good as to let us know what He faid. upon this Occafion; for, no Doubt, you are fully acquainted with it, and having had ONE LYE already pinn'd upon you, in this Debate, have taken effectual Care not to be convicted of another. As for my Part, I have examined the most authentick Memoirs of thole Times, which are yet publifh'd, and cannot fo much as find Mr. P. y's Name mention'd upon that Occafion. In the Hiftorical Regifter We have an Account of the principal Speakers both for and against the REPEAL; among the latter of whom the Names of Mr. HoRATIO WLE and Mr. ROBERT W--LE are particularly mention'd; but there is an abfolute Silence as to Mr. P. -Y. It is therefore incumbent on you, Mr. Walfingham, to acquaint the World with your Authority for this Affertion. I hope you did not receive your Information from the fame Perfon, who gave you the Account of Mr. P---y's tampering with a JURYMAN, about two Years ago, in the Exchequer Coffee-houfe which you promised to prove by undoubted Evidence, but have not yet made your Words good, though feveral Times call'd upon and defy'd to do it. This is all I fhall fay at prefent to Mr. Walfingham; who is fo utterly abandon'd to all Senfe of Shame, that He will not fcruple to affert any Thing, even the MOST NOTORIOUS FALSHOODS, in order to to ferve a prefent Purpofe. I shall therefore leave Him to wallow in that Mire, for which He was defign'd by Nature, and in which only He seems to take any Delight. I cannot conclude, without acknowledging that though Mrs. Osborne is certainly a very filly, prating, old Gentlewoman, yet She feems to have fome Regard for Veracity, and very fairly gives up her Patron, as to the Repeal of the SCHISM-ACT. I fhall therefore, in my next Paper, make fome Obfervations on what She hath advanced upon this Argument, with relation to the DISSENTERS. D. N° 379. SATURDAY, October 6, 1733. Some Confiderations on the true lutereft of the N my laft Paper, I did Mrs. Osborne the Juftice to acknowledge that She hath paid fome Regard to Veracity, in this Difpute, by giving up her Patron, as to the Repeal of the SCHISM-ACT; and it is very obvious that She hath likewife given up her Brother Walfingham, at the fame Time; particularly in that Paffage, where She fays; "I own, with the Craftsman, (for I am never afhamed to own the Truth) that the GENTLEMAN did vote against the REPEAL. I then thought Him wrong, fays She, in doing it, and I think fo now;" whereas Mr. Walfingham afferted and undertook to prove, that the SAME GENTLEMAN voted for that REPEAL, in every Step of its Progrefs through the House of Commons. VOL. XI. 66 Q But But He hath acted fo mean and profligate a Part, in this Affair, that He is beneath any farther Animadversion. I fhall therefore proceed to fome general Confiderations on the true Intereft of the Diffenters, at this Time, in view to what Mrs. Osborne hath lately advanced. And here I must premife, that although common Decency would not permit Her to affert a DOWNRIGHT FALSHOOD, against publick Notoriety, like her Brother Walfingham; yet She hath been obliged to prevaricate a little, for the Service of the Caufe, in which She is retain'd, and discover'd more Partiality, than becomes fo ftri&t a Reafoner, and fo difinterested a Lady, as She continually boafts Herfelf to be. She begins her Paper of Sept. the 15th with a Specimen of this Party Leven; by laying it down as a self-evident Truth, that WHIGS and TORIES, JACOBITES and PAPISTS are the fame Men They used to be; that They have the fame general Principles, the fame Views and Defigns. As to Jacobites and Papifts, I fhall fay nothing; for it is very plain that nobody can be a Jacobite, without being for the Perfon, who gives Name to the Party; and, perhaps, the Papifts may continue to be the fame Men as formerly; but I do pofitively affert, in Contradiction to Mrs. Osborne, that both Whigs and Tories are fo far from being the fame Men They used to be, either as to Church or State, that They feem by their Practices to have changed Principles by Confent, and taken each other's Part, however They may retain their old Denominations. I think nothing more demonftrable, than that the Court-Whigs of this Age are exactly the fame Kind of Creatures with the Court-Tories before the Revolution; that, vice verfâ, the Body of the preJent Tories have adopted the Spirit of the old Whigs3 and by acting in Conjunction with the independens Whigs of our Times, who adhere to their antient Principles, have in a great Measure abolish'd those filly Ap pellations, and made COURT and COUNTRY the only prevailing |