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    Unitarians . I always contended , ^ iat as I was introduced to the chapel a Unitarian and by the Unitarians , that I was bound both by the principles of

    honour and Christianity to give it up to them again ; and this would have been done , had they only conducted themselves with common prudence and honesty .

    The trustees in the first part of the business were influenced by suspicions 'which were groundless . They imagined that Mr . Mander and I had combined against them , and that we were determined to use our utmost

    efforts to effect their ruin , which was not the truth ; I had no other object than to leave them and the town honourably : but for me to do this , it "was necessary that they should not

    withhold from me what was my due . In the latter part of the business they were guided by revenge , they thought the Ma riders had offended , and were determined to chastise them to the

    uttermost ; but the pit which they digged for their neighbours they are fallen into themselves . Before I conclude I would beg leave to say , that however I may differ from the Unitarians in sentiment , 1 shall never take a pleasure in reviling nor in persecuting

    them . I know some of them who , for piety towards God , for a devotional spirit , and for a truly Christian temper are examples worthy of being imitated by those who profess to be the subjects of what I believe to be a more scriptural creed .

    Ihe insertion of this vindication of iny conduct , in your Repository , will much oblige , JOHN STEWARD .

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    Account of a Visit to Mont Louis , a celebrated Burial Ground at Paris , Newport , Isle of Wight , Sir , Oct . 15 , 1817 . BEING on a tour in France , during the last summer , with a small party of friends , we were accidentally introduced to an English gentleman , who , among other things not men-1

    tioned in our " Guide to Paris , ' particularly recommended our visiting Mont Louis , the principal burial place of that city . As 1 do not recollect that this interesting spot has been described in any © f those numerous tours with which the public hay b « en inundated , I have transcribed the following from my journal , thinking it

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    may possibly lead some of your readers to visit a place with which they caiiot fail to be highly gratified , and which is not sufficiently pointed out to the notice of strangers .

    Mont Louis is situated behind the Luxemburg * palace , and is about a mile from the city barrier ; this is a large piece of ground ; its uneven surface is diversified with hill , dale and wood , and sprinkled with tombs which appear through the foliage in every direction , and forms altogether a most romantic scene . Here is none of that

    dull - uniformity observable in our English burial grounds , where one round hillock exactly resembles its neighbour , but every person is left at liberty to consult his own fancy and to indulge its boldest flights . The

    consequence among such a people as the French may be easily conceived : while in some instances the spectator is pleased with a display of tender sensibility which does honour to our nature , that sensibility too often degenerates into affectation and borders on the

    ridiculous . This is particularly observable in the very inflated inscriptions on many of the monuments j the deceased they commemorate were all such models of perfection in every amiable quality as must have rendered them totally unfitted to the age and country in which their lot was cast . Each

    grave is surrounded with a small enclosure of wicker work , and planted with flowers and evergreens . We observed two rustic seats placed one on each side the grave of an only child on which the parents are supposed to

    recline to mingle their unavailing tears ; this is too formal ; real grief would shun the public gaze and never think of indulging its lamentations exposed to the observation of every passenger . It must be confessed , however , that in

    some instances considerable taste was displayed , and there is something pleasant in the idea of placing a group of family tombs , retired from notice , under the friendly shade of a small grove . In one of these groves we observed the tomb of General Moreau ,

    and not far distant some workmen were erecting that of Marshal Key-Just at the entrance of the cemetery a number of men were employed in re * building the chapel and tomb of Abelard and Heloise , which had lately been brought from the Museum of

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    66 S Account of a Visit to Mont Louis .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1817, page 668, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2470/page/28/