purpose, it will be conducted by fuch men as know and defire the good of their country. Count Zenobio approves of the Affociation of the friends of the people ought he then to condemn French patriotic clubs? MONTHLY Mooy. CATALOGUE, For OCTOBER, 1792. EAST INDIA AFFAIRS. Art. 19. Rights of Man invaded; being an Expofition of the Tyranny of our India Governments: by William Humphrey Faulknor. 8vo. PP. 99. 25. Jordan. 1792. MR. F. in a coarfe addrefs to the Court of Directors, ftates feve ral inftances of the oppreffive treatment of individuals in the Company's fervice at the India Prefidencies; and as he produces them with great confidence, there may be fome truth in them; yet we hope, for the credit of the Company, that the parties accufed are able to give the truth a different complexion from that exhibited with fo much acrimony in this reprefentation. The relater poffeffes more heat than judgment; and he understands fcolding better than pleading the cause of the injured, fo as to redound to their benefit. N. Art. 20. A Second Addrefs to the Proprietors of Eaft India Stock, and to the Public: containing Remarks on the Papers lately printed by the East India Company, refpecting their Shipping Concerns, in confequence of Motions made and carried in the Courts of Proprietors, held March 31, 1791, and March 21, 1792; and ordered to be taken into confideration on Wednesday next, the 9th of May. By Mr. John Fiott, of London, Merchant. 8vo. PP. 151. 2s. 6d. Richardfon. All the objects of the India Company's attention lying at an immenfe distance, the article of fhipping is a moft important part of their concerns. The Directors can only determine on the outline of business in each department, the execution depends on their fervants; and hence jobbing and peculation are reduced to fyftems, and practifed openly, both at home and abroad. Their treatment, in the article of fhipping, is briefly fummed up in a case, submitted to Mr. Bearcroft, whofe opinion is fubjoined. Mr. F. appears to have acted a praife-worthy part, in undertaking to explain this interefting fubject to the proprietors at large; fo interefting, that the difference between open contracts and private contracts for fhipping, is ftated at 150, or 200,000l. per Annum. For the first Addrefs, fee Rev. New Series, vol. vi. p. 221. N. FRENCH FRENCH REVOLUTION. Art. 21. The Confederacy of Kings against the Freedom of the World; With refpect to the formidable confederacy into which the principal powers of Europe have entered against France, on account of the alterations that have recently taken place in the government of that country, he pronounces it eventually unfuccefsiul,-whatever advantages may, in the earlier ftages, or even in the termination of the war, feem to attend the arms of the invaders. Both the language and the reafoning of this politician would have appeared to better advantage, had his pamphlet been more 'correctly printed. LAW. Art. 22. Reports of Cafes argued and adjudged in the Courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, to which are added, fome fpecial Cafes in the Court of Chancery, and before the Delegates. By the Rt. Hon. Sir John Comyns, Knight, late Lord Chief Baron of his Majefty's Court of Exchequer. With Tables of the Cafes, and of the principal Matters. The Second Edi tion, corrected, with Marginal Notes and References to former and later Reports, and other Books of Authority. By Samuel Rofe, of Lincoln's Inn, Efq. 8vo. 2 Vols. 18s. Boards. Whieldon and Co. 1792. Thefe Reports were become fo fcarce and coftly, that a new impreffion of them was abfolutely requifite. Mr. Rofe has taken great and laudable pains to render his edition acceptable to the profeffion, by correcting the text, where he found it unintelligible or obfcure, and by enriching the work with a variety of notes and references, pointing out the alterations which have taken place in the law, fince the original publication. It is dedicated, by permiffion, to Lord Thurlow. The following fheets were begun previous to the marching of the confederate armies, and before the reduction of Longwy, when the charm of French intelligence was filled up with the most exaggerated relations of barbarities too horrid to mention, though not fo bad as reported.' Pref. S.R. Art. Art. 23. A moft curious Trial, and of infinite Importance to the Inte refts and Happiness of Society. Mead, Efq. Barrister at Law, against the Rev. Mr. Daubney, for Slander. 8vo. pp. 44. 15. 6d. Symonds. 1792. Mr. Mead brought an action against Mr. Daubney for defamation. The plaintiff ftated, as a fpecial damage, which he had fuftained by the speaking of the words which are the foundation of the action, lofs of marriage with the defendant's fifter-in law. Mr. Erfkine, in a speech of confiderable length, pointed out the aggravating circumstances of this cafe; and he managed his client's caufe with his ufual ability. We were, however, furprized to find him ufing fo vulgar an expreffion as the following: "He faw the world a defert, and that he must fly from fociety that was VOMITING him out from it." The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff; damages five hundred pounds. S.R. Art. 24. A Treatise on the Law of Awards; by Stewart Kyd, Efq. Barrister at Law, of the Middle Temple. 8vo. pp. 251. 5s. 3d. Boards. Crowder, &c. 1791. This is a treatise on a subject, the use and importance of which are not confined to the lawyer, because all who are concerned in mercantile tranfactions may either be parties to an arbitration, or arbitrators in the affairs of others, and therefore fhould be acquainted with their rights in the former, and with their duties in the latter fituation. Mr. Kyd has, with much industry, collected all the authorities, from the earliest period to the prefent time; and has pointed out the resemblance and the differences fubfifting between the English and the Roman law, on the fubject. We wish, however, that he had made the index fuller and more complete, and that he had annexed a table of the names of the cafes cited in the course of his work; such a measure being calculated to fave the reader much trouble, when he may wish to apply for information on a particular point, and not impofing much labour on the author. Independently of this objection, we think the publication poffeffes confiderable merit. Art. 25. An Essay on the Learning of Contingent Remainders and Executory Devijes; by Charles Fearne, Efq. Barrister at Law, Author of the Legigraphical Chart of Landed Property. The Fourth Edition, revised, corrected, and greatly enlarged by the Author. Vol. I. of Contingent Remainders, with Tables and Index. 8vo. 8s. Boards. Whieldon and Co. 1791. Mr. Fearne has defervedly acquired great reputation by the former editions of this work, because it gives a very instructive view of one of the dryest and most obscure doctrines of the law. The prefent edition is fo much enlarged, that one volume is found infufficient for its contents; and the subject of executory devifes is referved for a fecond volume, which is now in the prefs.The fame accuracy, depth of thought, and closeness of reasoning, which characterized the author on its first appearance in 1772, are equally evident in the additions made to this work. MILITARY. D. D: MILITARY. Art. 26. A Political and Military Rhapsody on the Invafion and Defence of Great Britain and Ireland. Illuftrated with three Copperplates. By the late General Lloyd. To which is annexed, a hort Account of the Author, and a Supplement by the Editor. The Second Edition. With Additions and Improvements. Svo. PP. 226. Debrett, &c. 1792. We duly noticed this performance on its firft publication; in the introduction to this edition, the editor calls the reader's attention to a pamphlet published by M. Dupont, a hot-headed Frenchmant, who eagerly endeavoured to ftimulate his countrymen to an invafion of this ifland, over which he affured them of an easy conqueft. To all fuch rafh fchemes, he confiders this work as a good antidote; and he obferves, that it alfo throws light on the muchagitated question on the merit of the fortification fyftem, for the fecurity of our marine arfenals. The additions now made confist of extracts from Gen. Lloyd's Military Hiftory, refpecting the Modes of invafion and Defence, fo far as refers to Great Britain and France; together with a fupplement by the editor, giving a history of the invafions of England, and an estimate of the relative and abfolute force of Great Britain and France. BIRMINGHAM RIOTS. N. Art. 27. Letters to the British Nation, and to the Inhabitants of every other Country who may have heard of the late fhameful Outrages committed in this Part of the Kingdom. Occafioned by the Appearance of a Pamphlet, intitled, A Reply to the Rev. Dr. Priestley's Appeal to the Public on the Subject of the Riots in Birmingham:' being the joint Production of the principal Clergy of that Place and its Vicinity: Having in its Title Page the Signature of the Rev. E. Burn, M. A. By the Rev. J. Edwards. Parts I. II. III. 8vo. 25. Printed at Birmingham; London, Johnson. When holy men give each other the lie direct-" periculofum eft credere." What confidence ought we to place in ancient history, when the divines of the prefent day are at variance refpecting the recent tranfactions of the Birmingham riots? The established and the diffenting clergy of this place were a little time ago difputing on points of doctrine:-they have now changed their ground, and, inftead of contending about the light effences of opinion, are quarreling about thofe folid and stubborn things called FACTS. Now as these are not matters of critical examination, fince it is out of our province to go to Birmingham and take depofitions, we can only notice each perfon's statement, and decide on the degree of proba bility that lies on the face of it. This we have hitherto done. Dr. Priestley, in his "Appeal to the Public," enumerates a multitude of facts and circumstances, with all the confidence of a man who was conscious of telling the real truth; and we therefore felt • See Review, New Series, vol. v. p. 459. disposed difpofed to credit his narrative, at leaf for the chief part: Mr. Burn, however, came forward to the public with a "Reply," in which, with a confidence fully equal to that difplayed by Dr. P. he afferts that the leading and prominent particulars flated by Dr. P. are faltehoods, and adduces evidence to corroborate his affertion. As we thought it impoffible that this gentleman, fanctioned by the principal clergy of Birmingham and its neighbourhood, could employ the confident and criminating language to be found in the "Reply," without the fulleft affurance of flanding on the firmelt ground, we inclined to the belief that Dr. P., in fome material parsculars, muft have been mistaken. Thinking, at the fame time, that a Rejoinder to the " Reply" was a duty which Dr. P. owed to himfelf and the public, we intimated that the bufinefs ought not to terminate here. Mr. Edwards voluntarily appears as the advocate of Dr. P. against Mr. Burn and, what he calls, the fynod; and as if he were bimfelf an army and his fpear a wood," he dares them to the combat. Dr. Priefiey could not have wished for a more warin and dauntless champion. At the end of Part I. we meet with the following advertisement: Having heard that many very refpectable members of the established church, confider it as incumbent upon Dr. Priestley to anfwer the pamphlet which gave occafion to thefe and the following letters, and feveral of them having affirmed, that unless Dr. Prieftley anfwers this laft illuftrious effort of the clerical combination, they fhall credit every thing alleged against him, I write this to fhew them the unreasonablenefs of the requifition. Dr. Priestley is row at a distance. Had he been on the spot, the pamphlet in queftion would not perhaps have appeared, if it had, it would have been in a different guife. Otherwife Dr. Prieflley, or the clergyman, whom I confider as little more than the amanuenfis of the occafion, although he has prefixed his name to this candid and benevolent compofition-must have quitted the town. One or other of them must be liars. And a perfon that ever had a character, will fcarcely chufe to live in any place under the imputation of a malicious practice of that defpicable vice. I am on the spot. I can with eafe oppofe facts to facts; and evidence to evidence. And this is neceffary, for we are now fairly brought before the bar of the public. After having impartially attended to the evidence, it is theirs to give the verdict. I pledge myfelf to the public, to prove to abfolute demonflration, that it Dr. Prielley's veracity is in any inftance to be questioned, the combined writers of this reply are not worthy of public credit. And when I have done this, I will give permillion to the boldeft he, this amiable fynod can furnish, to give me the lie direct. This fentence being fomewhat obfcure, and therefore not having been understood, Mr. Edwards, in Part II. p. 3. has thus explained himself. What I mean was nothing more than that I could bring fuch facts as would totally invalidate every thing advanced in the Reply, even fuppofing any fact ftated in the Appeal could be demonftrated to be without foundation in truth.' For |