Engraved (by Permission of Alexander Davison, Esq for the Anti Jacobin Review & Magazine, March 1.1799 [The great length to which our review of Irish publications neceffarily extended the first department of our work, renders a material abridgement of the fecond, (certainly not the leaft important) wholly unavoidable. We fhall be particularly careful, however, not to lofe fight of the grand object of detecting every endeavour to diffuse jacobinical principles, through the medium of Reviews; and to fuffer nothing to efcape our notice that calls for expofure; invariably regulating the length of each divifion of our work by the quantum of materials with which we shall be fupplied.] MISCELLANIES. DESCRIPTION F the Medal struck by ALEXANDER DAVISON, Esq. as a Tribute of his Respect for LORD NELSON, and the OFFICERS and MEN who served in the Fleet under His Lord. ship's Command on the First of August, 1798. THE OBVERSE Represents the allegorical Figure HOPE, with the Emblem proper, standing on a rugged Rock, with an Olive Branch in her Right Hand, and supporting, by her Left Arm, the Profile of LORD NELSON, on a Medallion, to which she is pointing with her Forefinger.-HOPE is crowned with Oak and Laurel, and the Motto to the Medallion is "EUROPE'S HOPE AND BRITAIN'S GLORY,"-These Words express the real Feelings of the surrounding Nations, and the Boast of this happy Island. THE LEGEND. "REAR ADMIRAL LORD NELSON OF THE NILE." THE REVERSE Represents the FRENCH FLEET at Anchor in the Bay of Aboukir, and the BRITISH FLEET advancing to the Attack-The fortified Islands in the Enemy's Van-The Four Frigates that were moored within the Line to cover their Flank-and the Gun-Boats near the Islands The Setting Sun-The Coast of Egypt-The Mouth of the Nile-and the Castle of Aboukir. THE LEGEND. "ALMIGHTY GOD HAS BLESSED HIS MAJESTY'S ARMS." Beneath the View, "VICTORY OF THE NILE," AUGUST 1, 1798.” review of it. Thus Mr. ERSKINE'S pamphlet appeared in the middle of March; and, ON THE FIRST OF APRIL, with ominous precipitation, the Monthly Reviewers proclaimed him to be equal, in political wildom, to the fages of Greece and Rome! Whereas my unfortunate answer, which appeared in the following month, was not configned to infamy till the first of Auguft!" Mr. Davifon, the gentleman who ftruck this beautiful Medal, is, we understand, appointed by Lord Nelfon, and the Officers under his Lordship's command, the fole Agent for the fale of the French fhips of war taken at the memorable action that was fought in the bay of Aboukir, on the firft of Auguft, 1798. The manner in which Mr. Davifon has expreffed to Lord Nelson, and to the Officers and Men under his Lordship's command, his refpect for the confidence they have placed in him, as well as his admiration of the unparalleled glory that this incomparable victory has added to our national character and honour, is not only perfectly novel, but highly praifeworthy and commendable. The defign is elegant, appropriate, and expreflive;-and attaches much merit to the perfon who conceived it. And however much allegory may be objected to by Medallifts, we cannot but exprefs our decided approbation of it in this inftance, and we have every reafon to think that Lord Nelfon and all his officers and men will be highly pleafed and fully gratified, at the method Mr. Davifon has taken to fhew his refpect for their confidence, and his admiration of the moft refplendent and decifive victory that ever was obtained. The die has been engraved, and the Medal ftruck, under the direction of Mr. Boulton, of Soho, near Birmingham, to whom, as well as to the artist he has employed on this occafion, much credit is due. All that we fhall add upon this pleafing fubject is, that we truft those who have not been fo fortunate as to obtain the poffeffion of a Medal, will be highly gratified with the impreflion and description we have here given of it. The noble Admiral, and all the officers and men who ferved in the fleet under his Lordship's command, are each of them to be prefented with a Medal. Those deftined for the Admiral and Captains are of gold. Thofe for the Lieutenants and Officers who rank with them, are of filver. Those for the Warrant and inferior officers, are of copper gilt-and those for the men are of copper bronzed. To the Editor of the Anti-Jacobin Review and Magazine. SIR, London, Feb. 13, 1799. Intent a from an unknown Correlpondent, which is deTN the Anti-Jacobin of laft month (P. 97) you condefcended to figned to impeach the veracity of the facts which I have adduced in my pamphlet in order to criminate the Diffenters. Sir, I am not much inclined to notice any thing of an anonymous nature, as I think * Mr. Rivers is miftaken, in fuppofing that the Correspondent, to which he alludes, is an anonymous Correfpondent, and unknown to us. The fact is, the name of the writer was fubfcribed to the letter (though we were not authorized to print it) with a fatisfactory reference, for character, to a gentleman of refpectability, a member of the House of Commons. We can affure Mr. Rivers, that G. is an antagonist not unworthy his notice. REVIEWER. none none but cowards, weak, or wicked men, would attack in that manner. But, Sir, as you have laid that weak and contemptible letter before the public, I feel it my duty to come forward and challenge this anonymous antagonist to point out one paragraph of that pamphlet, to felect one fact contained in it, which he can fairly and openly prove, to the fatisfaction of your readers, and of the public at. large, to be falfe, or even to bear the femblance of falsehood. Sir, the paffage pointed out by the writer of the letter, as being untrue, in every circumftance, Mr. Benjamin Flower excepted, is as atrocious a falfehood as even the father of lies could himself have fabricated. Who will deny that Godwin was a Diffenting Minifter at Stowmarket, and at Beaconsfield? That Gilbert Wakefield, after having abandoned the Church, mingled with the Diffenters, and, for a time, exercifed the office of a tutor in one of their principal feminaries? Of the Analytical and Critical Reviewers, I could adduce many names to corroborate what I have faid, concerning them; and give me leave, Sir, to afk this fallacious writer, whether Dr. Griffiths, the proprieto and publifher of the Monthly Review, is not a Diffenter? I hope, Sir, until the Diffenters, or their agents, are able to bring forward facts to counterbalance thofe I have brought forward, the public opinion will be firm and decided, that, as a body, they are, and ever have been, enemies to the conftitution. As to the perfonal abufe with which they have endeavoured to overwhelm me, inftead of exciting my difpleasure, it ferves only to convince me of the weakness of their caufe; and to raife my pity and contempt. My anfwer, hereafter, to every anonymous fcribbler, shall be, "what I have written, I have written." I remain, Sir, yours, &c. I SIR, To the Editor of the Anti-Jacobin Review and Magazine. Am induced to trouble you with a few plain remarks, from reading a letter in your laft excellent Review, figned G. attempting to justify the political conduct of the Diffenters. I am very willing to give your Correfpondent credit for all he there afferts, which may chance to come within his own knowledge, or personal observation, and I have as little hesitation in fay ing, that he has been moft egregiously deceived, or misinformed, when taught to believe, that the itinerant Diffenting preachers "vifit only hamlets where there are no churches, and thofe villages chiefly where no clergyman refides, and that they avoid those places where there are pious and zealous minifters in the Church." Now, Sir, fo far from this being the real ftate of the cafe, the contrary is, in fome parts, notoriously the fact, and many others of your conftant readers befides myself well know that, in feveral inftances (in a county too, where I believe the Clergy are much more continually continually refident than in any other diocese) thefe miffionaries are more diligent and active, the lefs their pious labours and " gra tuitous" fervices are requifite.-It is, indeed, well known, by many of your readers, that these preachers (whether Baptifts, or under whatever particular denomination of Non-conformists, it matters little, perhaps,) fo far from being actuated folely by the praife-worthy motive of "inftructing, reforming, and converting, the poor villagers," will come occafionally into places where the parifhoners have every epportunity of being duly inftructed, by very exemplary refident minifters, with the advantage of attending church, twice in the day, and at other times and feasons, appointed by our liturgy; and that these declaimers (rather than have no hearers to fanction their vifits) bring their congregation with them, and, if failed in their view of increafing the number of profelytes, are then "glad to be oppofed," for the fake of urging the old po pular complaint of being "perfecuted for righteoufnefs" fake." It is well known that cottages have been, and are now, licensed for the purpose of "preaching," whofe inhabitants have been ftimulated and employed by perfons notorious for their difaffection towards the regular establishments of this country; and the eafy mode in which thefe licenfes are obtained will, no doubt, much tend to increase the number of them, efpecially fince the paffing that falutary Act of Parliament, entitled the Sedition Bill, by which the difficulty of difcuffing politics publicly, or diffeminating pernicious principles, is neceffarily increased. Perhaps other circumstances might be mentioned which would not a little furprize your Correfpondent, G. He would poffibly exclaim, Credat Judæus! or call it a grofs libel, were he told this truth, that even a MEMBER OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT, (a difciple of the Hackney school,) has been an officious encourager of this "village piety," and stood forth, not very long fince, an avowed and zealous fupporter of one particular itinerant "party," to the chief of whom he (as I am informed) readily owned himself to be almost a perfect ftranger. Thefe very ferious confiderations, Sir, lead me to think much of what Mr. Rivers's pamphlet ftates, to be well-founded. I am a little encouraged, likewite, in the belief, from a sermon of another Diffenting Minifter; preached at a meeting-houfe in Broad-ftreet, Jan. 1798, (Rev. J. Martin,) and which has brought down the vengeance of his hearers upon him.-So that, until I fhall fee fome great part of what these two minifters (of their own perfuafion too) have fet forth, clearly difproved, I fhall fee no fort of reafon that what your Review has advanced fhould be, in one tittle, "retracted," as having been published to the world upon mere " prefumption." Your Correfpondent G. does allow, that there are many excellent men amongst the established Clergy, though he qualifies his "candour" in the very next words, adding, that there are fo many of a different ftamp as to make it highly neceffary Diffenters fhould lead their flocks for them into the right path. I am willing, Sir, likewife, to do juftice to the character of the late Mr. Brewer, and others, who may have been mentioned; and, to |