blown upon-now, here's an opportunity for retrieving our reputation -lend him the two hundred pounds--prove, for once, we can behave like gentlemen, and hark'ye-we fhant't reach the top of the profeffion. (Putting up his neckcloth.) Fluf. This is beyond bearing-quit the room directly-'fdeath! -leave my houfe, Sir--begone!--I difinherit you—I— • Clara. Lord!-why to angry, guardian?—I'm fure he is a good young man, and as warm in his heart Flub. Warm in his heart!-nonfenfe!-will he be warm in the funds?- -no-never-while he is fo candid-fo Clara. Not while he is candid, Sir? Flush. No-do you think I made my fortune by candour or opennets? anfwer me, Sir-did I ever get a fhilling by speaking the truth-fpeak! Gingh. (In a melancholy voice) No, Sir, I never faid you did-I know the contrary, Sir; Madam, I'm of a communicative difpofition, I own; but there are many fecrets of my father's I never blabb'd. Flush. Are there, Sir? Gingh. Yes, that there are, Sir. Flush. I don't recollect them. Gingh. Don't you? Why, now, did I ever mention, Sir, that you got thefe pictures by fuing out execution? That you got that plate, by its being pawned to you for half its value; that you intrigue with a female money-lender; and that the last time you were made a bankrupt, you went to get your certificate figned in a new vis-a-vis ? did I, or will I ever mention these things? Flush. Begone, Sir-I'll never fee you more-yet, stay-you have papers in your poffeffion-meet me in an hour's time at my agent's, Sir,-at Mr. Ready's. Gingh. Forgive me this once, father-I'll never let the cat out any more. Flush. No, Sir, I never will forgive you-I am engaged Sir, and you know we great men are select in our company. Gingh. Well, if it must be fo-farewell, father, the world is all before me, and what trade to follow, heaven only knows. Good bye, Madam!-your fex will never befriend me, because I can't keep a fecret, you fee. Clara. I will befriend you, Sir; for while there is so much deception and hypocrify in the world, it would indeed be unjust not to approve fuch franknefs and honefty. Guardy, let me intercede for him; I'll answer for his conduct. Gingh. Aye; and if ever I mention ducking or fwindling againThere! you fee he's fixed, Ma'am. Clara. At prefent he is, and therefore leave him, perhaps by the time you meet him at the agent's I fhall have talked him into good humour. Adieu! depend on't, I fhan't forget your generous intentions. Gingh. Nor fhall I yours; and if fortune fmiles on me, I'll prove that I deferve your kindness-If ever my father pardons-but I fee he's more and more angry, fo I take my leave. May every bleffing attend you may you meet with a heart as liberal as your own-May your your coufins' diftreffes vanith-may your guardian once more value a fon, who can't help fpeaking the truth for the foul of him. [Exit. Clara. Upon my word he's a charming man! and pardon him you muft, Guardy, if it's only to pleafe me. Flush. No-I'm determined. • Enter a Servant. Servant. The dinner's ready. Flub. Come, Clara, you fhall dine with me; I want to talk to you, and if I could fee my joint guardian, Sir Paul Clara. I met him at your door--he's only just gone by. Flush. Just gone by! that's a mistake; for the old beau has been gone by these thirty years: however, come in-come, and eat and drink what you like. Call for Burgundy, Champagne, or TokayAy, call for Tokay at a guinea a pint; I can afford it, my dear ward, I can afford it. [Exeunt. Hole. Should any of our readers wish to know what pointed meaning may be implied in the title of this drama, we will try to explain it; although the title of a play may bear no more relation to the work to which it is affixed, than the text that fometimes intro duces a fanatical fermon does to the ranting effufion which fol lows it. This, however, is not entirely the cafe with respect to the comedy which we have been perufing. "That's the Barber"-" The Twaddle"-" Quite the -"Quite thing"-"Hum"-" Bore"-" Quiz”—“ My Eye""The Tippy," &c. &c. are all cant words that have had their day; and of which we have seen a numerous fucceffion,-noti worth remembering, and perhaps ferving now only to disgrace our recollection. The Rage is, we think, the youngest born of the abovementioned worthy family. It refers to the defpotism of the fashion, the prevailing humour, or whim, whatever it be, the reigning folly of the time: in fine, it is the ruling taste, or affectation of the day; to which, it may be fuppofed, fome great fool has given rife, and the whole herd of fmall fools follow it, with eagerness of imitation which is not improperly expreffed, and at the fame time ridiculed, by THE RAGE. In confonance with the title of this comedy, the writer has felected fome of the leading devices of fashionable idleness, to the prevalence of which the modifh term Rage may be justly applied. Among others, the Amazonian affectation of military drefs, and of rantipole airs and graces, which fome high-bred ladies (caught by the campaigning fpirit of the times) are faid to have lately manifefted,-is feized by our lively author, as a proper object of dramatic fatire, and is pleafantly exhibited in Lady Sarah Savage. The character, perhaps, may be deemed to have been rather overcharged, or caricatured: but fo we think it should be for the ftage, in order to produce the full effect of reprefentative ridicule. MONTHLY REV. MARCH, 1795. Аа jo far. G. MONTHLY CATALOGUE, EAST INDIA AFFAIRS. Art. 21. Answer to the Speech delivered by Mr. R. Twining, 18th June 1794, &c. &c. By S. Tolfrey. New Edition, with Additions. 8vo. 25. Stockdale. OF F the first edition of this pamphlet an account was given in our Review for January lat, p. 89. It now appears ushered in by eleven pages of preface, full of that alarm at innovation which is the epidemical distemper of those who are poffeffed of power and inAuence. Tay. Art. 22. Obfervations on the Question to be ballotted for at the Eaft India Houfe, Jan. 14, 1795, viz. "that no Director be allowed to trade to or from India, in his private Capacity, either directly or indirectly, either as Principal or Agent." By R. Twining. 8vo. 6d. Cadell Jun. and Davies. In the advertisement prefixed to thefe fheets, Mr. T. complains of two inadvertencies in a Report of Mr. Woodfall. He offers feveral arguments against allowing the Directors to trade, and urges with much humanity the injury thence accruing to the captains and officers of the Company. Art. 23. Thefe remarks, relating chiefly to the 6th and 7th pages of the introduction to Mr. Twining's Obfervations, are in a great degree perfonal: they, however, throw fome light on the question which gave rife to the occafion for them. D: D.o Art. 24. The Debates at the Eaft India Houfe, Jan. 21, 1795, on a Refolution of the Court of Directors, to conduct the future Shipping Concerns of the Company, on Principles of fair and open Competition; as alfo on the Mode of forming into a By-law, a Refolution of the General Court by Ballot, "that no Director be allowed to carry on any Trade or Commerce to or from India, directly or indirectly, either as Principal or Agent." Reported by W. Woodfall. 4to. 35. Debrett, &c. Of this interefting difcuffion the title-page explains the object, and the known character of the reporter fufficiently vouches a reasonable degree of accuracy: it remains only that we bestow on Mr. Jackson's opening, the praife which it fo well merits for information and preci fion. Art. 25. The Subftance of a Speech delivered by Randle Jackson, Ejq. at the Eaft India Houfe, Jan. 21, 1795, &c. Reported by W. Woodfall. 8vo. IS. Debrett. In the preceding article, we had occafion to offer a wreath of our applaufe to this fpeaker. His oration is here reprinted apart for more convenient difperfion. POLITICAL. D: D.o POLITICAL. Art. 26. An Addrefs to the Independent Liverymen of London, on the Subject of their late Petition to Parliament for a Peace. With a few Obfervations on the Apoftacy of certain MEMBERS, and Advice to the Citizens of London refpecting the Conduct they ought to adopt at the next General Election. 8vo. 15. Crofby. 1795. An injudicious declamation against the war, and against its abettors and advocates. We, too, difapprove the prefent unavailing conteft, with the rulers of the French nation; yet we must condemn a performance which, however well-meant, can only lead by its violence, unguarded affertions, and intemperate language, to hurt the cause which its author has efpoufed. Art. 27. Confiderations on the principal Objections against Overtures for a Peace with France. 8vo. IS. Stockdale. 1795. The principal objections on this head, which have been commonly urged both in the fenate and in the coffee-houfe, are, I. "That to make peace with France, at this time, would be only affording her a refpite from the distresses of war, and thus enabling her, in that interval, to recruit her force, and to qualify herself to execute her defire of resuming hoftilities with more energy, and under circumstances more advantageous than those under which she is now able to conduct them." II. "That there is, at prefent, no government in France with whom we could treat, who are of efficacy and ftability fufficient to pledge the nation to the observance of a treaty." The prefent author, difcovering little weight in either of thefe objections, undertakes to obviate them, to the full and clear fatisfaction of every impartial reader; and placing ourfelves in that number, [an egregious minority, no doubt!] we honeftly avow our complete conviction. We therefore heartily with and hope that our patriotic Confiderer's earneft pleading for immediate PEACE, but not on dishonorable terms, will duly contribute towards giving that happy turn to the public mind, which is the laudable design of his well-written publication. Art. 28. The Subftance of a Speech intended to have been delivered in the House of Commons on Mr. Grey's first Motion for Peace, Jan. 26, 1795. By Sir Richard Hill, Bart. Member for the County of Salop. To which is added his Speech on the First Day of the Seffion. 8vo. Is. Stockdale. Very confiftently with his religious principles and humane difpofition, Sir R. H. is a ferious and ardent advocate for peace; and accordingly he pleads for a speedy negociation with France, with that zeal and energy which cannot but reflect honour on his understanding and conduct. Art. 29. An Abftract of the Habeas Corpus At; with Remarks. Alfo an Abstract of the Sufpenfion Act; fhewing how much of that great Bulwark of English Liberty has been fufpended. Together with the Subftance of the Arguments ufed in both Houfes of Parliament, for and against the Sufpenfion Act. 8vo. Is. Allen and Co. 1795. A a 2 Thofe Those who are not already well informed as to the nature and importance of the Habeas Corpus act, and of the reafons affigned for the recent fufpenfion of a very material part of that highly patriotic ftatute, will here meet with a fatisfactory expofition of the fubject; together with an abridgment of the principal arguments that were advanced in parliament for and against the fufpenfion. This tract may not improperly be regarded as fraught with useful materials for a review of a confiderable part of the Political History of England, during the year 1795. Art. 30. A Letter, not in Anfwer to, but induced by a late Publication of Thomas Holcroft, on the Subject of Political Intemperance; endeavouring to illuftrate its dangerous Effects, &c. By a Friend of a Manufacturer. 8vo. 15. Bew. This letter-writer profeffes not to answer Mr. H.'s publication, (Letter to Mr. Windham : fee Rev. for laft month, p. 204.) but he does the fame thing,-he animadverts on many paffages in that gentleman's addrefs to the Right Hon. Member for Norwich; and, with a mixture of ferioufnefs and levity, he endeavours to expose Mr. H. alternately to cenfure or to ridicule. In one or two paffages, he seems to have taken good aim, and to have come pretty near the mark; particularly where he attacks Mr. H.'s fentiments on the fubject of national honour. He fays little in defence of Mr. W. with respect to the charge of intemperance; although he contends that the "heartrending" term acquitted felon is not fo wanton, illiberal, and abfurd, as fome have deemed it; and he likewife affures Mr. H. that he may depend on it, that to fuppofe himself equal to the task of tarnishing the merit of a whole life, will not, in the eyes of those whom Mr. H. may wish to court, appear lefs offenfive than ridiculous.'-As we cannot enter into many particulars occurring in a perfonal controverfy, like the prefent, we thall clofe the pages before us with the general remark that they are not written by a contemptible hand. We think, however, that the author fhould have followed Mr. H.'s example of openness and fairness, by affixing his name to his publication. When a combatant enters the field in a mask, it may be allowable for a mask to measure weapons with him: the champions fhould be equally equipped in regard both to arms and armour. MEDICAL, CHEMICAL, &c. Art. 31. An Effay upon fingle Vifion with two Eyes; together with Experiments and Obiervations on feveral Subjects in Optics. By William Charles Wells, M. D. 8vo. PP. 144. Cadell jun. and Davies. 1792. 35. Boards. An earlier notice was due to this masterly difquifition: but accident and the prodigious influx of political publications have diverted our attention fo long, that we may fairly fuppofe the work to be now in the hands of almoft all who are interested in the fubject. Should it have escaped any optical philofopher, we take this opportunity of recommending it earnestly to his attention, as the production of an author who is ingenious in devifing experiments, and mature in the habit of reflection. Since Berkeley's New Theory of Vifion, we recollect nothing equal to the prefent effay. |