of honourable men, who deprived him of his freeholds, without his confent, and without an equivalent, in direct oppofition to right, and the invariable rule of common law; notwithstanding too he was honoured with a letter from a noble Lord, affuring him that he might depend upon the juftice of Parliament. And he feels the lofs of his property as much as fome who have fuffered by the fury of the late tumultuary populace.-De mortuis tamen nil nifi bonum: yet We should profane the fervice of the dead To fing a requiem, and fuch peace to them, As to peace-loving fouls.' What a fruggle there would have been between the Doctor's conScience and the claim of the church, if he had been called upon to read the burial-fervice over the defunct bodies of these honourable men,' to whofe fouls he cannot "fing a requiem," without being guilty of an act of profanenes! Happy for him, that he had not another fore evil to complain of the terrible alternative of telling a lie, with the Service-bock in his hand; or being profecuted by the living, for refufing peace and good-will to the dead. B.. Art. 45. An Account of the taking the East and West-India Fleet, under Convoy of the Ramillies, Thetis, and Southampton, Ships of War, Aug. 9. 17:0. Io which is added, a few Remarks on the Religion, Manners, Customs, and Political State, of France and Spain; with their Beh viour to the English: alio, ufeful Hints to every Perfon going abroad. By a Gentleman who was taken in the Fleet. 810. I s. Bew, &c. An ill-written and fuperficial narrative; but it seems to be authentic and the Author may be entitled to indulgence on account of the misfortune of his captivity; by which, he fays, he has loft all his little property.' He therefore publishes, in the hope that the profit of the fale may contribute fomewhat toward bringing him home to his native country.'-We heartily with the poor gentleman may not be difappointed. Art. 46. British Topography: or, an Hiftorical Account of what has been done for illuftrating the Topographical Antiquities of Great Britain and Ireland. 4to. 2 Vols. 21. 12s. 6d. Boards. T. Payne. 1780. In our Review for June 1769, we gave an account of the first edition (in one volume 410) of this ufeful work; to which we now refer our Readers. In regard to the prefent edition, all that is neceffary for us to obferve, is, that it contains feveral corrections, and many large and valuable additions. The Author has received very great affiftance from his friends; particularly from George Steevens, Efq. Mr. Pegge; John Fenn, Efq. Sir John Cullum; William Bur rell, Efq. J. C. Brooke, Efq. Mr. Paton; the Rev. Mr. Price, of the Bodleian Library; the Rev. Mr. Cole, of Milton, in Cambridgefhire; the Rev. Mr. Ashby, of Barrow, the prefent Dean of Exeter, &c. &c. The library of the late James Weft, Efq. to which the Author was not fo happy as to have accefs during Mr. Weft's life, has furnished him with a rich acceflion of materials; and has put it in his power, he fays, to form a fmall MUSEUM OF BRITISH TOPOGRAPHY, of which the foundations were before but just laid. In a word, the whole is brought up, as nearly as poffible, to the clofe of the year 1779; and fuch of our Readers as are fond of Britith antiquities, will look upon this edition as a very curious, useful, and even entertaining work. R2 Art. 47. A General Account of the Calamities occafioned by the late tremendous Hurricanes and Earthquakes in the Weft-India Islands, Foreign as well as Domeftic. With the Petitions to, and Refolutions of, the House of Commons, in Behalf of the Sufferers, &c. &c. Carefully collated from authentic papers. By Mr. Fowler. 8vo. 1 s. 6d. Stockdale. 1781. This appears to be a careful collection of the feveral accounts of the above-mentioned dreadful difpenfations of Providence, which have, from time to time, appeared in the public prints, &c. MEDICAL. Art. 48. A Treatise on the Natural Small-Pox; with fome Remarks and Obfervations on Inoculation. By Charles Roe, Member of the Corporation of Surgeons. 8vo. 2 s. 1780. Dixwell. The writer begins his fhort treatise with a defcription of the differ-. ent fpecies of the fmall-pox; from which it does it does not appear, that accuracy of difcrimination is his talent. His fucceeding chapter of Remarks, tending to illuftrate the nature of the fmall-pox, contains fome obfervations worthy of attention. From feveral arguments he is convinced, that the variolous fever is properly of the inflammatory, not of the putrid kind; and that the putrid fymptoms, which fometimes occur during the course of it, proceed rather from particular occafional caufes, than from the nature of the difeafe. Accordingly, he has obferved, that perfons of Arong and firm fibres, denfe blood, and an irritable habit, difcove: able by dark-coloured, ftrong, curling hair, and a dark complexion, commonly have a bad kind of fmall-pox; whereas, perfons of lax fibres, foft skin, and thin blood, with a moderate fhare of irritability, indicated by fair hair and complexion, ufually have it in a faourable way. He fuppofes, that the ptyalifm of adults, and diar rhea of children in the confluent fmall-pox, are not efforts of nature to throw off the morbid matter, but proceed from accidental irritation of the falivary glands and bowels. In his method of cure we find little remarkable. It is, in general, formed on the most approved and judicious plan; but is too much crowded with remedies, and too defective in method and clearnets, to afford much inftruction. His concluding fhort chapter on Inoculation would scarcely have been added, but for the following curious reafon, that the Readers may not be at the trouble of confulting other authors.' Modeft enough, Mr. Roe! Can you really think that you have fo exhaufted the fubject of this most important difeafe in a two-hilling pamphlet, as that your work will fand in the place of all other writers upon it? We find nothing in this part worth notice, except that he totally dif approves of mercurials in the preparation for inoculation, both from experience, and from this probable theoretical argument, that thefe medicines are confeffed to difpofe the habit to inflammation and putrefaction. A Art, RELIGIOUS. Art. 49. A Summary View, or Genuine Evidences, of the Truth of the Chriftian Religion, being the Substance of two Difcourfes, delivered at the Sunday Evening Lectures, at Horsham, Suffex. By William Everfhed. 8vo. Is. Buckland. 1780. These are plain and fenfible difcourfes; the writer of which aims at displaying the truth without ornament or declamation. This general or fummary view of the evidences of Chriftianity, may be read to good and useful purpose by Chriftians of every denomination. When they have thoroughly confidered the fubject here propofed, they may learn to pay but little regard to objections and difficulties of any other kind which may fall in their way, fince they cannot shake, or materially affect, that firm foundation on which the truth of the Scriptures is established. H. Art. 50. Popish Tyranny and Cruelty exemplified and difplayed, in the History of the French Martyrs at the Time of the Reformation, abridged; containing an authentic Account of above Two Hundred Proteftants, who fuffered Death for the Gospel. Published as a proper and seasonable Caveat to the Proteftants of Great Britain. Tranflated by the Rev. Abraham Maddock, of Creaton, Northamptonshire; Author of the Letter to the Rev. Mr. Brown, on the Downfall of Antichrist. 12mo. 3s. Wilkie. 1780. Mr. Maddock, in a railing kind of preface, afks, What are those meetings at the Feathers-Tavern held for, but to establish Arminianifm by a law? or rather, to establish the very effence and poison of Popery, and its fure attendant, unbelief, by authority?' Now, though we are not particularly acquainted with the gentlemen to whom he refers, we are perfuaded, that they are as far diftant from the practice and fpirit of Popery as even Mr. Maddock himfelf.-As to the book which he has tranflated, it appears to be very proper for the perufal of proteftants of every denomination. It was written by a minifter of the Church of the Walloons, at the Hague, about the year 1684. Art. 51. Concio ad Clerum Provincia Cantuarienfis in Ede Paulina 1780. No one could have felected a more appofite text, when addreffing himself to the dignitaries of the church, than this which is made choice of by Dr. Cooke-My kingdom is not of this world. It is not, however, to be expected, that a dutiful fon of mother church fhould handle an argument of this kind in a manner that will fatisfy us. If he, and his dignified audience, were fatisfied, it is fufficient. Yet, lightly as we may eftimate the merit of this performance, with refpect to its fcope and tendency, we muft, nevertheless, acknowledge ourfelves gratified with the elegance of its Latin, which, indeed, comes up to the most faultless standard of claffical purity. Art. 52. The Proteftant directed in the Principles of his Religion. 12mo. 1 S. Milne. 1780. The first part of this tract contains a catechifm, fhewing the principal errors of the Church of Rome; to which are added, reafons for religion H. C.t.t 1 religion in general, and for the Chrißian religion in particular: the fecond part confits of the principles of the Chriftian religion: the third, of admonitions against three of the most prevalent vices, drunkenness, whoring, and fwearing; to which are added, a paraphrafe on the 51ft pfalm, with prayers, hymns, &c. for public and private worship.' This is a fmall, but ufeful work, the more ufeful because it is fmall. We have looked over it with pleasure, and find little to object to, though we think it might be improved: what we chiefly with is, that it had not been fo much confined to one fet or party of Chriftians, churchmen, as they are termed; whereas, we fuppofe it might with eafe have been fo adapted, as to fuit all the, denominations of Proteftants. H. Art. 53. Remarks on Mr. Hume's Dialogues concerning Natural Religion. By T. Hayter, A. M. Fellow of King's College, Cambridge; and one of the Preachers at his Majelly's Chapel in Whitehall. 8vo. I s. 6 d. Cadell. 1780. Thefe Remarks are fuch as muft naturally and obviously occur to those readers who are converfant with moral and theological fubjects, and acquainted with Mr Hume's writings. They chiefly relate to the moral attributes of the Deity, and the influence of religious principles upon human conduct. The Author writes in a lively and animated manner; and his ftyle, after a little more practice and attention to the rules of compofition, will, we doubt not, become more, chafte, correct, and uniformly elegant. R. Art. 54. The Seaman's Chriftian Friend, containing Moral and Religious Advice to Seamen. By Jonas Hanway, Efq; fmall 8vo. 1s. 6d. Dodfley, &c. Our worthy monitor introduces this little manual with the following account of himself. 1779... If I am partial in my affection for feamen beyond the measure of ordinary regards, be it known to you, that I was born within the fpray of the fea; and it hath been my lot to live conftantly in feaports in five different dominions, and in a commercial or public capacity, to be connected with feamen, for the last half hundred years of my life. My father and two of his brothers, and his three fons, have been maritime officers, half the number in the military line, and half in civil departments; and I have been engaged alfo for four and twenty years in a voluntary fervice, in behalf of poor fea boys, and landmen volunters to ferve the King at fea.' A feafaring life is a life of continual hazard and danger; and though fome men of reflection may by habit learn to overlook those perils that they fo frequently efcape, yet, in general, it is a known truth, however it may interfere with fome of Mr. Hanway's favourite ideas, that the moft thoughtless perfons make the most daring failors. Hence it is ufual, when children prove fo perverfe or profligate, as not to admit of training to a life of regularity on fhore, to fend them to fea, as the laft alternative. The confequences of this kind of affociation may easily be conceived; and notwithstanding the reftraints of rigid difcipline, fhips of war are notorious academies of vulgar licentioufnefs. But here, national fpirit, fupplying the place of every other good quality, the greateft peits of fociety on land, by a happy direction of mischievous propenfities, from plaguing 1 molest plaguing their friends to pleging their foes, become the gallant dé N. fenders of the honour and welfare of their country. Mr. H. whofe good intentions always merit acknowledgment, has here thrown to gether a great number of ufeful admonitions for the perufal and reformation of feamen; and we heartily with him all that honest pleafure that naturally arifes from a confcioufness of meaning well. Art. 55. A fcriptural Illustration of the Book of the Revelation. Being an Effay towards fetting in a true Light the Majefty, Glory, Life, and Excellency, of that facred Book, according to the fpiritual Intention thereof, as it is adapted to the Church of God, and not to the World; without Regard to the Opinions of Expofitors, but fimply attending to the Light of the Holy Scriptures, and the Analogy one Part of this Prophecy bears to another. By John Johnfon, Author of the Riches of Gofpel-Grace opened. 8vo. 5s. fewed. Warrington printed, and fold, in London, by B. Law. 1779. The above title page fuficiently fhews the defign of this Writer, and intimates in what refpects he intends to differ from others who have gone before him. By the church of God, he means thofe whom he comprises under the term elect; and we are fomewhat apprehenfive, that, according to his fhibboleth, in its rigid exactness, the number will be but very fmall. Though he speaks flightly of expofitors, it may be perceived that he has been willing to apply to and make fome ufe of them. How far he or they are right in their conjectures and interpretations, we do not pretend to determine; though it is certain, that fome learned men have thrown much light on different parts of this most difficult and mysterious book. H. We take the earliest opportunity to correct an error of the ages, read +++ In the Review for the present month, the name of the very ingenious Author of the Ode to Mr. Howard, is by miftake omitted; viz. William Hayley, Efq;-as it ftands in the title-page of that admirable poem. At the defire of many of our English Readers, who seem to be more peculiarly interested in the Literature of their own country, we have endeavoured to gratify their partiality by a new divifion of our APPENDIX; appropriating only one part of it to Foreign, and the other to British publications: by which means we hope to provide a dish for every palate.-This regulation took place in the latt Appendix-published on the firft of February, 1781. |