A Memoir of the Rev. Legh Richmond
Rev. Legh Richmond
 1802-Mar-13 | "Rev. Legh Richmond to Sir Richard Hill," in A Memoir of the Rev. Legh Richmond, by the Rev. Thomas Grimshawe (London, 1828; 1829; Digitized by Google, Online at Google Books) 51-2.
1802-Mar-18 | "Sir Richard Hill to Rev. Lech Richmond<," in A Memoir of the Rev. Legh Richmond, by the Rev. Thomas Grimshawe (London, 1828; 1829; Digitized by Google, Online at Google Books).
Letters on Bull-Baiting
Rev. Legh Richmond and Sir. Richard Hill
Brading, March 13, 1802
Sir [Richard Hill],
Although an entire stranger to your person, yet I am not to your character. I therefore take the liberty, without further apology, of inclosing you a tract, which I have lately been requested to publish, on a subject which, from the laudable part you took in the debate on the Bull-baiting Bill, three winters ago, I believe you to have sincerely at heart. Your known benevolence of disposition, regard for the instruction of the poor, and earnest zeal in the cause of religion, preclude my apologizing for sending you a copy on so coarse a paper, not having one of the finer ones in the house.
Believe me, with great respect and esteem,
Your very obedient servant,
L. Richmond.
March 18, 1802
Rev. and dear Sir,
It would not be easy for me to express the pleasure I have received from the perusal of your most excellent discourse on Gen. i. 26. The evangelical, as well as judicious and striking manner in which you have handled the subject, must forcibly recommend it to every friend of true religion and good order; and the practical part, being all along enforced on Gospel principles, will, I doubt not, make its way and prevail, where the most earnest exhortations, from lower motives, would be ineffectual. I shall very soon furnish myself with a number of copies, printed on each sort of paper. For the coarseness of yours, no apology was needful; a large sum of money is not less acceptable or useful, whether conveyed in a silken or worsted purse. I am happy to inform you that the bill to prevent the savage practice of bull-baiting will be brought forward again in the course of a few days, and I hope there is no doubt of its success:—the last bill was lost, merely by its friends fancying themselves so secure, that they did not attend to its progress through the House. I will inclose in two covers my published letter to Mr. Windham, on his opposition to the bill to prevent bull-baiting, as it is probable you may not have seen it; and subscribe myself, with great truth,
Rev. and dear Sir, Your most faithful servant, Richard Hill.
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