This fcheme is modeftly and fenfibly propofed and explained. And if this, or fomething to this purpofe, were accomplished, oft of the complaints about tithes would be removed; the clergy would live amicably with their parishioners, their interests no longer interfering; and they would have leifure to attend to the duties of their function, in peace and tranquility.

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The Conflitutional Criterion. 8vo. 6d. Almon. A fhort enquiry into the principles and fpirit of the English conftitution, which is conducted by the author with accuracy, An interefting Address to the independent Part of the People of England, on Libels, &c. 8vo. 1s. 6d. Kearly.

Though this pamphlet contains fome remarks of importance to civil liberty, it is written in too mean and abufive a strain to be held in any regard by impartial and difcerning readers.

A Sketch of the Hiftory of Two Acts of the Irish Parliament of the 2d and 8th of Queen Anne, to prevent the farther Growth of Popery. 8vo. Is. 6d. Murray.

A difplay of the fevere reftrictions which had formerly been imposed on the Roman Catholics in Ireland.

POETRY.

Captain Parolles at Minden. 4to. Is. Bew.

Captain Parolles is a character which Shakespeare has admirably delineated. I am a man, fays the captain, whom fortune hath cruelly fcratched. I find my tongue is too foul-hardy; but my heart hath the fear of Mars before it, and of all his creatures, not daring the reports of my tongue.-You must needs, replies Helena, be born under Mars, when he was retrograde, you go fo much backwards when you fight.' All's Well that Ends Well.

The author of this piece applies the character of Parolles to lord George Germaine, and throws many farcafms on his lordfhip's conduct at Minden, and the orders which he iffues out, as fecretary of ftate for the American department.-An acrimonious production.

England's Glory, a Poem. 4to. 25. Fielding and Walker. The glory of England may in fome degree be fullied, but never can be promoted by a poetafter.

The Conciliation; a Poem. 4to. IS. Almon. One of the most defpicable effufions in poetry that we remember to have feen.

The Haunts of Shakespeare, a Poem, by William Pearce. 4to. 15. 6d. Brown.

An imitation of an Ode by Mr. Garrick, to whom the poem is dedicated.

Imitationes bas parvulas, Anglicè partim, partim Latinè, redditas, paucarum levium Horarum Occupationes, benevolo Lectori dicatas verecundè quidem voluit Alumnus Cantabrigienfis. 410. 2s. 6d. Dodsley.

Imitations partly in English, and partly in Latin; but which, for any inftruction or entertainment they can afford, might as well have been couched in the language of Otaheite.

DIVINITY.

A Sermon preached at the Ordination of the rev. Ifaac Smith, June 24th, 1778, at Sidmouth, Devon, by Thomas Wright. To which are annexed a Short Difcourfe, by John Ward, and a Declaration by Ifaac Smith, preceding the Ordination Prayer: with a Charge delivered by Joshua Toulmin, M. A. Dilly.

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The firft difcourfe, by Mr. Wright, reprefents the regard which Chriftians owe to their minifters, on account of their office and character. The fecond, by Mr. Ward, is an addrefs to Mr. Smith, recommending a strict adherence to the doctrine and principles contained in the New Teftament: the declaration made by Mr. Smith recites his reafons why he chofe to exercife his miniftry among proteftant Diffenters; and the charge, by Mr. Toulmin, fhews why, and in what refpects, watchful efs is a duty incumbent on minifters.-Plain and useful difcourfes.

CONTROVERSIAL.

Materialism philofophically examined, or, the Immateriality of the Soul afferted and proved, on philofophical Principles; in answer to Dr. Priestley's Difquifitions on Matter and Spirit. By John Whitehead. 8vo. 25. 6d. in boards. Phillips.

The principal object of thefe Remarks is to prove, that intelligence and thought neither are, nor can be, the refult of any modification of matter: and confequently, that there must be in man a principle diftinct from his body.

In the first and fecond fections the author maintains, that the doctrine of the folidity, impenetrability, and vis inertia of matter is well founded, and that thefe are the only properties effential to its existence; that allowing the powers of attraction and repulfion to be effential to the being of matter, they would notwithstanding be utterly incapable of producing fenfation, reflection, and judgement; it being juft as impoffible for attraction and repulfion, however modified, to produce these powers, as it is for any one thing to produce another, with which it has no affinity.

In the third fection he afferts, that perfonal identity, and a refurrection of the fame being, is impoffible on the fyftem of materialism; alledging, that all the parts of the human body are diffolved, and reduced to their pristine state by death; and

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that a recompofition of these particles would be a new creation; and the second man, a diftinct being from the firft.-But is there any abfurdity in fuppofing, that the Deity may rellore the fame body, with the fame properties, the fame fenfations, and affections, after any imaginable interval? This point will at leaft admit of several arguments, in favour of Dr. Priestley's hypothefis.

In the fourth fection he endeavours to fhew, that the doctrine of the materiality of the foul is anti-fcriptural; that our Lord and his apoftles fpeak of the foul as a principle, feparate and diftinct from the body.

In the fifth he confiders the union of the foul and body, and their natural affections; obferving, that the influence of an immaterial fpirit upon matter is no more difficult to conceive, than the power of attraction, the reflection of the rays of light from a furface which they never touch, and the like natural phæ

nomena.

In the fixth he proves, that the Chriftian fathers had not the leaft idea of Dr. Priestley's notion; that they uniformly affert the exiftence of the foul, as a principle, feparate and independent of the body.

In the conclufion he fhews, that the Deity is not a material being; that space is not the immenfity of God; and that the divine nature does not penetrate bodies, nor is extended.

In thefe difquifitions the author appears to be no contemptible metaphyfician; and if we had not, in fome measure, anticipated the fubject, we could have extended this article with pleasure. An Apology for the Baptifts. By Abraham Booth.

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About the middle of the last century, fome few Baptifts in England, of whom John Bunyan was one of the first, maintained, that the want of baptim was no bar to communion, and acted in conformity to that opinion. Some time fince two pieces were published in favour of this practice, intitled, A Modeft Plea for free Communion at the Lord's Table, between true Believers of all Denominations, by Pacificus: and, A Mo. deft Plea for free Communion at the Lord's Table, particularly between the Baptifts and Pædobaptifts, by Candidus. In fupport of this opinion, thefe writers urge the propriety, the utility, the neceffity of bearing with one another's mistakes, in matters that are not effential; among which they include the ordinance of baptifm. Mr. Booth, to exculpate himself, together with a great majority of his brethren of the Baptift perfuafion, from charges of an odious nature, endeavours to fhew, that they cannot receive Pædobaptifts into communion at the Lord's table, without doing violence to their professed sentiments, as Baptifts; and to answer the principal objections which their opponents have alledged again ft them.' While our bre thren, fays he, revere the authority, by which the apoltles afted, and while they believe, that infant fprinkling is not

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baptifm, they are obliged in virtue of thofe ancient precedents, and by all that is amiable in a confiftent conduct, to admit none to communion at the Lord's table, whom they do not confider as really baptized, according to the command of Chrift.'

MEDICA L.

Thesaurus Medicus: five, Difputationem, in Academia Edinenfi, ad Rem Medicam pertinentium, a Collegio inflituto ad hoc ufque tempus, Delectus, a Gulielmo Smellio, S. P. E. S. babitus. Tom. I. 6. in boards. Murray.

Inaugural differtations, on taking degrees in medicine, in Scotland as well as in foreign countries, are ufually written at a very early age, when their respective authors cannot be fuppofed to have acquired much experience in medicine. But if, on this account, those effays feldom afford any practical obfervations that are new, they often however difplay great ingenuity, and deserve to be confidered as valuable differtations on the subjects of which they treat. Actuated by an opinion of their utility, the editor of this volume has formed the defign of collecting, and republishing the moft diftinguished of the medical thefes which have appeared in the univerfity of Edinburgh, for about these fifty years paft.

The prefent volume contains the following differtations: De dolore, by J. Monteith; De infantum morbis, ab infantia ortis, by J. Jamefon; De fecretione bilis, by A. Murrray; De tabe purulenta, by J. Armftrong; De calore, by J. Lindefay; De morbis ex animi paffionibus orientibus, by W. Schaw; De emeticorum ufu, by J. Fothergill; De aceto, by S. Worthington; De partu, by S. Threipland; De aere, aquis, & locis, by E. Macfait; De crifibus in morbis acutis, by T. Elliot; De rheumatifmo, by D. Clerk; De morbis venereis localibus, by J. Lind; De luce, by A. Wilfon; De febre remittente, by F. Home; De ictero, by C. Drummond.

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MISCELLANEOUS.

Confideration on the Breed and Management of Horfes. 8vo. 25. 6d. Jewed. W. Davis,

The intention of this ingenious, elegant, and ufeful performance is to induce his majefty, to whom it is dedicated, to im prove the breed of horfes by appointing and supporting public ftallions. Our author's obfervations upon the management, fhoeing, &c. of horfes, appear to be the refult of good sense and experience.

When we confider the information which this pamphlet dif covers, we are ready to afcribe it to fome practifed horse-dealer; when we obferve the manner in which it is executed, we can only fuppofe it to be the work of a lettered gentleman. His country will have uncommon obligations to him, if she will follow his advice.Horace fays, poft equitem fedet atra cura. We

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fincerely hope this writer will never have fuch a companion as long as he is able to bestride a horse.

An Efay on Caftrametation. By Lewis Lochée.

Jewed. Cadell.

8.00. 45.

• Caftrametation, in its precife meaning,' fays Mr. Lochée, is the art of meafuring, arranging, and ordering camps; but it has fometimes a more extenfive fignification, including all the views and defigns of a general in the choice of his camps.'

Mr. Lochée has collected fome obfervations and maxims from feveral writers on the art of war, particularly encampments, remarking the propereft places for a camp, the manner of placing the tents, with their fizes, diftances from each other, &c. alfo the different guards and regulations.---This tract is illuftrated with nine plates, and dedicated to the prince of Wales. An Answer to a Book, intituled "An Inquiry into Facts and ObJervations thereon, humbly fubmitted to the candid Examiner into the Principles of a Bill intended to be offered to Parliament, for the Prefervation of the Great Level of the Fens, and the Navigation through the fame, by a Tax on the Lands and a Tell on the Navigation." 8vo. 1s. 6d. Cadell.

Both parties having now fubmitted their cafe to the confideration of the public, we may presume that the bill intended to be offered to parliament will be modelled with a particular regard to their different claims.

A Nomenclature; or, Dictionary, in English, French, Spanish, and German, of the principal Articles manufactured in this Kingdom, &c. By Daniel Lobo. 4to. 125.

Nicoll.

A Dictionary in English, French, Spanish, and German, of the principal articles manufactured in this kingdom; especially thofe in the hardware and cutlery trades; goods imported or exported, and nautical terms; interfperfed with phrafes peculiar to trade and commerce in general. The work is chiefly intended for the counting houfe, but may be useful to many other perfons.

Letters of Momus from Margate. 12mo. 6d. Bell.

Thefe Letters describe the characters of fome of the company at Margate in the year 1777. They are collected from the St. James's Chronicle, and appear to be the productions of a man of humour and vivacity.

A Letter to Sir Harbord Harbord, Bart. &c. with particular Obfervations in the Conduct of Thomas William Coke,, Efq. of Holkham, &c. 8vo.

Is. 6d.

An Account of private tranfactions, that cannot in any degree excite the attention of the public.

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