DEDICATION. To the Right Hon. Thomas Lord Erskine, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. MY LORD, CALLED in an awful Crisis by your Sovereign, and followed by the voice of his people into the most exalted station of the Empire, your Lordship is looked up to more as the constitutional Friend, than the official Patron, of the respectable Body chiefly interested in the Subject of the following Sheets. To your countenance, therefore, are respectfully dedicated, with your gracious Permission, these humble Efforts, to trace the Principles, ascertain the Law, and reconcile the payment of Tithes to every class of the Community. I have the Honour to be with the most profound Deference and highest Esteem Your Lordship's Essex-Street, Temple, Devoted and respectful Servant, FRANCIS PLOWDEN. June, 1806. |