ABSTRACT
The system of itinerant lecturing and peripatetic persuasion which has been adopted, seems calculated to derogate from the dignity of a plan recommended by such distinguished patronage, and stated to be fraught with marvellous advantages to the artisans and manufacturers of the kingdom. The English are not a niggardly people, nor are they insensible to their own interest, especially in matters of this kind. Neither are they disinclined to adopt any view which has the implied sanction of Royalty and the concurrent testimony of rank. Unless a serious and even wicked calumny has been propagated, the authors are led to believe that cogent but unusual arguments have been employed, especially in London, to procure subscriptions from shopkeepers and tradesmen. The balance of victory must incline to one side or to the other.
