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most to be coveted; it generates no melancholy, it frees the soulfrom superstitious apprehensions, it warms the heart, it enlivenshope, it teaches resignation, it deadens our affections for thisworld, and it thereby fits us for another. A man of this temper‘ knows that God demands his heart entire,’ and in offering sucha sacrifice to his Maker, he has the strongest confidence that itwill be graciously accepted by him.

“ It gives me pleasure, it must give pleasure to every man whohas any love for genius and virtue, to perceive that these qualities!,though unnoticed by the many, are held in due estimation by themost enlightened part of mankind ; hence I could not read with-out delight the Eulogy bestowed on you by the author > of the“ Pursuits of Literature (I am under obligations to that gentle-man, whoever he may be, for what he has said of me;) and thoughI do not agree with him in some of his censures, and have nopleasure in reading lampoons, I perfectly unite with him in opi-nion concerning yourself. !

“ I beg pardon for this intrusion, but presuming that my cha-racter is not wholly unknown to you, I have the vanity to thinkthat you will excuse this liberty. ?

“ The lakes are visited by all the world: if an excursion intothese parts should ever be made by yourself, I beg you would trythe hospitality of Calgarth Park.

“ I am, Sir,

“ With the greatest esteem, your obedient servant,

“ B,. Landaff.”

About this time Mr. Pitt, on the question of the Abolition ofthe Slave Trade being lost in the House of Commons , had stated

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