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No-Popery men begin to say that you have changed your mind,because they either cannot or will not advert to the change whichhas taken place in the question itself. I trust, however, to thegood sense of the Catholics , in not being hurried by the violenceof a few zealots, into decisions contrary to that line of conductwhich, with the solid wisdom of a real statesman, you have re-commended to them.

“ I have not taken my seat, so that I can give no proxy ; andyet both on the Catholic question, and on that which Lord Sid-mouth has announced his intention of introducing into parlia-ment, I should not be unwilling to give my opinion.

“ I am, &c.

“ R. Landaff.”

The distinction I have here made with respect to the appoint-ment of bishops being in the chief magistrate of the state, wherea church is established, or in those who, dissenting from the Esta-blishment, pay their bishops or presbyter from their own privateproperty, appears to me to be just, though I am sensible that itwill not be admitted as such by all, either Catholics or Protestants .

About the 20th of April, I received from General Staveley aletter from Mr. Whitcombe, accompanying a pamphlet with thefollowing title: “ Considerations addressed to the Legislature , uponthe Expediency and Policy of authorising the Alienation of Estatesbelonging to Corporate Bodies, particularly Bishops, and Deans,and Chapters, for the Purpose of raising Money to purchase theunredeemed Land-Tax; and demonstrating the Advantages whichwould result from such Alienation and Appropriation, both to the