fition to, and undermining of, our faith, which may even in peace be practifed by thofe who have imbibed the baneful influence of falfe philofophy, joined together to overthrow Christianity; Dr. H. recommends unity in fupport of our religion. He afferts the character of excellence in general which the Liturgy of the Church may juftly claim, and recommends attendance on the fervice of the Church for the fake of the prayers, even though the preaching of fome one or other minifier is not at all times, and on all occations, precifely according to our ideas of what a difcourfe fhould be. Here, as well as in his remark, that, "if any perfon will attend the fame minifter through a feries of Sabbaths, it is much more than probable that, in the courfe of not many months, he will hear the whole council of God, as far as it is revealed in Scripture, with refpect to man's falvation, gradually laid open, and duly explained, and the whole body of works which fhould fpring from faith, diftinétly noticed, and properly enforced on Chriftian motives;" we are forry to differ from this excellent writer, who poffefles our good opinion, as we very much doubt if that be fo general a practice with the clergy, whether incumbents or their curates, and ftill lefs in academical or cathedral pulpits, to obferve fo conrected a mode of preaching as is bett calculated to enforce and explain the great fyftem of religion in the two difpenfations. We have read fermons for every Sunday in the year, and on the feftivals; but are not thefe grown unfafhionable? and is not the modern practice of preaching too flimfy and too elegant for fuch fübjects? After all that the clergy can fay to the laity, more depends on their own example, attention to duty and refidence, and to good practice, than they, even the higheft ranks of them, feem to be at prefent aware of. We cannot, however, tuo ftrongly imprefs the thort confiderations with which the editor concludes his Call. The purefi conftitution is fecretly undermined by party diftraction. The Chriftian community is fadly diftinguifhed by religious divifions. Whoever loves his country will difcourage the former; whoever would obey the precepts of the Gofpel will avoid the latter evils. For in his wifdom our Lord hath faid, Every king dom divided against itself is brought to defolation; and in his authority he hath given command, Have peace one with another." The felections are, on church unity, from Sherlock; church edification, from a difcourfe by Dr. Hafcard, in a collection of cafes by fome divines of the city of London* feparation not neceflary, from Hoadly's Reafonablenefs of Conformity; compofed forms of prayer, from Dr. Claget, in the collection of cafes; myfti cal interpretation of Scripture, from Beaufobre and L'Enfant; Introduction to the New Tefiament, guarding againft too general an application of types and allegories; fermons, from Jeremiah Taylor's Rules and Advices concerning preaching; fcrupulous con fcience and certainty of falvation, from the fame writer; mifcellaneous paffages, felected and adapted from the works of Bp. Hall: telimonies to the Liturgy, from Wilberforce's Practical View; epifcopacy defended, from the Apoftolical Infiitution" of it by Chillingworth; unreasonablencfs and mifchief of feparation, from one of Tillotton's and one of Stillingfleet's fermous; fruit of the Spirit, from a fermon on that fubject by Hooper ; arguments with feparatitis, drawn from the above felections, form the conclufion of this "Call for Union," and references to fuch " divines of the Efta blishment, who " unequivocally aftert the doctrine of divine afliftance to the human underftanding.” 66 11. Pleafures of Solitude, a Porm. THE fubject of the enfuing pages will be found to have entered early into the contemplation of the author; it occupied a portion of that little volume which, nearly fix years ago, he fubmit ted to the judgement of the publick ; and it has fince formed the frequent topick of his meditation, and the folace of many anxious hours. Thefe Poems" we never met with; and of his "Revolutions" we expreffed our fentiments in vol. LXVI. p. 1023. We with not to difappoint Mr. C. in his ambition for the acquifition of honourable fame," or "the applaufe of the wife and good," or "the only treafure which feems in this age attainable by the efforts of poetical genius." Much "The London Cafes against the Dif fenters, as commonly called." Epit. we lau we fear, by this laft fentence, he intends a tranflation of the old maxim, datur et alget." 12. The Holy Land: a Poem. By Francis Wrangham, M. A. Member of Trinity College, Cambridge. WE have already borne teftimony to this writer in our review (vol. LXVII. p. 1060) of a former publication, now fo fcarce that we have not been able to procure a fecond copy. The prefent is a fecond poem, written for Mr. Seaton's prize, and is inferibed, with much gratitude, to the Rev. Dr. Simmons, rector of Narberth and Lampeter, in Pembrokeshire, and prebendary of St. David's. The poet invokes the spirit of Couper, "to caft his mantle on the pilgrim Mufe," and, after deferibing the conqueft of Canaan by Joshua; the nativity, miracles, and crucifixion, of Chrift; the dearuc tion of Jerufalem, and the pollution of it by Pagans and Mahometans, and the crusades, in the firft of which fix millions, on the firfi preaching of Peter the Hermit, affumed the crofs; proceeds on pilgrimage over France, Italy, and Greece (in the lait of which he tops at Athens, to celebrate Mr. Tweddel, who died there in the midfl of his literary purfuits), to Acre, where he panegyrifes Sir Sidney Smith, who, under its walls, arretted Bonaparte in fall march to Conftantinople. Arrived at Jerufalem, he contemplates the prefent unpeopled and unproductive fate of Judæa, forms conjectures, alluding to the doctrine of the millenium, about its firft condition, when ber ❝ recogniz'd Meffiab thall defcend, In roval Salim fix his central throne, And rule with golden fway the central word" Conclufion: 13. The Anfier of Mr. Taunton, of Oxford, to a Letter written by Dr. Alexander Croke, of Studley, to the Proprietors of the Common Otmoor. of THE author, who is clerk of the peace for the county of Oxford, and townclerk of the city of Oxford, and alfo holds many honourable appointments in that city and its univerfity, having been afperfed in the moi violent and unprovoked manner; here gives a plain and unaffected reply to four unjuftifiable charges. 14. Oratio Creweiana, in Theatro Sheldoniano, Oxon, babita vii Kal. Julii, 1800, Gal. Crowe, LL.B è Coll. Nov. Public. Univ. Oratore. THE orator having, two years before, enlarged on the praifes of mufick, has on this occafion choten for his fubject the feience of Poetry; which gives him an opportunity of paving a welltimed compliment to the military fpirit of the Univerfity, and an affectionate tribute to the lamented memory of two of her profeffors of poetry, Thomas Warton the elder, and his fon and namefake, as well as his other fon, Jo-, feph, and his daughter, whofe Ode on her father's death was published at the end of his poems by his brother Jo "O come that day of glory, that bright feph, 1748, whom the Orator cele ipeck, Far in the dim horizon's utmost verge, By Prophecy's unerring finger mark'd To Faith's frong eye-when, with the innumerous good [ttray Of every age, the whiterob'd Saint thall Through groves of paradife, and drink un◄ quench'd [there, Th'exhauftiefs ftream of Science! SEATON Who bad to God the annual hymn afcend; *The other, intituled "The Reftora tion of the Jews," never came to our bands. We with fome of Mr. Urban's correfpondents wou'd favour him with a lift of these prize poems, and their authors. EDIT. brates as his inftructor at Winchefter. He praifes the fucceflion of poets among us: Chaucer, the Earl of Surrey, Sackville, and Birkead and paffes this encomium on Milton: "Erat enim utpote vir fapiens et bonus, libertatis quam amavit juftus æftimator; erat præterea propter multas ejus et eximius dotes poetarum inter principes cenfendus, in doctrina, elatione animi, et materia operis fui ipfe princeps: ingenio tantum Shakfpero foli fecundus." (p. 15.) He concludes with duly applauding the new ftatute concerning academical exercites and examinations. PS Thi 15. The Friendly Defign; containing a Variety of Plans for the Benefit of the Rich and the Comfort of the Poor; er, Practical Methods to reduce the Parish Rates, and, at the fame Time, very much inescafe the Happiness of the lower Orders of the Prople. Humbly fubmitted to the Confideration of the Inb.bitants of all large and populus Parishes in the Kingdom, but more particularly to thofe of the Town of Bamingh, m. THE principal part of the town of Birmingham is all concluded in one parish, and the poor levies (exclufive of thofe for the churchwardens, conftables, highways, &c.) have ufually amounted to very near one-half as much as the rent; and, as the demand is continually increafing, there is the greatest reafon to fuppofe that the levies only (if a reform does not take place) will amount to confiderably more than the rent entire. It is propofed to divide the parish into fmall wards of from 18 to 30 houfes, ander two or three annual overfeers; the poor in the workhoufe, now near 700, to be divided into four claffes, to be allowed according to their circumfiances of age, infancy, fick, and able to work; an azed and infirm poor-house to be eftablifhed out of town; infants provided for in the afylum. Difpenfaries and foup-houtes to be eftablithed in different parts of the town, and a general lodging-houfe; coal-balls for fuel; a general anmity fociety, to be called the Birmingham provident Annuity Society;" friendly focieties or clubs for the benefit of the fick and aged. The number of inhabitants of Birmingham is computed at 100,000; a very confiderable part of whom do or ought to pay to the relief of the poor, but have too many ways of evading fuch contributions. There has been, on an ave, rage for fome years paft, about 650 perfons in the workhoufe, about 2800 that receive out-pay, befides 271 children in the afylum; but, in confequence of the decline of trade, and the dearnefs of provifions, there are now about 700 perfons in the workhouse, and 3000 who receive out-pay; therefore the whole number of poor of different deferiptions to be attended to is about 4000; and the collecting of the levies for their fupport can never be equitably done without firft difcovering who are and who are not able to pay them. 16. Reliquiæ Divi Andreæ; or, The State of the venerable and primitial See of St. Andrew; containing an Account of the Rife, Advancement, Dignities, Honours, Jurifdiction, Privileges, and Revolutions, of this antient Se, and of the Church Benefices of old belonging thereto, and of late annexed thereto, in the Kirks now belonging to the fame with fome biftorical Memoirs of fime of the most famous Prelates and Primates thereof. By a true (though unworthy) Son of the Church. St. Andrew's, 1797. THIS account was drawn up by Mr. George Martine,. of Clermont, who feems to have held fome office, probably that of fecretary, to Archbp. Sharp, to whofe fuccefior, Alexander, it is dedicated. It is published from a MS. in the poffeffion of David Martine, of Edeifide, efq, the reprefentative of the author, collated with three other copies in the library of St. Andrew's, another in the hands of Dr. Adamfon, profeflor of civil law there, and a third in the Harleian library, the additions from the two firft inferted in brackets in their proper places. Views of the cathedral, cattle, and the town, are annexed. Bp. Nicolfon fays this is a finished piece, and that its few miftakes were corrected by Dr. Jamefon, who was a complete mafter of that place. (Britifh Topography, II. 688.) It may therefore be confidered as a valuable addition to Scotish topography. 17. A feafonable Caution against the Abomina, tions of the Church of Rome. By the Rev. C. De Coetlogon, M. A. Kedor of Godfone, Surrey, and Chaplain to the L. ck Hofpital. SERIOUSLY alarmed at the progrefs of the Church of Rome in making converts, "1000 having been invited and many received into Popish feminaries in feveral parts of Great Britain," Mr. De C. in brief expofes the errors, corruptions, and fpirits of that Church, and contrafis it with the Church of Chrift. 18. Epifle to Peter Pindar. By the author of “The Boviad.” THE fervice done by this writer to the publick, by driving away Anthony Pafquin, by public profecution, to America, where he drives a wheelbarrow chained to his middle, with great credit to himself and great advantage to the community, along the Albany road, will be crowned by this and every fucceeding detection of Anthony's worthy companion and affociate, the modern Vatinius. We fhould tranfcribe the whole of this fpirited compofition, with its introduction, to do it juftice; but shall content ourfelves with recommending it to general pèrufal. wrapt Caffandra in one fable fuit, as 19. Remarks on the Caffandra of Lycophron. A Monody. By the Rev. H. Meen, B. D.. THE obfcurity objected to Lycophron is here fhewn to arife from the manner in which the poet, one of the literary conftellations of the court of Ptolemy Philadelphus, has profeffedly treated a prophetic fubject, in the language of enthufiafm and oracle, both facred and profane; for it is reafonable to conclude the facred volumes of the Jews had been turned over by the Literati of Egypt, a country famed for judicial aftrology and the occult fciences, in which Ptolemy was ambiany pofitive intention of fuch an tious of introducing the Greek tongue. undertaking." In order, however, to Let it not abate our admiration of Caf- explain the defign of the poem, he has fandra's rhapfody, that, however de- fhewn how to divide it into parts, and fultory and vague it may feem, fome thofe parts into fections, and prefixed refemblance to thofe illuftrious arche- to each fection its contents. He has types, the poets and tragedians, who carried it through eight of thefe fechave fo often told the tale of Troy's tions, or table of contents, in Latin, deftruction, is ftill retained, and that, and then annexed fpecimens of tranflaeven through the difguife of artificial tion of ten fections more, and notes, obfcurity, we recognife thefe excellent formerly inferted in the European Maoriginals. (pp. 9, 10.) "Caffandra's gazine. With one of these notes we attention is not confined to a fingle ca- fhall prefent the reader. "Ptolemy's taftrophe; event rifes on event in end- poets read the Bible both in Greek, lefs fucceffions-fhe takes a retrofpec- verfion and original Hebrew. The retive view of events, and turns the rea- femblance between the ftories of Iphider's attention to tranfactions of earliest genia and Jephthe's daughter, and betimes and of national importance. Troy, tween the names of Jephthe and Iphi, whofe impending fate had prefented to could not efcape their obfervation. Iphi her imagination only fcenes of mifery, is a corruption from Jephthe; and the finally fupplies her with fources of con- import of the word annexed from folation and profpects of future glory." is evident; but the familiar (p. 11.) Ovid, Virgil, and Horace, have borrowed from Lycophron, whofe more fplendid paflages (for there are in him pallages of fplendour) have been deeply impreffed on their minds. (p. 13.) Every reader of Lycophron will acknowledge, his obligations to Canter, Meurfus, and Potter, the latter compriting the former editions and verfions except the first by B. Bertrand, The fcholia of Tzetzes, however clogged with mythological illuftrations and allegorical feenes, are like the working of an able pioneer through the perplexing wilds, and facilitated the approach of fucceeding adventurers to this feat of prophecy, this turret of Caffandra, the avenues to which had been hitherto inacceffible. Scaliger's tranflation, made up of the moft out lete terms in the Latin language, has GENT, MAG. "January, 1801, currency of common words by no means recommended them to our poet's choice. His language must be oracular, for the fpeaker was Caflandra. His terms must be obfcure and rare, for oracles were ambiguous. He, therefore, in the ftead of the wellknown word Iphigenia, has fubfututed 15, which is a patronymic noun formed from 1p. It is formed by the fame analogy that regulate the words Excl piauis, and others. Thus is 19 daughter, ufed as an equivalent for which means Iphi's, i. e. Jephthe's Iphigenia. Canter, Meurfius, and Potter, are filent with regard to this word, and the fcholiaft's remark upon it is by no means fatisfactory." (p. 40.) As a fpecimen of our author's abilities as a poet, take the first section, defcribing the the alarm of Troy on the landing of Achilles. Ver. 243-257. "Thee now, Myrinna, martial clamours reach, [beach, The fteed's loud neigh re-echoes from thy When the grim wolf with nimble foot hall run [to fhun, To reach that strand which once he ftrove Beneath the imprinted foil a fount fhall fpring, And ftreams long latent own Theffalia's [kingt; To battle Mars the nations fhall impel, And wake the bloody conflict with his shell. My aching fight I ftretch o'er all the plain, Where ruthlefs War and Defolation reign; Like waving corn- fields, rough with hearded [fpears; Bends the thick phalanx, bright with briftly Through yonder towers the cries of Grief prevail, Shrill cries, that now my liftning ears af[fail, The fhrieks of females, as their robes they O'er all the vaft aërial void extend; [rend, To fcenes of woe they turn their fearful eyes, And wail the forrows that fucceffive rife." ears, 20. The Effence of Malone; or, The "Beauties" of that fafcinating Writer, extracted from bis immortal Works, in Five Hundred Sixty-nine Pages and a Quarter, just publifted, and (with bis accustomed Felicity) intituled "Some Account of the Life and Writings of John Dryden ! ! !" IF Mr. M. has overloaded the cart of hiftorical criticifm, the chemift follows him with a wheel-barrow load of dirt, either to catch the redundancies of his load, or to fling dirt at what remains unthaken off. To thofe who love repetition, either in converfation or writing, this will be a dainty morfel; whether the writer or his publifher will derive any benefit from their effence is very doubtful; but that is their own concern; and, if the purfuit of Malone be lefs profitable than the Purfuits of Literature, Mr. B. mult thank himfelf. But it is time to have done with canons of hiftorical taste or criticifim, fo different from thofe of Edwards half a century ago. Carping criticks will never be wanting, whether T. Warton or E. Malone be their object. They are the little wrens that pick the teeth of the lordly crocodile, fubfifing on his indolence, and retreating, in every direction, into the defart, where they are foon loft, perhaps at laft ftarved for want of proper nourishment. We might purfue the parallel, and fay that the field of literature is like Africa of old, ferax mon† Achilles, Protefilaus. frorum of all fhapes and fizes, fome. armed with leaden maces, fome with puny ftings; fome that weary themfelves out with their own weight, while others fufs their fingle day, and fall back into the hive of hornets and drones. expofed his ignorance when he fupOur critick has completely poles, p. 64, the ardens verbum, which of literature, meant offenfively. As the denominates record-offices, fepulchres toib preferves the body, and fome for a glorious refurrection and revivifmodern philofophers fay the foul alfo, cence, fo are records and regifters brought forward into light to illuftrate obfcurities, by perfons qualified to examine and understand them. Such ufe Prerogative-office (p. 98). Such, we the critick himfelf has made of the hope, will be the refult of that grand examination which the buried treafures of our national hiftory are at this moment undergoing; and that Great Britain will have to boaft a collection. of her, hiftorians elucidated and confirmed from her own records. If typographical errors were our game, how would Northeray ftand be fore us? But enough of this bundle of 120 pages, including 25 on the name of Sedley or Sidley. 21. Obfervations on the Danger of a prematuré Peace. By Alexander Annefley. IT has been a flanding remark, that the people of this country have generally failed in the negotiation of peace; either mifled by the arguments and rhetorick, or overpowered by the clamours of faction, practifing upon the length and difficulties of war. Thus all that war has been fo long waged for is loft and thrown away in the hurry of inconfideration, ftimulated by the numerous motives that are ever ready to be prefented to an inconftant multitude. We fight not for empire, but for independence; and we thould never lote fight of that under every increating preflure; for that once loit is irrecoverable. 22. The Duty and Happiness of a prudent Ats tention to the Sick and Poor. A Sermen; preached at Southampton, August 17, 1800, for the Benefit of the County Hospital. By William Kingsbury, M. A. THE expences of this charity greatly exceeding the income, from caufes un a dable, and likely to be of long continuance, the Bishop of Wincheffer, in |