note, with their parks, terraces, ponds, &c. difplayed in green. Mr. Cary must have bestowed great expence and labour in accomplishing this Survey; and when the public becomes acquainted with its merit, we hope that fuch induftry, fo happily adapted both to use and gratification, will not be unrewarded. Mr. Cary has entitled this production the Survey of Middlefex; but it contains, likewife, the extent of feveral miles of the neighbouring counties. The Tour of Valentine. 12mo. 35. 6d. Johnfon. The defign of this work is to mix inftruction with entertainment; but the chief object is to inftruct the ignorant both in their religious and moral duties. On thefe fubjects, the lef fons are often falutary. Though the religious tenets feem to breathe fomewhat too much of the enthusiasm of a fect, and perhaps may fail from their ftriétnefs, yet we perceive nothing offenfive in thofe branches which can influence the conduct, Some judicious and fenfible remarks, on different subjects, are occafionally interfperfed; and the following deferves to be quoted. remarked, that Valentine might very properly fpend fome moments of regret over the ruined remains of that noble edifice, and that he might well beftow fome praifes and admi. ration on those ancient manners. You may indulge, faid he, in the thought, that the lord of this manfion and domain was once as a good prince and father to the district around; that he attended to the wants of his dependants, relieved their dif treffes and their age, and ufing rightly the power he held over them, made it productive of the bleffings of order, and of a juft obedience; and, added he, it is no light commendation to fay, that this was not improbable. Do not think, continued he, addreffing himself to Edward, that I mean to difparage the privileges you are fo pleafed with; but you may probably find, that the vices of mankind obftru&t very much the advan tages that might arife from them. Opportunities of wealth and confequence are now indeed laid open to the lower orders of men, but a larger inlet is alfo made to the pernicious thirft of gain, with all the fraudulent and envious methods employed to acquire and increase it; nor, in the ufual state of their minds, are fuch perfons likely to be very skilful in the difpofition and management of independence, and in the uncontrouled conduct of themfelves, in forming their manners, or exercifing their opinions. Many amiable and honest qualities hold an alliance with poverty and fubjection. You will allo find, added he, that there is fill a poorer fort, and that their fubjection may be more miferable than it was before. The cottages, the families, the domeftic education, and comforts, of fuch who live now under men of upftart fubftance, and of the lowest order, are not likely to become objects of their maf ter's ter's attention, fince they are not the objects of their interest. If, added he, the lord of this place had a liberal pride in feeing the little buildings on his domain neat and commodious; if he had, from the more improved bias of a cultivated mind, a zeal in establishing fome fmall feminaries for the children of his dependants; if he took their sturdy boys into his fervice, and fettled others in trade, or in wedlock; if the reprobate and audacious in fociety were fure of punishment from the im mediate power they were under; and if they are now fet at large from every reltraint but where the law, which is exercised about crimes more open, and detrimental only to the property of others, faftens it upon them; the prefent race will have fomething to envy in those ancient times and manners.' The author has made fome apology for cloathing his precepts in the drefs of fancy; but we think it was unneceffary. The little narrative interfperfed fhews no inconfiderable acquaintance with the heart; and, if the author had followed it till farther, and evinced the force of his precepts by other errors of conduct, his work might have been more useful. A Defence of Mr. Bofwell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. 8vo. 15. Swift. When we reviewed the Remarks, their number, and the imbecility of the attack, induced us to fufpect that it was one of those friendly efforts, defigned to keep the fhuttlecock from falling our author thinks otherwife, and eagerly opposes the criticifms of the remarker. As we examined the Journal with freedom, at fome length, we need not refume the subject; and it will be lefs neceffary, as the feelings of the reader will dif cover faults which reason cannot excufe, or eloquence enforce : we may also add, that Mr. Bofwell's work has already obtained its proper rank in the fcale of public eftimation. That gentleman is indeed fortunate in his champion: the defender enforces his arguments with fpirit, energy, and good fenfe. We are much pleafed with his zeal for the caufe of truth, and the manly rational piety which he occafionally difcovers. But the fubject has been fo long the common theme, that no ingenuity can render it pleafing; and we fincerely hope that the contending pens may now rest from their labours. Deleans Sententiarum & Hiftoriarum, in Usùm Tironum accommodatus. 12mo. 25. Bathurst. In travelling the road to Latin literature, the maturer reader will often be pleafed in recognizing the companions of his youth. We can fully affent to the truth of this propofition, for we have read this collection with much pleasure, and can chearfully join with the author in thinking it generally useful. It is felected with much care; the minuteft examples are ftrictly claffical; and the learner is led to the more intricate rules of 2 fyntax, fyntax, by steps fo flight as to be almost imperceptible. It may appear an uncommon remark, that the union of two words only will betray an ignorance in claffical knowledge; for, though they may be allowed in fome cafes to be used together, the compofer's defign will fhow that he has unfkilfully felected them. Pope objected to amor publicus;' and with reafon; though his answer, on the authority of Ainfworth, being produced, was rather a witty evasion than a folid obfervation. For the reasons which the compiler has produced, we think this Delectus was greatly wanted, and we need not repeat, that it is well executed. The advertisement is fhort, but fo clear and exact, that it gives a very favourable specimen of the author's talents as a teacher. The Will which the Law makes: or, how it difpofes of a Perfon's This compilation is executed with confiderable accuracy; but it is not enough to have the fubftance of the acts before our eyes, unless there is fagacity and experience to comprehend their language with exactnefs, and their tenor with precision. While we commend, therefore, the execution, we would not advise our readers to employ the work without profeffional af fiftance. We would follow the example of the king of Pruffia, who, when he conferred on the chevalier Taylor the honour of being his oculift, ftrictly forbad him to touch the eyes of any of his fubjects. An Addrefs to the Livery and Citizens of London, on the Proceed ings of the Court of Common Council, on Friday the 24th of Fe bruary, 1786, respecting Mr. Alderman Clarke and Mr. Dorn ford. By Jofiah Dornford, Efq. 8vo. 6d. Bew. Mr. Jofiah Dornford has fome time fince started in the race of patriotism; but we much question whether, among all the under-writers in the city, he can find one man who will infure to him the attainment of the civic reward, which perhaps he has in view. Confiderations on the Neceffity of lowering the exorbitant Freight of Ships employed in the Service of the Eaft-India Company. By Anthony Brough &vo. 15. Robinfons. The territories of the Eaft-India company being fo extenfive, and fo great the number of perfons employed in their civil and commercial departments, it is not furprifing that many charges of delinquency fhould be exhibited against their fervants in that quarter: but our aftonishment cannot fail of being excited, on finding any unfavourable imputation affixed to the conduct of the directors, whofe duty it is, not only to adminifter the affairs affairs of the company with wifdom and prudence, but to fet an example of fidelity and uprightness to all who are under their authority. According to the facts flated in the pamphlet now before us, it appears, that in the importation of thirty thousand tons, which is faid to be the whole annual tonnage of the East India company, a very large fum is fquandered away every year. Enormous as this embezzlement is, we are informed, that instead of preventing its increase, the perfons by whom it has been eftablifhed have lately deliberated, whether they fhould not aug-. ment it with the annual fum of fixty thousand pounds, by im pofing an additional freight of two pounds per ton on every veffel. Mr. Brough obferves, that in the Report of the Committee of Secrecy of the Houfe of Commons, in 1772, it appeared, upon the evidence of a very able profeffional gentleman, who is ftill in the company's fervice, that one-third of the fum then paid for freight and demurrage might be faved; that the China goods might be brought home for twenty pounds per ton, and the Coaft and Bay goods at twenty-two pounds per ton; and that by a new fyftem of fhips, a farther confiderable faving in the freight might still be made. Mr. Brough, convinced of the prodigious embezzlement in this article of the company's expenditure, has offered to the court of directors to diminish about one-fifth of the prefent freight; to build eighty fhips, on a lefs fyftem, at his own expence; to import the whole tonnage, in cafe the prefent fhip-owners fhould obftinately refuse to lower their prefent rates; and to produce good fecurity for the performance of thefe engagements. He has, it feems, intimated to them that, by accepting his offer, they will fave a hundred and fifty thousand pounds per annum; and demonftrated that the favings may fhortly amount to two hundred and fixty thousand pounds, in confequence of a plan which he has lately delivered to the board. Two objections, we find, have been alledged against the plan propofed by Mr. Brough. One relates to the ship-owners, who have hitherto been ferviceable to the company; the other is concerning the measurement of the fhips to be employed in its fervice. But both these objections are answered by Mr. Brough in fo clear and fatisfactory a manner, that we should imagine the directors cannot long hesitate about adopting a plan, fo ftrongly recommended by every economical confideration, and fo highly advantageous to the company. The late Meafures of the Ship-owners in the Coal-Trade fully examined, in a Letter to the Right Honourable William Pitt. 810 15. 6d. Robinfons. The avowed purpose of this writer is to vindicate the meafures of the people employed in the coal-trade, the motives of whofe I whofe conduct laft year, he thinks, have never been fufficiently understood. In profecuting the fubject, he traces those meafures from their origin; and affirms that they arose from no unfair motives in the fhip-owners, but from the neceffity alone of their circumstances. He next examines the measures themfelves, particularly with regard to the propriety and equity of their application; contending that they were not only just in their nature, but that no other could have been substituted which were fb fair and moderate. On a fubject of this kind, it is impoffible to form any decided opinion, without a perfect knowledge of the facts and arguments advanced on both fides of the difpute. We can, therefore, only fay that this author writes with plaufibility, and is a zealous advocate for the party whose cause he efpouses. Apology for Negro Slavery; or, the Weft India Planters vindicated from the Charge of Inhumanity. By the Author of Letters to a Young Planter. 8vo. AS. 6d. Strachan. The Rev. Mr. Ramfay's Effay on this fubject has given rife to feveral opponents, fome of whom have treated him with an illiberality extremely inconfiftent with the character of difinterested writers; and none of them has produced any well attefted facts to invalidate the reprefentation laid before the public by that gentleman. The author of the prefent pamphlet has avoided the fcurrility of fome of the former productions on this fubject; but he advances few additional arguments or obfervations which may not be eafily repelled. Grammatica Queftiones; or a Grammatical Examination, by Queftion only for the Ufe of Schools, &. By the Rev. N. Morgan. Second Edit. Is. 8d. Pote. 12m0. The common method of teaching the Latin Grammar by queftion and anfwer, is generally admitted to be the moft fuitable to boys at an early age, and in the firft stage of instruction. But fo far are we from approving of a perfeverance in fuch a mode, that we think the method, by queftion only, is infinitely better calculated for conveying a thorough acquaintance with the language, by fubftituting reflection in place of rote, which is only a mechanical exercife, and an extremely precarious tenure in any mental acquirement, whether of language or fcience. We, therefore, are of opinion, that for the attempt towards introducing this method into schools, Mr. Morgan is entitled to approbation. |