fhall deftroy the two witneffes must be the Papal power: but further, that it is acknowledged fhall be Anti-Chrift, and, confequently, the Papal power is that meant by Anti-Christ. Thus have I, Sir, I conceive, demonftrated that the Anti-Chriftian can be no other than the Papal power, nor do I find any fufficient ground for that which feems to form one of the learned prelates ftrongeft objections to this opinion, that Anti-Chrift will appear at last purely atheistical; for, if fuch be the meaning of the predictions, what reafon have we to deny that Papal accomodation may at laft arife to this point? By accommodating their doctrines to the prejudices and crrors of thofe they withed to convert, have the Papifts often enlarged their communion; and from affuming authority, to difpenfe with obedience to the divine commandments, to the denial of the Being from whom thiofe commandments flow, is not fo great a step in prefumption as to be incredible. I have faid, "if fuch be the meaning of the predictions;" because I do not find any paffage of either the prophecy of Daniel, that of St. Paul, or of St. John, which neceffarily indicates this. In Dan. chap. vii. ver. 25, we read that he fhall fpeak words againft the Most High; but many do this, who do not difbelieve his exiftence. In ver. 36, chap. xi, it is faid, "he thall magnify himfelf above every God, and fpeak marvellous things against the God of Gods:" but this, too, may be confiftent with acknowledging his existence; and, perhaps, it might be added, that men are not wont to fpeak fo much against fuppofed non-entities. While thefe feveral particulars have, by the best Expofitors, been fhewn to have been already fulfilled in the Pope. And, after all, it is in the fame paffage exprefsly declared, that this fuppofed atbeiffical character "fball bonour a God whom bis fathers knew not,” ver. 36. St. Paul's defcription amounts to the fame thing, his claiming for himfelf divine honours, with the particular fo often noticed as applicable to an ecclefiaftical perfon, "fitting in the temple of God." And, by St. John, Revelation, chap. xiii. 6, he is faid to open his mouth in blafphemy against God; but this, though virtual, is not literal Atheism. And, even under the latt plagues, we are told, the followers of the beaft fhall blafpheme the God of heaven, because of their plagues. Now this feems inconfiftent with a difbelief of any fuch being. Although it be true that the name of Anti-Chrift is not in the Revelation applied to the beaft; yet, as there never, I believe, has been a doubt in the church, that St. John, by the Anti-Chrift that fhould come, intended fpecifically that power, it shou d feem a circumftance not unworthy of notice, that this title is applicable to the Pope in a fenfe in which it could not well fuit an Atheistical power. I mean not only, as, in fact, oppofing the real doctrine of Chrift, but as fetting him elf up as his reprefentative: taking the Greek particle in the fenfe of pro, instead of, as well as in that of contra, againft. For in this fenfe the name of Anti-Chrift mett fatally correfponds with the title the Bith p of Rome la, blafphemoutly affumed, Vicarius Filii Dei, one of thofe titles which exactly This contain the number of the name of the beaft, 666. Wonderful, indeed, under every view, is this power; and, perhaps, not least so in the way opened for it to remount to exaltation by the blindness of many who should withstand its progrefs. The detorfion lately given to the prophecies relating to it forms a caufe of ferious alarm and deep lamentation, and renders it a duty to call on all, who venture on the aweful talk of applying the predictions of the facred writers, cautiously to confider their connection with each other, and not fuffer themselves to be induced, by temporary circumftances, to detach particular pailages from the great line to which they belong, to fuit events of which the prefent preffure tempts the interpreter to fuppofe them of especial importance in the general difpenfation. It is obfervable the Proteftant writers of preceding times found the Proteftants pre-figured much oftener in the Apocalypfe than they really are; and, in the Fook of Daniel, they have applied a moft accurate prediction of Mahomet to the Pope. In our own day the French apoftacy is the grand point of accommodation. A veteran in the fervice of the church, ever to be honoured for his fingleness of heart, and unfeigned zeal, led the way in trampling on the comments of our greatest writers on thefe fubjects, and held out the new apoftates as the Anti-Chrift that was to come. feems to have been the fignal for others to try their powers; until your correfpondent Fatidicus has permitted himfelf to be perfuaded, at the expence of a chatm of 1,700 years in a prophetic chain, befides lefs inconveniences, that Buonaparte is an object of Daniel's predictions. I am perfuaded, if Fatidicus will carefully review the whole paffage he has thus applied, he will find the King, who fhould do after his own will, is plainly a continuation of that power which destroyed Jerufalem; and that he has too haftily contradicted former Expofitors in afcribing to him acts foretold of the King of the North, by whom the greater part of them have been accomplished; (but not fo far as to include what is foretold in v. 44.) and whofe fituation is, at this moment, fuch as to render highly probable the catastrophe foretold, that he fhall be driven from Conftantinople, fix his feat at Jerufalem, and fall without finding any one to attempt to fupport him: and then will the Euphrates be dried up in all its ftreams. For though the Ancient, juftly thought, that the Anti-Chrift would exercife his tyranny at crufalem, the concluding veries of this chapter of Daniel, I think, I may venture to fay, relate not to that event; but it is predicted in the 11th of Revelation, from v. 7 to 10 inclufivé. But, Sir, I am trefpaffing too much on your indulgence, perfuaded that you will withstand, with equal vigilance and firmness, Papal corruptions and Sectarian falte doctrine. I have ventured to ftate to you my apprehenfions, that we are become too regardless of the former; and to endeavour, through your most valuable publication, to convince fome of my brethren of the miniftry of this, and remind others, that the prophecies contain in themfeives limitations moft nicely marked by chronology, geography, and other means, which call for the attention of interpreters, and to befeech Ii4 all all to be careful, that because they are shocked at the fhameless appearance of Atheism in the highways, they do not open more private roads for the approach of fomething, which, under another name, will, in effect, prove the fame. I am, Sir, July 17, 1799. Your humble fervant, T. C. SONG, Written on the glorious Victory obtained over the French Fleet, by Earl How E, on the Firft of June, 1794. TUNE—“ TO ANACREON IN HEAVEN," &c. W Had burft every tie which fociety bind, THEN Gallia's bafe fons by fome Dæmon infpir'd, With prefumption unequal'd, they madly afpir'd Where true liberty reigns, They reckon'd an object was well worth their pains; Swere they'd reign over the waves, And that Britons from henceforth fhould be but their flaves; Said Neptune, "Were I to encourage these bands, Be a hero employ'd, By whom those proud boafters shall foon be destroyed; A fleet fuch as England ne'er witnessed before, For fkill, ftrength, and courage, that nought could reftrain, Impatient for conqueft, depart from the fhore, And the union flag waved, proudly waved at the main : Saw his hero at fea, And cried out with rapture, "Come, come, follow me; And determine to thew you that fill I know How." They They meet-and the battle by England is won; But ftory to conflict fo dreadful can fhew; Two are funk-fix are taken, the rest of them run, What a glorious defeat! None ever to Britons was yet half so sweet; TRIBUTE OF LOYALTY AND GRATITUDE. ACROSTICHE, Ouverner fes Etats avec force & fageffe ; Duverner nvers tous fes Sujets étre bons fans foibleffe; Offrir à l'Univers l'exemple des vertus ; effembler aux Alfreds, égaler les Titus; arder auprès de foi le Confeiller fidele; carter le flatteur, foumettre le rebelle; erraffer des Tyrans, & relever des Rois : endre aux Fils des Bourbons les foins d'un tendre père; Ouvrir aux opprimés un afyle profpère; ➤ntimider l'impie armé contre les loix; auver l'Europe en feu; c'est être GEORGE TROIS, Par le Cher, de Lacbaffaigne, Emigré François. HISTORY. SUMMARY OF POLITICS, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. IN N the two months which have elapfed fince our laft political retrospect, the only events of importance which have occurred, are the farther fuccefs of the allied arms in Italy, and a partial change in the regicidal adminiftration of Paris, Marthal SuWARROW, having accomplished the object of extending his forces over Lombardy and part of Piedmont, by the extraordinary rapidity of his marches, in affording protection to the well-difpofed it.habitants of those countries, deemed it neceffary, before he advanced to the frontiers of France, to fecure the few ftrong fortreffes behind him, which still remained in the hands of the enemy. His fituation, meanwhile, was rendered fomewhat critical by the arrival of the French army under MACDONALD, who had received orders from the Directory, after the ferious defeats which their armies had sustained in Italy, to evacuate the new-born Republics of Naples and Rome, and to effect a junction with MOREAU. With that that prefence of mind, however, and that promptitude and energy of action, which fo ftrongly mark the whole conduct of that renowned Commander, SUWARROW, finding MOREAU neglect to make thofe movements which the fituation of his colleague, MACDONALD, fo imperiously required, fuddenly left Turin, on the 15th of June, at the head of twenty thousand men, and having marched feventeen leagues, in eight-and-forty hours, came up with MACDONALD'S army on the banks of the Tidone. Here a defperate action, contefted with equal obftinacy on both fides, was fought, during three fuccefive days. At length, victory, ftill faithful to the itandard of SUWARROW, declared for the allies. The French driven, on the first day, from the Tidone to the Trebbia, were there ultimately defeated on the 18th, by the allies, who, eager to improve their victory, purfued the flying foe, and, on the 20th, compelled their rear-guard, after a tharp refiftance, to lay down. their arms in the vicinity of Zena. In thefe different actions, the French are fupposed to have loft, in killed, wounded, and prifoners, not lefs than feventeen thousand men. The broken remnant of MAGDONALD'S force directed its courfe to the Genoese territory, where it has fince joined the army of MOREAU. Thefe brilliant atchievements were immediately followed by the furrender of the ftrong citadel of Turin, which, to the aftonithment of Europe, opened its gates, after a bombardment of only three days. Indeed, it would appear, from recent operations, that fome new mode has been invented of materially abridging the duration of fieges; for the citadel of Alexandria furrendered to the Auftrian General BELLEGARDE, on the 22d of July, after a fiege of feven days; and the ftill more important fortrefs of MANTUA, furrendered to the brave General KRAY on the 29th of the fame month, after a ficge of only fourteen days. These rapid fucceffes must be chiefly afcribed to the filly confidence of the French, at the ope ing of the campaign, which prevented them from confidering a defeat as a poffible occurrence, and confequently induced them to neglect thofe precautions, which the fuppofition of fuch an occurrence would naturally have fuggefted. And when they were convinced of their error, in this refpect, the fpirit and energy of the Auftrians, under KRAY, in the firit inftance, and of the combined forces under SWARROW afterwards, rendered every attempt to repair it abortive. The garrifon of Aleffandria amounted to 2,100 men, that of Mantua to 13,000; the former remain prifoners of war; the latter are allowed to return to France on their parole, a conceflion of which we have before given our opinion, but which, in the prefent cale, might, perhaps, be politic, and, poflibly, neceffary. At the extremity of Italy the French and their rebellious accomplices have been equally unfuccefsful; the garrifons left by MycDONALD in the Neapolitan territory have been obliged to surrender the cattles of Ovo, Nuovo, and t. Elmo, to the English, detached by Lord NELSON, for the purpofe of reducing them. By this nicans the poffetion of Napics, which the loyal Cardinal Kurro Lad |