3. Books publifh'd in SEPTEMBER; with Remarks. THEOLOGY. A fhort account of the rife and progrefs of a work of grace in the Netherlands. 6d. Lewis 4. An answer to the defence of Dr Fofter's fermon on catholick communion, By Grantham Killingworth. 6d. Cooper. PHYSIC. 5. The art of midwifry; or the midwife's fure guide: By George Counfell, furgeon. 35. 6d. Batburft. 6. A letter to Dr Lobb, concerning his writings in phyfic. Is. Roberts.The opinion of Dr Lobb controverted by this writer is, that the quantity of animal fluids in an human body fould never be made less by evacuation, except when it is too great.Tho' this letter is written with great pert'nefs, and felf fufficiency, yet it is rather an apology for ignorance, than a leffon of inftruction. It is indeed true, that the author fpeaks with great contempt of authority, and when he is told that Boerhaave is against him, he answers, "What is that to "me? But it is alfo true, that admitting there may be methods of preventing the ill effects of a rarefaction of the blood, better than by taking fome of it away, he asks What fhall thofe phyficians do who do not know thefe methods?" If it should -be answer'd, they must learn them, he may reply, that to ufe fuch methods as they know already is more easy and expeditious. He has however, advanced fome useful truths, and among others that He who is not con tented with facts, without aiming to ae"count for the caufes of them, will be of"ten found to build caftles in the air." But even this truth he has practically contradicted; for in anfwer to the many cafes in which Dr Lobb has cured diforders, for which evacuations are generally prefcribed, without fuch evacuations, he asks "How can fuch medicines in fo fmall quantities produce fuch effects?"-With fome other truths which this writer has both advanced and violated, we fhall at once give a fpecimen and character of his performance; changing only two words which are diftinguish'd by italics." Obfervations fhould be written "with modefty and civility. The defign of "the author fhould be to inftruct, and be "ufeful to others, not to extol himself. "There should be no appearance of vanity, "and love of praife, or of an intention to "depreciate other practitioners, in order to "fet forth our own fuperior fkill. This au thor has been very culpable in this re"spect." POETRY, ENTERTAINMENT. 7. The nature and fitness of things: In a poem to Mr John Wesley, and his followers. 6d. Keith, 8. The laurel, a favorite collection of songs and cantatas. 33. Walsh. 435 relating to abufes in marking sheep and winding the wool. In a letter to the Marq. of Rockingham. 6d. Whifton. See p. 420D. 11. A warning piece against the crime of murder. 2s. 6d. Owen. 12. The family library: or inftructor in useful knowledge. In numbers 4d. Owen. SERMONS. 13. Our times in the hand of God: A fermon on the death of Mrs Slater. By Thomas Amory. 6d. Waugb. 14. A fermon preach'd at Deale in Kent, before the mayor and corporation, Auguft g, 1752. upon a particular occafion. By Nicholas Carter, D. D. curate of the chapel there. 6d. Payne. This fermon was preach'd upon Dr Carter's having been presented in the Ecclefiaftical Court, for not reading the Athanafian Creed: In the preface the doctor after mentioning A Letter to the Mayor and Corporation of Deal, (See p. 370.) “declares "that he knows not the author, nor had "the leaft intimation of it till he faw it ad"vertised."-It also appears by a poftfcript to the preface, that the doctor perfectly acquits the corporation, whom if he before fufpected, he never accufed; and from fome letters written by Dr Carter to Mr Randolph, rector of the church at Deale, it ap pears to whom his fufpicions are transferred. In thefe letters the doctor requests Mr Randolph either to deny, or to own his having advised or encouraged the prefentment, and Randolph at laft, fent a billet to the doctor, containing thefe words. "Many rea"fons unneceffary to be named, oblige me "not to answer you. One of these reasons "is that whatever I write to you may pof fibly appear in print." But it is evident, that if he could with fafety have denied what is likely to forfeit the esteem of every wife and good man, the reafon which he has given for declining an answer, would have been the ftrongest motive to give it.-The fermon is a plain defence of the fixth article of the church of England, in which the fcriptures are faid to contain all things neceffary to falvation, and a folemn appeal to the people by the preacher, as witnefics of his integrity, who having at his ordination folemnly promifed, by God's grace, to teach nothing out of the fcriptures, but that which be fhould be perfuaded, might be proved by them, could not read a form of words which in his opinion contain'd propofitions that in fcripture were contradicted. After having reminded them of his affiduous application to preach the gospel among them for many years; his aborrence of perfecution for confcience fake, his repeated exhortation to read and confider the word of God, and to efchew evil and do good; he expreffes his aftonishment that a contrivance fhould be fecretly carried on to ruin him, for not reading the Athanafian Creed, and breaks out into this exclamation. Hear O beaven, and give ear 0 earth! An incident, which probably produced the remarkable effect upon the audience, which is hinted in the preface. Stocks BACH DAY's Price of STOCKS in SEPTEMBER, 1752. Jays BANK.E.-India. South Sea South Sea South Sea Bank Ans Bank Ann Lottery Stock. Anny.old Ann. new 1746. 1747-8-9 20 1461 1873 1071 3 Sunday 31 14 189 1081 1071 1451461 1884a189 121a121 108 107 1461 189 121 1081 1071 CONTENTS. PEECH of W. T—n, Esq; on bringing in the bill to render the SPEEC militia more ufefal General plan of the bill Literary anecdotes from a correfpendent 458 439 Defcription of a plate. reprefenting part 441 of Rome 459 442 Criticism on a paffage in Shakespeare's ib. Extracts from militia laws now in force ib. Ague cured by electricity A fourth letter concerning a review of 445 ib. The characters, manners, and customs, of the Indians of Quito 446-7 On Mr Franklin's principles of electricity 450 -New elements of meteorology 450-1 Propofal for applying Mr Franklin's electrical invention to the explosions frequent in mines, &c. 452 On letting farms in Suffolk 452-3 The ftate of hufbandry in Norfolk 453 Reflexions on the British fishery, occafioned by a print of it 455.6 .6 A letter to Dr Mead containing several medical cafes 457 Of a ftrangulation of the fauces removed by a plaister ib.. -An afcites cured by fcarification ib. -Of a fciatica cured by alternate sweating and bathing ib. An hæmoptoe and pulmonary cough removed by the alternate application of warm and cold water An incident in Shakespeare's Macbeth explained ib -Name of Sir J. Oldcastle not changed ib. Koenig's defence against Maupertuis's charge of forgery Candidus's objections to the Hutchinfo. nian account answered 462-3 463-4 Obfervation of a Spanish author on our exportation of corn 464-5 Directions to make a lithontriptic 465 Tranfactions in the laft feffions 466 K. of Pruffia's dedication of his memoirs to his brother 467.8 Subjects of the Rambler and mottoes and quotations, with a tranflation 468-9-70 POETRY. The Bonny Broom; fet to mufic 471 Her. Ode xiv. B. 2. imitated.. 472-3 473 Ad Ducem Novocaftrenfem.-Tranf lated.-Ode to a young lady curl-. ing her hair, from the Latin.-On' Sympathy, by a lady.-On an old picture HISTORICAL CHRONICLE 474 458 475-6-7 ib. Births, deaths, marriages, &c. 478 479 Bill of mortality 479 * 457 Foreign hiftory 480 457 Books publifhed, with remarks 481 Price of Stocks, and Grain 482 Obfervations on Linnæus's Peloria and Remarkable ftory of Mifs C. C- * Speedily will be publifhed, In one Volume, Folio. Price 10 s. 6 d. Dedicated to the Right Hon. HENRY PELHAM, Efq; PRESENT STATE of the BRITISH CUSTOMS: Or, THE RACUNT Tiber of all the Duties on Goods and Merchandizes in sorted or exported. Shewing the Rates, the Grofs and Net Amounts of the feve ral Branches of Duty, the Discounts allowed, and the total Net Duties at prefent payable by British and Strangers, on all Goods and Merchandizes imported. The feveral Branches drawn-back on Re-Exportation.The Duties on Goods and Merchandizes exported.-The Goods prohibited to be exported and imported. The Bounties and Drawbacks of Excife on Goods of British Manufacture and Product exported.-The Premiums on certain Species of Foreign Goods imported. And the Appropriation of the feveral Branches of the Revenue of the Culloms, Being the only complete Syftem of Duties extant. Wherein are comprehended all the Alterations and Additions to the Seffions 1753. The Whole calculated, de Novo, with the utmoft Accuracy and Precifion, and digefted in fuch a perfpicuous Method, that the Origin of the Duties, the Requifites for Computation, and the total Net, Duties on every Article appear at one fingle Inspection, By the Author of DUCTOR MERCATORIUS. THE Gentleman's Magazine: For OCTOBER, 1752. Speech of W. T-nt-n, Efq; on bringing in the Bill to render the Militia more useful. SIR, They foon perceived that the declene fion of our own militia, was not theffect of any error in the general ftruc ture of our old laws, upon which it Α was founded; but of particular claufes which were fo loofely and innaccurately expreffed, as that the law might be neglected or violated with impunity. To thefe laws therefore they have adhered as a general plan; and B the rather becaufe new projects, however fpecious in theory, are frequently found to be very difficult in practice. And, indeed, to introduce new conftituent parts into an old fyftem of government, frequently weakens the whole. The materials are fuch as never hold firmly together, the breach that was made to admit the new ftructure is always vifible, and the fabrick lofes not only its uniformity but its ftrength. C T is with great pleafure that I rife up to congratulate my friends and countrymen, upon the apparent probability of fuccefs in the attempt for making the militia more ufeful. The zeal of the houfe, which appeared in an unanimous order to prepare and bring in a bill for this purpose, has encouraged the moft fanguine hopes that it will not be regarded merely as a fubject of difpute but be confidered with a ferious and difpaffionate attention; and that after it fhall have received every improvement which may be expected from D the united efforts of judgment, expe rience, and integrity, in this affembly, it will pafs into a law. And in this hope I am not alone, for I have with pleasure heard it urged by many gentlemen who afforded me their E kind affiftance in the beginning, as a motive to my affiduity and perfeve verance, By thefe confiderations the gentle. men were deterred from the experiment, and judged it beft; Stare fuper vias antiquas, and nothing more feems to require alteration in the old laws than the claufes which rendered them ineffectual, and the method of defraying the expence which must neceffarily attend the militia's being drawn out. Nor has any thing been added except fome regulations for the meeting and of the lieutenants, and their deputies; the exercising the men on holidays; and the establishing a few honourary rewards. Thefe regulations have been found of great advantage to the Saifs, and it is hoped will render our militia fuperior Gto theirs. Such is the structure of the bill, and if it should pafs into a law The gentlemen who have by your orders prepared the bill, which is now delivered in at your table, confi- F dered their fubject with the most mature deliberation; and compared every plan for a militia, which was fuggefted by their own minds, with all that they could procure from the writings of others, and from the practice of antient and modern nations. |