and offended God. The pulpits of this country are at this moment resounding with the assertion, that all the miseries which have been and are now inflicted on the People, arise, from their own wickedness. It is a gross falsehood, they arise from the wickedness of the Rulers of this country, who like a prodigal, dissolute, and debauched father, squanders every thing that is convertible to money, and leaves a wife and family to pine in misery and wretchedness. Let us hope that an honest Jury will be found to do justice to the writings of Paine, and in so doing they will do justice to their fellow-men.

R. CARLILE.

N. B. Tuesday, the 12th of October, is appointed for the first trial on the Theological Works of Paine. Four others are to follow in succession; the first is expected to occupy ten days, at least.

STATUE OF PAINE.

Ar length, I flatter myself as an individual, that I have done justice to the worth and character of PAINE Calumny and falsehood have for many years studied to obliterate the name of this GREAT MAN, but the minds who first imbibed his sentiments and political principles, were not of that shallow stamp to be easily frightened from them. I think I may venture an assertion, that there never was an individual who had a mind sufficiently expanded to receive those principles that could for a moment suffer himself to forsake them. They are the only firm basis of human happiness, and will inevitably annihilate the system of tyranny, fraud, and superstition, that is now going on, but in a state of decrepitude. As I now expect the honour of meeting the Attorney-General of Corruption, in the Court of King's Bench in the ensuing week, to defend the Theological sentiments of the Author of the Age of Reason, I feel a pleasure in having done all that an individual could do to propagate those principles which to me appear to be the only foundation of virtue and morality. I feel a confidence that in this enlightened age, when that information the most useful to society is making a progress in a tenfold degree more than at any former period, that a Jury will be found who will not give a verdict according to the prejudices of older

times, but will make a due and necessary discrimination on the subject. Whatever be the result of that verdict it can never change my opinions, nor deprive me of the satisfac tion I now feel in having been instrumental in holding forth the Works of Paine, to a people capable of estimating their merits. I shall now take my leave of the admirers of the Writings of Paine, until the Trial for his Theological Works is over, when I hope to present them with the fullest report of that trial, (as every arrangement for that purpose has been made) which, I trust, will prove a most satisfactory document to them. The following is a description of the Statue of Paine, erected in the "Temple of Reason." A whole length figure of Paine in drapery, 3 feet high, with a scroll in the right hand, reclining on a small square pedestal; scroll inscribed "To reason with Despots is throwing reason away. The best of argument is a vigorous preparation." Letter to the People of France. The left hand is pointing to the front pannel of the pedestal, on which is inscribed, "Common Sense. Rights of Man. Age of Reason." The side pannel next to the figure, bears a red cap of Liberty, inscribed on a blue boader" LIBERTAS." The off pannel has a figure representing the resurrection of truth from the bottom of a well, into the "Temple of Reason," agreeable to the saying of Democritus, who said that truth was hid in the bottom of a well, which is as much as to say that he dared not promulgate it in his time. A Globe on the small pedestal, lighted with Gas, represents America illuminated next to PAINE. The whole stands on a large marbled pedestal, which has the following inscription:

"THOMAS PAINE, born at Thetford in county of Norfolk, January 29, 1736, died at New Rochelle in the United States of America, aged 73."

Ry a bold and energetic style of writing, he roused the oppressed inhabitants of the United States, to assert and obtain their independence."

"In contemplating the benefits accruing to a Nation, emerging from bigotry and slavery, he formed the noble idea of revolutionizing Europe as well as America, and freeing it from the destructive influence of despotism and priestcraft."

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Although he did not live to see this desirable event accomplished; he died with the comfortable assurance that he at least had done his duty."

"His Writings are indelible proofs of the sincerity and purity of his motives."

A model of the above statue may be had without the transparencies at 14s., with transparencies 25s. Subscribers to pay 5s. in advance to G. Edwards, Artist, 166, Fleet Street.

SIR,

To the Editor of the REPUBLICAN.

YOUR correspondents having gone through the Old and New Testaments, have elucidated the impositions in a most able mauner, and have left little or no room for any further remarks.

As the account of Cain and Abel has escaped their notice, I take the liberty of submitting to you some remarks on that head, if you think them worth your notice to insert in the REPUBLICAN or the DEIST. I shall feel myself highly gratified in being instru mental in diffusing some light on the present system for reforming the dogmas of the age.

The Book asserts, that Cain first brought an offering to the Lord, (Gen, iv. and iii.) and the 4th verse says, Abel brought offerings also. But the Lord did not accept of Cain's, but preferred those from Abel-for what reason is not assigned. But in the sequel, it appears, that the Lord purposely set the two brothers at variance by causing a jealousy between them. Could it make any. difference to the Deity, the Creator of the universe, of what description the offering was? It appears that they both offered up: what they had. This certainly must be a God manufactured by some priest, forgetting the omnipresence of the Almighty, by making it appear, that God did not know where Abel was, but inquires after him like one that is lost. At this time, the Book asserts, there were only four persons in the world, and the omnipresence of the Jewish God missed one, and came like a mortal to look for him.

It is well known what use the Christians make of this subject in support of their religion; this is made the origin of their election and reprobation system, and this ridiculous and immoral tale is one of their strongest proofs for this doctrine. This is the all-powerful God of both Jews and Christians, that could not govern only four persons, but must stir up mischief and discord between two brothers, so as to provoke one to murder the other, and then, like a designing assassin, inquires after Abel as if he knew nothing about it. This is making God after the image of a priest and a demon; they are both synonimous, and according to general opinion, corresponding characters.

If this is the way the world began, by robbery (Gen. iii. 6.) and murder, what can be expected from their posterity? It possibly

may be the pedigree of priestcraft, but it never can be that of philosophy.

Most Christian professors are afraid to read any books but what treat of religion. It is only necessary to say, "this treats on Saored History," and they think it conveys a knowledge of all the sciences, and every thing that is instructive to mankiud.

I have known religious people to say, that it was wicked and presumptuous to look through a telescope at the heavenly bodies. They have said, that it was prying too much into the works of the Almighty, and endeavouring to take the power out of his hands,

This is truly consistent with a Jewish and Christian idea of the Almighty. Yet I ani convinced, that the priest will hot allow that any body has the power but themselves.

As many of your readers may not have had an opportunity of reading a very old book, called Prideaux's Introduction to the Reading of all Manner of History, I beg leave to inform them, that there exists other accounts of the creation not more ridiculous than the one in the Bible, which proves it to be nothing more than an allegory, and meant as a poetical fiction by the Ancients. A book called Lepto Genesis, now very ancient and scarce, says, thất Calmana and Dolbora, were Adam's daughters, and becaine wives to Cain and Abel.

The Manichees have a genealogy of Adam's family, and reckon thirty sons and thirty daughters of Adam.

The Rabbins say, that Adam had more than one wife, and that his first wife was named Lillis, and was the mother of hobgoblins.-Buxt. Synag.

The fore-mentioned alludes to a book that was written in the time of the promulgation of Christianity, that charges Matthias, that was chosen in the room of Judas, with the crime of murder and incest, he having fled his country, embraced the Christian system because they preached absolution. And he says in another place, where Paul acknowledges Clement, who was the founder of the Popish religion, his fellow-labourer, and hopes he was not a fellow-labourer in that undertaking.

Your constant reader,

Sherborne Lane, Cannon Street.

W. DAYE.

PREDICTION FROM CIRCUMSTANCES, RATIONAL.

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Extract from a Paper published in the "Complete Magazine" for October 1764, on "the causes of the Decline of the French Nation."

THE Parliaments of France are obliged to conceal the strong spirit of Liberty with which they are inflamed under the mash of

loyalty, and of attachment to the Monarchy. They remonstrate with force and elevation against every measure that tends to the prejudice of the provinces they protect. They can go no further; but they await the moment, to strike the blow that shall lay the fabric of despotism in ruins. When this blow is struck, the effects of it will be equal to those of magic. The cottage will be put on a level with the palace; the peasant with the prince. Ranks shall be confounded; titles, distinctions, and birth, shall tumble into an undistinguishable heap of confusion. A new moral creation shall strike the view of an admiring universe; and France, like old Rome, in her first flights to empire, shall appear with the sceptre of universal dominion, bourgeoning in her hands. Out of universal confusion, order shall arise: the Great of Nature's creating, will assume their places; and the great by title and accident, will drop despised into the common mass of the People.

AN EXTRACT,

Being a brief view of the Measures by which Nations have been enslaved.

FEW men have been desperate enough to attack openly and barefaced the liberties of a free people such avowed conspirators can rarely succeed-the attempt would destroy itself. Even when the enterprize is begun, and visible, the end must be hid or denied ; thus one nation has been surrendered to another under the fair name of mutual alliance, and commonwealths have been trepanned into slavery by troops raised or increased to defend them, as it was pretended, from slavery.

Such traitors endeavoured first to get their Prince into their possession, and like Sejanus, shut him up in a little island, or made him a prisoner in his court, whilst with full range they devoured his dominions and plundered his subjects. When thus secluded from the access of his friends and the knowledge of his affairs, he must be content with such misrepresentations as they find expedient to give him. False cases were stated to justify wicked counsel-wicked counsel was given to procure unjust order he was made to mistake his friends for his foes-his foes for his friends, and to believe that his affairs were in the highest pros perity when they were in the greatest distress, and that public matters went on with the greatest harmony when they were in the utmost confusion.

They were even contriving and forming wicked and dangerous projects, to make the people poor, and thousands rich, well knowing that dominion follows property, that where there is wealth and

This was written in 1754. What would the Author have said had he lived in 1819?