ART. 28. A Thanksgiving Sermon for the Peace, preached in the Parish Church of Stockton upon Tees, June 1, 1802. By John Brew Her, M. A. Var of that Place. Published by Request. 8vo. 15. Rivingtons. 1802.

The language of the preacher in this Sermon is fomewhat flowery; but his fentiments are good and pious, and his heart truly loyal.

ART. 29. A Sermon, preached in the Cathedral Church of Winchester, at the Summer Alizes, 1801, holden for the County of Southampton, before the Honorable Sir Simon le Blanc, Knt. and the Honorable Sir Robert Graham, Kut. By John Davies, A. B. of St. Mary Hall, Oxford. 4to. Is. 6d. 18oz.

A plain and fenfible difcourfe, though not diftinguished by any no. velty of argument, or remarkable force of diction. The text is Proverbs, ch. xiv. v. 9, "" Fools make a mock at fin."

ART. 30. Performance of Vows the true Thanksgiving. A Sermon, preached at Chrift Church, Surrey, on Tuesday, June 1, 1802, the Day of General Thanksgiving for the Peace; and at St. Michael's, Cracked Lane, on Monday, June 21, 1802, before the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers, being their Election-Day. By Thomas Ackland, M. A. Rector of Chrifl Church, Surrey, and Chaplain to the Fishmongers' Company. 4to. 19 pp. 15. 6d. Rivingtons, &c.

1802.

We confider it as a fervice rendered to the public, at the expence of our own feelings, whenever we difapprove of any well-intended, but ill-executed, publication. This difcourfe is fo extremely humble, in refpect of matter, argument, and ftyle, that, if the whole Company of Fishmongers, on their election-day, Wardens, Affiftants, and Livery at large," had recommended it to the cooking of the prefs, we must have ventured to fay, that their Worships' fagacity had for once failed them, and that they had mistaken barbel for turbot.

ART. 31. A Sermon, preached at the Parish Church of St. Andrew, in the City of Norwich, upon June 1, being the Day of General Thanksgiving for Peace. By the Rev. Lancafler Adkin, A. M. and publifbed at the Request of the Parishioners. 4to. 16 pp. IS. Bacon, Norwich; Rivingtons, London. 1802.

On joyful occafions, even critics may relax a little the fuppofed folemnity of their features. We would not queftion the judgment of the parishioners of St. Andrew, in Norwich," on the manufacture within their city, of any commodity, except books: and even there, inftead of pronouncing pofitively againft them, and faying that this difcourfe is inferior even to the laft, in materials, or in texture, we fhall relate to them an anecdote, which they may communicate to their brother manufacturers of Manchefter: a man, whofe name was Cotten, having a difpute with a neighbour, they agreed to decide the

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matter by their fifts, and the former being vanquished, a punning byftander exclaimed, Cotton is World!”

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ART. 32. Two Sermons, preached at Dominica, on the 11th and 13th of April, 1800; and officially noticed by his Maj-fy's Privy-Council in that Ifland. With an Appendix, containing Minutes of Three Trials which occurred at Rofeau, in the Spring of the preceding Year, toge ther with Remarks and Strictures ou the fue of these Trials, on the Slave Trade, and Condition of Slaves in General, in our W-India Colonies. By the Rev. C. Peter, A. M. Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford, and late Rector of St. George's and Rofeau, in the Ifland of Dominica. 82 pp. Hatchard. 1802.

The Minutes of the Trials, added in an Appendix to thefe difcourfes, were, it feems, communicated as long ago as the year 1800, to Mr. Wilberforce; the event of fuch communication is not particularly told us; but we cannot doubt of their having made a proper impreffion on the mind of that fteady friend to the diftreffed Negroes of our WeltIndian fettlements. We cannot forbear to fay that we read them with horror, and with impreffions very unfavourable to the credit of the police and higher courts of judicature in Dominica. It very evidently ap pears, we think, that ftrong prejudices prevailed against Mr. Peters, for his humane interference in behalf of the unhappy fufferers in that ifland; nor do we think the Sermons by any means called for fuch an interpofition on the part of his Majefty's Privy-Council; but of this we can only judge from a perusal of the Sermons, as now laid before the public. If Mr. Peters's account is true, and we have no doubt of its authenticity, we are perfuaded this publication must do credit both to his head and heart. His obfervations are not the mere fentimental effufions of modern philanthropy, but are replete with good fenfe, and feems to be the fruits of much fober and ferious confideration of the fubject. We are forry that our limits prevent us from inferting fome extracts which ftruck us forcibly; but the whole publication is of fmall volume, and no great price. If Mr. Peters's ftatements are not true, we hope, for the credit of human nature, they will be speedily and effectually refuted; if they are, which we fear muft be the cafe, we most cordially hope they will contribute to keep up that spirit of Christianity, which has lately actuated fo many of our legiflators to feek an amelioration at least of the condition of our Wett-Indian flaves, or to limit and controul the traffic by which the fupply is kept up.

ART. 33. A Sermon, preached before the Stamford Lodge of Odd Fellows, in the Parish Church of All Saints, Stamford, on Monday, June 14, 1802. By the Rev. Robert Lafcelles Carr, Chaplain to Earl Clanwilliam, and to Lord Mendip. 410. Is. 6d. White. 18oz. The preacher forcibly urges the univerfal fuperintendence of providence in human affairs; and, with a becoming fpirit of loyalty and devotion, impreffes on his hearers the obvious and folemn truth, that this fuperintendence, with regard to the British nation, has been eminently confpicuous, and demands fuitable returns of gratitude. Perfons holding thefe fentiments, can hardly be called Odd Fellows.

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ART. 34. The Inflability of Worldly Power, and the Infufficiency of Human Means; or, Divine Providence our only Shield. A Sermon, preached at the Parish Church of the Holy Trinity, Minories, on Tuef day, June 1, 1802, being the Day appointed by Proclamation for a General Thanksgiving to Almighty God, for putting an End to the late bloody, extended, and expensive War, in which we were engaged. Publifhed at the Request of the Parishioners. By Thomas Thil wall, M. A. Curate of the Holy Trinity, in the Minories, and Lecturer of St. Dunstan, Stepney. 4to. 23 pp. 1s. Rivingtons, &c.

1802.

Occafions which call forth many orators will, of course, exhibit a variety of talents. If this preacher do not stand in the very foremost rank of thefe orators, yet he occupies among them a very refpectable ftation. Taking for his text, Ezekiel xxxvii. 3, " And he said unto me, fon of man, can thefe dry bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, thou knoweft," he says, the words I have felected for the fubject of this day's folemnity, are part of that beautiful and inftruc tive vifion of Ezekiel, in which are pourtrayed the hopeless and ruined condition of the exiled Jews, and their restoration to the days of their former felicity, through the fudden and extraordinary interpofition of Almighty God, when human means had failed, and human profpects vanished." P. v. The actual mifery, and fubfequent deliverance, of the Jews, pourtrayed in this vifion, are then shown to be, "a juft and ftriking picture of what we have lately been; and what, by the bleffing of God, is our prefent fituation." P. 7. The preacher retraces the various and eventful points of the bloody, extended, and expenfive war in which we have been engaged; to the intent, that the providential interpofition of our Almighty Deliverer may fink deep into our hearts; and the fenfe of his merciful prefervation may excite us to fuitable returns of fincere repentance, fervent gratitude, and univerfal obedience." Ib. This is a very proper, and, on all accounts, a creditable discourse.

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ART. 35. Remarks on the Neceffity and Means of fuppreffing Contagious Fever in the Metropolis. By C. Stanger, M. D. Gresham Profeffor of Phyfic, and Phyfician to the Foundling Hospital. Published for the Benefit, and at the Expence, of the Inftitution for the Prevention of Contagious Fever in the Metropolis. 12mo. 22 PP. IS. chard, &c. 180?.

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The means of fuppreffing contagion are now very well understood. The only obftacle towards carrying them into effect, on a large scale, in the metropolis, appears to be the expence, which is too great to be defrayed by voluntary contributions, and yet is not of a defcription to be included in the parochial levies. Hopes are, therefore, entertained, that Parliament may be induced to afford fome aid.

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furely thefe topics might have been treated in a plain unaffected manner, without that parade of quotations, that high colouring, that laboured ftyle, which are fo glating, and fo much out of place, in the prefent pamphlet. The power of fomites, in retaining and propagating infection, is carried by much too far; and that fyftem of police which is propofed, in regard to the domeftic habits of the poor, however falutary it might be for them and the rest of the community, is, we fear, of too rigorous a nature ever to be put into practice.

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ART. 36. Public Credit in Danger; or, Frauds on the Revenue, private Wrongs, and public Ruin. To which are added, Hints on the beft Means to provide for a Peace Establishment, without increafing the Public Burthens. By a Member of the Honourable Society of the Anner Temple. 8vo. 84 pp. Hatchard.

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With a very laudable zeal this author argues at great length on the injuftice and criminality of thofe who defraud the public revenue. This, he obferves, is done in two ways, namely, by" dealing in contraband articles," and by withholding payment of the taxes due to government." To prevent fuch frauds in future (by which, in his opinion, government is defrauded of more than a twentieth part of the national income) he employs the moft ftrenuous exhortations, and propofes the fevereft penalties. The purchafers of contraband articles ought, he thinks, to be put on the fame footing as receivers of stolen goods; public meetings fhould be called, and agreements entered into, "not to purchase any contraband goods, or connive at the practices of thofe who do; not to withhold from government the payment of any tax or due, and to take active measures to profecute and bring to fhame and punishment those who, from this time, fhould be found guilty of defrauding government in the above respects."

This agreement, he propofes, fhould be enforced by a written declaration, and "Societies for the Support of Public Credit" established in every part of the kingdom, He further throws out fuggeftions on the best Means of enabling Government to provide for a Peace Eftablishment, without increafing the national Burthens.” This eftablishment, he admits, ought to be large; although he praifes very highly the wifdom, the clemency, the magnanimity of Bonaparte, and (unless the whole paragraph is meant as irony) feems to expect that he will, bye and bye, give a free and equal conftitution to the French people." The refources which he propofes, in order to fuch an establishment, are the prevention of frauds, by the means he had before fuggefted, and the imThis last meapofition of " an eafy stamp on dividend warrants."

fure, however, would certainly be "an increase of the national burthens," and would, we fear, create more alarm than it would produce advantage. At all events, it is not a new fuggeftion, and must have often been confidered by government. He also exhorts thofe

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who have hitherto defrauded the public, to atone for their fault by voluntary contributions. We own this laft refource does not appear to us likely to be very productive; but perhaps fome increase of the revenue might be effected by voluntary agreements to discountenance frauds, though not to the amount which this author feems to expect.

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ART. 37. Letters on the prefent State of the Jewish Poor in the Metropolis, with Propofitions for ameliorating their Condition, by inproving the Morals of the Youth of both Sexes, and by rendering their Labour ufful and productive, in a greater Degree, both to themselves and to the Nation. 8vo. 36 pp. Richardfons. 1802.

That the riches of the ftate arife from the extent of its population, is a maxim no longer true, than while the labour of every cla's is rendered as productive as poffible. Any body of men, whofe peculiar teners prevent them from ufing the general means of procuring fubfiftence, will be led to add difhonefly to indigence; and will become not only a burden, but alfo a nuifance to the community, till means are found to remove the obstacles to the exertion of their induftry, and they are put on an equal footing with the reft of their fellowfubjects. The Jews, in England, are a numerous body, of late greatly increafed, both by propagation and importation: but their property has not kept pace with their increafe: the opulent are but few; the middling clafs, though not fo tew, poffefs but little; and the bulk of the nation confifts of a very numerous poor." The public at large, while they justly condemn the manners and habits cf life too generally prevalent among the latter clafs, are little fenfible of the difficulties under which they labour; and do not reflect, that the reftraints and obfervances of the Mofaical ritual, deprive them of the poffibility of acquiring a trade, unlcfs they can find a master of the fame perfuafion, or of being employed at day work more than four days and a half in the week. The complete wretchedness of the infirm, the lame, the blind, and the helpless aged, is ftill lefs known: interdicted by their religion from partaking of the food of a Chriftian workhoufe, they have no refource but the fcanty pittance which the fynagogue funds can afford. Thefe funds, we are told, are raifed by the rent every perfon pays for his feat in that which he frequents, together with the offerings made on feflivals and particular occafions: and as they have no means of enforcing payment, a great deal of this income is very uncertain." The relief hence derived muft obviously be inadequate, and the manner of its difpenfation vague, while the diftrefs of the poor" is perpetually recurring, becaufe they have scarce any method of procuring a maintenance; and every meannefs and vice, that can debafe the human character, become the confequence of the degradation of mind, induced by defponding poverty."

The benevolent intention of Mr. VANOVEN, in thefe Letters, addressed to Patrick Colquhoun, Efq. is, the Etablishment of a Plan

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