Society at Philadelphia. He is the son the following is a specimen of this genof Dr. Matthew Stewart, formerly Profes- tleman's sublime discoveries, "The phisor of Mathematics in the same univer- loptopist moving progressively on the sity, and was born there in 1753. In the scale of good sense to the index of selfeighth year of his age he was sent to the knowledge or manhood makes the end High School, and at the age of thirteen of the philosopher his mean to procure adinitted a student of the college under universal good, or universal truth, to the care of Dr. Blair and Dr. Ferguson. all existence in unity of co-eternal esSuch was his progress that when he was sence, co-eternal energy, and co-eternal no more than eighteen he was appointed interest!" He has published: to read lectures for his father, and this Travels to discover the Source of Moral Motion, and he continued to do till the Professor's the Apocalypse of Nature, wherein the source of death. He also taught the class of Dr. Moral Motion is discovered, 8vo. 1789.-The Tocsin of Britain; with a novel plan for a Constitutional Ferguson in the chair of moral philoso- Army, 8vo. 1794.-The Second Peal of the Tocsin, or phy during the absence of that gentleman Alarm Bell to Britons, 8vo. 1794.-Good Sense, adin America, and when the Professor re- dressed to the British Nation, 8vo. 1794.-Britons signed in 1784, his place was filled by United, or Britannia Roused, 8vo. 1800.-The Tocsin Mr. Stewart, who has enjoyed it with in- of Social Life, addressed to all civilized nations, 8vo. 1802. The Philosophy of Human Society, 8vo. 1810. creasing reputation ever since. He long -The Moral or Intellectual last Will and Testament enjoyed the acquaintance of Dr. Reid, and that friendship was of material advantage to him in his metaphysical studies. On one occasion, however, Mr. Stewart seems to have acted very unguardedly and in no candid manner; we allude to the election of a mathematical professor in the University of Edinburgh, the circumstances of which were certainly far from being honorable to those who exerted themselves most strenuously to secure that chair for the person who now fills it. The works of our author are: Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind, 2 v. 4to. 1792-1813.-Outlines of Moral Philosophy for the use of Students in the University of Edinburgh, 8vo. 1793.-Dr. Adam Smith's Essays on Philosophical Subjects, with an account of the Life and Writings of the Author, 4to. 1795.-An Account of the Life and Writings of Dr. William Robertson, 8vo. 1801.-Account of the Life and Writings of Thomas Reid, D.D. 8vo. 1803.-Statement of facts relative to the election of a Mathematical Professor in the University of Edinburgh, 3d edit. 8vo. 1805.-Philosophical Essays, 4to. 1810.-Biographical Memoirs of Adam Smith, LL.D., William Robertson, D.D. and Thomas Reid, D.D., now collected into one volume with additional notes, 4to. 1812.-Some account of a Boy born Blind and Deaf, 4to. 1812. Mr. Stewart is also, we understand, the author of the excellent essays on Political Economy which have appeared in the New Monthly Magazine, under the head of "Recollections of the unpublished Lectures of an eminent Professor." STEWART, JAMES, Esq. a Member of Council and Solicitor General for the province of Nova Scotia. Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Court of Vice Admiralty at Halifax, in Nova Scotia, from 1803 to 1813, roy. 8vo. 1814. STEWART, JOHN, commonly called the Traveller; an unhappy being whose intellects have evidently undergone a melancholy revolution, owing perhaps to an affectation of literature, the love of novelty, and the want of religion. Reader! of John Stewart, the only man of nature that ever appeared in the world, 8vo. 1810.-The Scripture of Reason and Nature, 8vo. 1813. STEWART, JOHN, Esq. The Pleasures of Love, fc. 8vo. 1805.-The Resurrecof the Drave, with Odes and other Poems, fc. 8vo. 1811. tion, a poem, fc. 8vo. 1807.-Genevieve, or the Spirit STEWART, JOHN, Esq. An Account of Prince Edward's Island in the Gulph STEWART, Miss, of Edinburgh. 1806. STEWARTON, Mr. The Revolutionary Plutarch, 3 v. 12mo. 1804.-Memoirs of C. M. Talleyrand de Perigord, 2 v. 12mo. 1805-The Female Revolutionary Plutarch, 3 v. 12mo. Holland, France and Switzerland, in 1804-5, 4 v. 12mo. 1806.-The Belgian Travellers, or a Tour through 1806-The Secret History of the Court and Cabinet of St. Cloud, 3 v. 8vo. 1806. STICKNEY, WILLIAM, a farmer of Ridgemont in Yorkshire, and a member of the Holderness Agricultural Society, to whom he presented a very valuable paper, which they published at their expense, entitled, Observations respecting the Grub, 8vo. 1806. He has some observations and experiments in Young's Annals of Agriculture. STILL, Rev. JOHN, LL.B. Rector of Fonthill Gifford and Cricklade, Wilts. Sermons, 8vo. 1812.-Sermon on the general Fast Day, 8vo. 1808. STILLINGFLEET, Rev. E. M. M. A. a descendant of the celebrated Bishop Stillingfleet, is the author of A Sermon preached at the Parish Church of Hotham, STILLINGFLEET, HENRY ANTHONY, M.A. of the same family, and Rector of Haw-Cupple in Northumberland, was formerly of Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his Master's degree in 1795. He is the author of: The antiquity and advantages of Church Music, a sermon, 8vo. 1803. STIRLING, EDWARD, Esq. late Captain in the 16th regiment of foot. Views of Military Reform, 8vo. 1811. STOCK, JOHN EDMONDS, M.D. Licentiate of the College of Physicians, London, Member of the Medical and Natural History Societies at Edinburgh, of the Medical and Physical Society of Philadelphia, and resident Physician at Bristol. Medical Collections on the effects of Cold as a remedy in certain Diseases, 8vo. 1805.-Memoirs of the Life of Thomas Beddoes, M.D. 4to. 1811. STOCKDALE, MARY, daughter of the late Mr. John Stockdale, bookseller in Piccadilly. She has published the following poetical pieces and translations : The Effusions of the Heart, poems, 8vo. 1798.-The Family Book, or Children's Journal, from the French of Berquin, interspersed with poetical pieces by the Translator, 8vo. 1798.-School for Children, translated from the French, 12mo. 1800.-Sincerity's Offering, an Ode to his Majesty, 8vo. 1804.-The Mirror of the Mind, 2 v. 8vo. 1810.-The Widow and her Orphan Family, an elegy, 8vo. 1812.-Elegy on the Right Hon. Spencer Percival, 8vo. 1812. STOCKDALE, F.W.L. lately a bookseller in Mile-end Road, who has published, Antiquities of Kent, roy. 4to. 1812. STOCKER, RICHARD, Apothecary to Guy's Hospital. Pharmacopoeia Officinalis Britannica, corrected, 8vo. 1811. Synopsis of the Pharmacopoeias of 1809, 1812. STODDART, JOHN, LL.D. Civilian of Doctors' Commons, and formerly a Member of Christ Church, Oxford. He was at one time a zealous advocate of the French Revolution, but has changed his sentiments in that respect, and now conducts the Times Newspaper with great ability. Dr. Stoddart has published: The Five Men, or a View of the Proceedings and A Botanical Materia Medica, 4 v. 8vo. 1812. STONE, THours, Land and Tythe SurEssay on Agriculture, 8vo. 1785.-Suggestions for veyor, Bedford. rendering the Enclosure of Common Fields and Waste Lands a source of Population and Riches, 8vo. 1787 A Review of the corrected Agricultural Survey of on Lincolnshire, by Arthur Young, 8vo. 1800.-A Letter Tables of Simple Interest, Commission, Brokerage or STONOR, THOMAS, Esq. Remarks on Dr. Haggit's Letter to the Freeholders STOPFORD, Rev. JAMES. STORER, JAMES, an ingenious artist, and the editor of A Description of Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire, illustrated by Views, drawn and engraved by the Author, 8vo. of Great Britain, vol. 1. 4to. 1814.-In conjunction 1812.-History and Antiquities of the Cathedrals with Mr. Greig he has also published, Select Views of London and its Environs, with copious Descrip tions, 4to. 1804.-Views in North Britain, illustrative of the works of Robert Burns, with a sketch of his field.-The Antiquarian and Topographical Cabinet, Life, 1805.-Plates to illustrate Cowper and Bloom10 v. small 8vo. STOTHARD, C. A. jun. of Newman Monumental Effigies of Great Britain, large, 4to. Street, son of Robert Stothard, Esq. R.A. 1812-13. of the third regiment of Guards. STOTHERT, Captain WILLIAM, Adjutant Narrative of the Principal Events of the Campaigns of 1809, 10 and 11 in Spain and Portugal, 8vo. 1812. STOTT, ROBERT, Esq. The Modern Hermes, or Experimental Observations compiler of, sis of the Law on the Abandonment of Ships and STOWER, CHARLES, an ingenious printer, at present resident at Hackney, who has published: Typographical Marks used in correcting Proofs explained and exemplified, 8vo. 1805.-The Compositor's 12mo. 1808.-The Printer's Grammar, 8vo. 1808.-The Printer's Price Book, 8vo. 1814. and Pressman's Guide to the Art of Printing, roy. A Sermon preached at York in Upper Canada, before the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, 12mo. 1812. STRACHEY, EDWARD, of the East India Company's civil service, Bengal. Bija Ganita, or the Algebra of the Hindoos, 4to. 1813. STRANGE, JOHN, Surgeon in the Royal Letter to a Student of Medicine on his commencing 8vo. 1812. STRANGE, T. Master of the Academy at Watlington in Oxfordshire. A Hint to Britain's arch enemy, Buonaparte, 4to. 1804. STUART, AUGUsta Amelia. Ludovicus a Tale, 4 vols. 12mo, 1810.-The Exile of STUART, JAMES, A. B. of Armagh. The Tutor's advice to his pupils, or an affectionate address to the rising generation, 12mo. 1803.-Five leisure minutes or interesting reflectious designed for STUBBINGS, HENRY WATKINS, SchoolSTRANGFORD, PERCY CLINTON SYD- master at Winslow in Buckinghamshire, NEY SMYTHE, Viscount of the Kingdom of was born at Bletchley in the same Ireland, was born in 1780, and succeeded county, August 20, 1774. He has pubhis father. Having resided much in Por- lished: tugal, with the language and literature of which country he is very familiar, his Lordship was selected as a fit person to represent the British government, first at Lisbon, and next at Rio Janeiro. He has recently returned to England from the latter country, where his conduct has been such as did honour to the appointment. He has published, shire. General view of the Agriculture of the East Riding of Yorkshire, 8vo. 1812. STRICKLAND, THOMAS, M. A. Observations on an intended proposition to the Legis. lature in regard to a new arrangement as to the limit. ing the price of corn, 8vo. 1814. STRUTT, JACOB, GEORGE. A translation of the Latin and Italian Poems of Milton, 8vo. 1811.- The Rape of Proserpine with other Poems from Claudian, translated into English verse, with a preparatory discourse and occasional aotes, 8vo. 1814. STRUTHER, JOHN. Poems, moral and religious, 2 vols. 12mo. 1814. the instruction of youth capable of reflection, 12mo. 1806.-A word to the young, occasioned by the death of a child, 12mo. 1810. STURCH, WILLIAM. Letter to the Rev. John Kentish occasioned by some A Guide to the game of draughts, 8vo. 1800. STYLES, Rev. JOHN, of Brighton, and He is a dissenting minister of the Evanformerly of Cowes, in the Isle of Wight. gelical denomination and remarkable for his flowery oratory. His publications are, Miranda, a novel, 12mo. 1797.-A Tribute to the me mory of Nelson, a Sermon, 8vo. 1805.- The Spicharacter, immoral and antichristian tendency of the rituality of the Divine Essence, 8vo. 1806.--On the stage, 12mo. 1806.-The life of David Brainerd, 8vo. 1808.-A vindication of Evangelical preaching, 8vo. 1808.-Strictures on two critiques in the Edinburgh Review on Methodism, and Missions 8yo. 1808.-A Sermon preached at Brighton, 8vo. 1811.-The design of God in blessing us, 8vo. 1812. The complete Family Bible, with illustrative notes, 2 vols. 4to. 1812.-A Sermon occasioned by the death of the Rev. Thomas Spenser, who was drowned at Liverpool 8vo. 1811.-A Sermon preached at Salter's Hall, for the benefit of the Lancasterian Institution, 8vo. 1812.-Sermons on various subjects, 8vo. 1813. SUGDEN, EDWARD BURTENSHAW, Esq. Barrister at Law of Lincoln's Inn, and an eminent conveyancer; is the son of a hair dresser in Westminster, and at one time was remarkable for his wandering course of life, but afterwards he became settled, and applied to the law with uncommon diligence. He has published: A Practical treatise of Powers, royal 8vo. 1808.Letters on selling, buying, leasing, settling, and devising estates, 8vo. 1809.-2nd edition, 1810.-Gilbert's law of uses of trusts, 3rd. edition with notes, royal 8vo. 1811.-Practical Treatise on the Law of Venders and Purchasers of Estates, 8vo. 1805; 3rd ed. royal 8vo. 1808.-Enquiry into the Expediency of repealing the Annuity Act and raising the Real Rate of Interest, 8vo. 1812.-Letter to Sir Samuel Romilly, on the Omission of the word "Signed," in the Attestation to Instruments executing Powers, 8vo. 1815. SULLIVAN, the Rt. Hon. JOHN, Commissioner for the Affairs of India, where he was resident many years. He has published, Tracts upon India, written in the years 1770, 1780, and 1788, with subsequent Observations, 8vo. 1795. SULLIVAN, WILLIAM FRANCIS, A.B. late of the Theatres Royal at Windsor and Weymouth, is the son of Francis Slaughter Sullivan, LL.D. formerly Senior Fellow and Professor of Common Law in the university of Dublin. Young Sullivan had his education in the same college, and was designed for the church, but on the death of his parents, before he was nineteen years old, he entered into the army and served abroad till the peace of 1783, soon after which he married and went, with his wife, on the stage. Mr. Sullivan, however, has relinquished that pursuit some years, though his wife, we believe, still continues in the profession of an actress. Her husband has written, Rights of Man, farce, 8vo. 1792.-The Test of Union and Loyalty, 8vo. 1797.-And Poems, 8vo. SUMMERSETT, HENRY. Probable Incidents, or Scenes in Life, nov. 2v. 12mo. 1797.-The Madman of the Mountain, a tale, 2 v. 12mo. 1799-Martyn of Fonrose, or the Wizard and the Sword, rom. 3 v. 12mo. 1801.-Maurice the Rustic, and other Poems, 12mo. 1805.-All sorts of Lovers, nov. 3 v. 12mo. SURR, THOMAS SKINNER, a clerk in the Bank of England, is the nephew of the late Alderman Skinner, and was brought up in Christ's Hospital. He married a Miss Griffiths, sister-in-law of Sir Richard Phillips, and has published, Consequences, nov. 2 v. 12mo.-Christ's Hospital, a poem, 4to. 1797.-George Barnwell, nov. 3 v. 12mo. 1798.-Refutation of Certain Misrepresentations re and of the Stoppage of Specie at the Bank of England, lative to the Nature and Influence of Bank Notes, upon the Prices of Provisions, 8vo. 1801.-Splendid Misery, nov. 3 v. 12mo. 1801.-A Winter in London, 3 v. 12mo. 1806.-The Magic of Wealth, 3 v. 12mo. 1815., SUSSEX, AUGUSTUS FREDERICK, Duke of, the sixth son of their Majesties, was born, Jan. 27, 1773. In 1792, he went to Germany, from whence he travelled to Italy, and while at Rome, he contracted a marriage, according to the forms of the Romish church, with Lady Augusta Murray, daughter of the Earl of Dunmore, by whom he had a son named George, born Jan. 13, 1794. On the return of the Prince and Lady Augusta to England, they were married by banns, in SUMBELL, Mrs. MARY, (late Wells), the parish church of St. George, Hanowhose maiden name was Davies, was ver Square, but a suit being instituted born at Birmingham, and losing her fa- on the occasion, in the Ecclesiastical ther at an early age, she went with her Court, the union was declared null and mother to Dublin, and there obtained an void. It has been said, that his Royal engagement in the theatre; after which Highness wrote to his father offering to she came to England and played in relinquish all right as a member of the several provincial theatres, particularly family, provided the marriage should not Shrewsbury. At this place she married be disturbed. Yet after this, and though Mr. Wells, a performer in the sanie com- he had two children by the lady, he pany, who soon abandoned her for ano- abandoned her, and she was obliged to ther woman. In 1781, she made her apply to the Court of Chancery on their appearance at the little theatre in the behalf. His Royal Highness was created Haymarket, being then under the protection of the celebrated Captain Topham. Owing to the embarrassed state of her circumstances, she afterwards became a prisoner in the Fleet, where she contracted an intimacy with Mr. Sumbell, a foreigner, whose name she assumed though that connexion also soon terminated. This lady has thought proper to publish, Memoirs of her own Life, 3 v. 12mo. Duke of Sussex in 1801, and on the re- A Speech in the House of Lords on the Catholic SUTCLIFFE, JOSEPH, a Methodist preacher of the Wesleyan connexion, who has printed, An Introduction to Christianity, designed to preserve SUMMER, JOHN BIRD, of King's College, Young People from Irreligion and Vice, 12mo. 1801. Cambridge. Au Essay tending to show that the Prophecies now accomplishing are an Evidence of the Christian Reli gion, 8vo. 1802. -Sermons from the French of Saurin, 8vo. 1805.A Sermon on the Divine Mission of the Methodists. to revive and spread Religion, illustrated and defended in a sermon preached before the meeting of the district, at Macclesfield, 8vo. 1813.-A Grammar of the English Language, 12mo. 1815. SUTHERLAND, Mrs. SINCLAIR, a woman who made herself conspicuous at the time when the investigation into the conduct of the Duke of York was carried on; and who was imprudent enough to make a display of her influence, in a pamphlet entitled, An Appeal to the Public relative to the Misrepresent ations contained in the Evidence of Mr. Greenwood at the Bar of the House of Commons, 8vo. 1809. to that high station, which he fills with great credit and satisfaction. It is observable, that above eight years before, the author of the Pursuits of Literature predicted this very removal in the following encomiastic terms: "He is a prelate whose amiable demeanour, useful learning, and conciliating habits of life, particularly recommend his episcopal character. No man appears to me so peculiarly marked out for the highest dignity of the church, sede vacante, as Dr. This prelate married, in 1778, Sutton." SUTHERLAND, DAVID, Esq. was born Feb. 28, 1763, at Gibraltar, where his father was Judge of the Admiralty Court, Mary, the daughter of Thomas Thoroand he afterwards discharged the same ton, Esq. who has brought him thirteen office at Minorca. The son was sent to En- children, eleven of whom are females. gland at the age of ten years, and taken One of his sons is at present judge advounder the protection of the Richmond cate. His Grace has only published, family, by whom he was sent to the Mi- A Sermon preached before the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, at the Abbey Church of St. Feter, WestAt the minster, on the Fast Day, 4to. 1794.-Sermon before litary Academy at Woolwich. the Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts, 4to. 1797. age of sixteen he was made an ensign, SUTTON, DANIEL, an inoculator for the small pox, whose father was originally a smith or farrier, and having succeeded in the new practice, quitted his trade and travelled the country as a doctor, by which he gained a good fortune. The son has published, The Inoculator, or the Suttonian System of Inocula tion, set forth in a plain and familiar manner, 8vo. 1796. SUTTON, THOMAS, M.D. licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, late Physician to the forces, and consulting Physician to the Kent Dispensary. Considerations concerning Pulmonary Consumptions, 8vo. 1801.-Practical Account of a Remittent Fever frequently occurring among the Troops in this Climate, 8vo. 1806.-Tracts on Internal Inflammatory Affections, 8vo. 1813.-Letters addressed to the Duke of Kent, on Consumption, 8vo, 1814. SWIFT, EDMUND, Esq. The Life and Acts of St. Patrick, 8vo. 1810. SWIFT, THEOPHILUS, Esq. a native of Herefordshire, and of the same family with the celebrated Dean of St. Patrick's. Mr. Swift has been distinguished, in his day, by his spirit and his genius. He has published, The Gamblers, a poem, 4to.-Poetical Address to his SUTTON, MOST Rev. CHARLES MANNERS, D.D. Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, is the son of Lord George Sutton, and was born Feb. 17, 1755. Being intended for the church, he was educated first at the Charter House, and next at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where, in 1777, he was in the list of triposes, and took his bachelor's degree. On entering into orders, he obtained some ecclesiastical preferment, and by his affinity to the Rutland family, was raised to the see of Norwich in 1791, with which dignity he was permitted to hold the Deanry in Derbyshire. Windsor. On the death of Archbishop Moore, in 1804, his Lordship, by the special favor of his Majesty, was elevated Lit. Cal. of works. SWINDELL, Rev. HENRY, of Borrowash A Specimen of Prayers to be repeated daily, 12mo. 1792.-Certain Doctrines teaching Duties and Devotions according to Godliness, 3 v. 8vo. 1796.-The 2 U |