Art. 24. The Duties of a Regimental Surgeon confidered: with Obfervations on his general Qualifications; and Hints relative to a more refpectable Practice, and better Regulation of that Department, &c. By R. Hamilton, M. D. of the Rayal College of Phyficians, London; Member of the Medical and Phyfical Societies of Edinburgh, &c. 2 Vols. 8vo. About 360 Pages in each Volume. Ios. 6d. Boards. Longman. 1788.

On military medical practice, a variety of interefting and excellent books have made their appearance within the prefent century; in which the difeafes incident to troops are minutely defcribed, and judicious plans are delivered for cure, with the most approved methods of preventing diforders, and stopping the ravages of fuch as are epidemical or infectious. Dr. Hamilton, justly thinking that a treatife on the Duties of the Regimental Surgeon would be useful to young men entering the fervice, has here laid down many excellent rules for the conduct of regimental furgeons.

He ftates the great difficulties attending the regimental furgeon's ftation; and we fincerely with his rational propofals for removing them may have the defired effect of inducing government to make the neceffary alterations in this department of the army. These dif ficulties, however, may, in a great measure, be rendered tolerable by following the judicious inftructions which Dr. Hamilton gives for duly discharging the duties that are incumbent on the furgeon, and for his general behaviour and conduct.

We have perufed the work with attention, and have received from it pleasure and inftruction. We intended to have given large extracts from it, but as they can only prove useful to one clafs of readers, and as every individual of that clafs ought to read the work itfelf, we have altered our intention.

Though the profeffed defign of this performance does not promife much medical or furgical difquifition, yet Dr. Hamilton has interfperfed, among his excellent obfervations, many ufeful hints and remarks on various parts of the practice.

Art. 25. A Treatise on Diluents, and an Enquiry into the Difeafes of the Fluids of the Human Body, to afcertain the Operation of Diluents upon them. With Dilution practically applied to parti cular Difeafes: wherein the Efficacy of Mineral Waters is confidered, &c. By Thomas Jamefon, Surgeon of his Majesty's Navy. 8vo. pp. 134. 2s. 6d. fewed. Murray. 1788. The doctrine of dilution has been, undefervedly, much neglected by modern medical authors, especially by thofe who write on therapeutics. The dietetical writers have indeed attended to the subject of diluents, as being part of diet; but their obfervations do not extend to the confideration of dilution as a remedy in diseases.

In the introduction, Mr. Jamefon defcribes the common properties of water as the most general diluent. He proceeds to the theory of dilution, the effects of water in the mouth and fauces, in the first paffages, in the circulation, and in the fecretions and lymphatic fyftem. In the fecond chapter, he treats of the application of dilu tion in particular difeafes; and, in the third, of the different kinds and quantities of diluents.

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From this recapitulation of the contents of this treatife, our readers must perceive that it contains much important matter; and though little of it is new, yet the materials are fo well arranged that it will be perufed with advantage by the proficient as well as by the tyro.

IMPEACHMENT of Mr. HASTINGS. Art. 26. Copies of the feveral Teftimonies tranfmitted from Bengal, relative to Warren Haltings, Eiq. late Governor General. 35. pp. 176. Stockdale. 1789.

8vo.

Thefe declarations in favour of Mr Haftings, from the feveral nations, dignitaries, tribes, religions, fects, claffes, and bodies of people, bearing their common tellimony to the happiness which they enjoyed under his excellent government, (excellent, in their eftimation, beyond all example!) will, no doubt, effectually operate as an antidote against the poifon administered to his fame, in the impeachment that hath been brought against him in England. It is impoffible, we apprehend, for an unprejudiced perion to perufe thefe warm and affectionate encomiums, without astonishment. With the character of a guardian angel [as here exhibited by the grateful Indians], he hath been charged by his countrymen, at home, with the conduct of an infernal!-Surely TRUTH will at length prevail! But, on which fide the truth lies, it is not for us to offer any conjecture, beyond the confines of our private apprehenfion. Art. 27. A fecond Letter from Major Scott to Mr. Fox, containing the final Decifion of the Governor General and Council of Bengal, on the Charges brought against Rajah Deby Sing. 8vo. pp. 28. Stockdale. 1789.

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Mr. Scott's first letter to Mr. Fox was mentioned in our Catalogue for June, p. 550. In the prefent letter, this indefatigable friend and champion of Mr. Haftings introduces the final decifion of the Governor and Council, in the affair of Deby Sing,' with fome farther obfervations on the conduct of Mr. Burke, against whom he repeats this charge, that he has afferted, in fome inftances, what he knew to be unfounded at the time he afferted them; and that, in others, he has, ftated acts of great enormity as facts proved and established, which, on the moft folemn investigation, turn out to bave had no existence whatever. The Major alfo contends, that ⚫ neither Mr. H. nor any other English gentleman, appears to be, in the flighteft degree, implicated in the criminality of Deby Sing, and of course, Mr. Burke's ftatements were wholly unfounded.' Art. 28. Major Scott's Speech in the House of Commons, on the 1st and 3d of July 1789, on the State and Finances of India. IS. PP. 35. Stockdale.

8vo.

Major Scott's fpeech is here preceded by that of Lord Frederic Campbell, which has great merit, and both contribute to give us a moft advantageous idea of the prefent flourishing state of the provinces of Bengal, Bahar, Oriffa, &c.; and it likewife appears, that for all this great profperity, the East India Company, and this nation in general, are chiefly indebted to this circumftance, that the fucceffors of Mr. Haftings, in that government, have wifely continued to act on the excellent fyftem which he had previously

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formed, and had actually introduced into practice. One particular, incidentally mentioned by Mr. Scott, may afford information to many of our readers, with refpect to the vast importance of the British poffeffions in that eaftern part of the globe:-Mr. Dempster had found fault with the large military establishment in Bengal; in reply to which, Major Scott defired the Hon. Gentleman to recollect the prodigious extent of country which the army there covers and defends-twelve hundred and fifty miles in length, and in fome places fix hundred and fifty in breadth: and that one-third of the expence of the Bengal army is borne by the Nabob of Oude; whofe country, in return, is effectually fecured.'

NAVAL.

Art. 29. The Naval Atalantis; or, a Display of the Characters of the Poft-Captains who ferved during the late War. By Nauticus Junior. Part II. 8vo. pp. 125. 3s. fewed. Ridgway. 1789. In the Review for January, p. 84, we inferted fome account of the first part of the Naval Atalantis, which exhibited the characters of fuch of our flag-officers as were diftinguished during the late war. In this fecond part, the author brings forward his pourtraiture, or, rather, Sketches of the Poft-Captains; and he dedicates his performance to Lord Malmesbury. Perhaps he is related to this nobleman, as he figns his real name to the dedication, viz. Jofeph Harris: but his affumed fignature of Nauticus Junior, ftill keeps its ftation, as we fee, in the title-page. Perhaps, as opportunities occur, he may retouch thefe fketches; and then, in time, they may be regarded as finished pictures; but, at prefent, they are by no means entitled to that denomination.

Art. 30. Naval Signals, conftructed on a new Plan. By Captain T. Weft. 4to. 3s. Boards. Cadell. 1788.

It is abfolutely impoffible to convey to our readers an adequate or fatisfactory idea of the plan on which Captain Weft has constructed this treatife, without the plates that illuftrate the manner of difplaying the flags. The method is doubtlefs fimple, and has the peculiar advantage of being at the fame time extenfive.

Art. 31. The Art of War at Sea; or, Naval Tactics reduced to new Principles; with a new Order of Battle. Illuftrated with Copper Plates. Tranflated from the French of Viscount de Grenier, Rear Admiral in the French Navy; by the Chevalier de Saufeuil, Knight of the most noble Order of St. Philip, &c. 4to. pp. 60 and 4 Copper Plates. 6s. Boards. Hooper. 1788.

The original, whence this tranflation is made, is only part of a larger work intended by the Vifc. de Grenier to follow this effay, as foon as, from the reception it fhall have met with from the royal navy in France, he finds himself able to form an opinion of the degree of confidence which he may place in his new ideas, and his mode of confidering the art of war at fea, which is the chief object of kis inquiries.

As the work is therefore only the beginning of a performance, which the public are informed will fhortly be laid before them, and which M. de Saufeuil has alfo promised to tranflate, we shall defer

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our farther notice of this treatife, until we fhall have an opportunity of feeing the whole work.

MILITARY.

Art. 32. A Lift of the Officers of the Army and Marines-Succeffion of Colonels, and a Lift of the Officers of the Army and Marines on Half-Pay. With Indexes, The 37th Edition. 8vo. 6s, fewed. Walter, &c. 1789.

The gentlemen of the War-Office, and the Admiralty, are the proper Reviewers of this book: but we may obferve, that the prefent publication bears date from the War-Office, May 25, 1789.

IRISH POLEMICAL CONTROVERSY. Art. 33. An Examination of the Bishop of Cloyne's Defence of his Principles; with Obfervations on fome of his Lordship's Apologifts, particularly the Rev. Dr. Stock: containing an Inquiry into the Constitution and Effects of our Ecclefiaftical Eftablishments; and alfo, an hiftòrical Review of the political Principles and Conduct of Prefbyterians and Epifcopals in Great Britain and Ireland. With a Defence of the Church of Scotland from the Charge of Perfecution, brought by his Lordship's Apologift. By William Campbell, D. D. Minifter of Armagh. 8vo. pp. 216. Printed for Byrne, Dublin. 1788.

After a controverfy is once opened, and a reply is made, a continuation of it grows tirefome: be the fubject whatever it may, it too often dwindles into the mere fnip-fnap of perfonal altercation. Charges are quoted, defences are urged; accufations, and recriminations multiply; mifquotations and mifconftructions are exchanged, retorts and afperities agitate the eager parties; while the public, having formed an opinion, grow indifferent and inattentive, and leave the champions to themfelves: and when this is the cafe,, they tire alfo, and fo controversies end.

Thus it will fare in the inftance before us, concerning which, we believe, there are few intelligent perfans who have not already fully made up their minds; and though an auxiliary has appeared on the epifcopal fide, Dr. Campbell is far from quitting the field. We cannot attend to every blow, but obferve, in general, that the Prefbyterian advocate has the policy to aim his ftrokes at the most tender and open parts; he is accordingly very fevere on the fubject of tithes. Many pertinent remarks occur on other ecclefiaitical matters, but they are chiefly of a detached nature, arifing incidentally from paffages cited from his two adverfaries.

The Binop's character of the Irish Prefbyterians, has provoked Dr. Campbell to enter into the hiftory of epifcopacy; which he finds, in its origin. to justify the prefbyterian model of church government, until it was corrupted by a connection with, and fupport by, the civil power: to preferve an alliance with which, under all changes and complexions, all its faculties were exerted. The Bishop is accordingly entertained with a variety of curious anecdotes, illuftrating the general principles by which prelates are actuated; and this has been drawn upon him by his hatty attack on the Prefbyterians.

At the clofe of this examination, Dr. Campbell communicates, from a correfpondent, the private hiftory of Mr. Williams, who,

fome

fome few years fince, opened (on a fingular plan) a chapel in Margaret-ftreet, Cavendish-fquare, London; which is produced to juftify the diffenting congregations from the charge of ill treatment of their pastors, brought by Dr. Stock, in his Aniwer to Dr. Campbell's Reply to the Bishop of Cloyne.

EDUCATION, SCHOOL-Books, &c.

Art. 34. The Academic Speaker; or, a Selection of Parliamentary. Debates, Orations, Odes, Scenes, and Speeches, from the best Writers, proper to be read and recited by Youth at School. To which is prefixed, Elements of Gefture; or, Plain and easy Directions for keeping the Body in a graceful Pofition, and acquiring a fimple and unaffected Style of Action. By John Walker, Author of Elements of Elocution, Rhyming Dictionary, &c. 12mo. 3s. 6d. in Sheets. Robinsons. 1788.

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There was, perhaps, little occafion for a new collection of pieces for fpeaking, after what has already been published in this way: and indeed the prefent compiler feems to have been much at a lofs for new materials. As far, however, as gefture is capable of being taught, the Elements of Gesture, prefixed to this work, may be confidered as a valuable addition to the precepts of Elocution, with which Mr. Walker has already furnished our schools. The plates which he has annexed to the work, may be very ufeful in affifting a judicious preceptor to give his pupils eafy and graceful attitudes in fpeaking; but there will be fome danger left they fhould lead the pupil into minute attentions, inconfiftent with animated expreffion. Eft quadam prodire tenus, fi non datur ultra.

Art. 35. The New Expofitor: containing Tables of Words from Two to Seven Syllables, inclufive; accented, explained, and divided, according to the moft approved Method of Pronunciation. By James Afhton, and John Clegg. 8vo. IS. Printed at Liverpool, and fold in London by Lowndes. 1788. This Spelling Dictionary is, on the whole, well executed, confidering the fmall compafs to which the authors have confined them

felves.

Art. 36. The Blooms of Morality.

Intended for the Amusement and Inftruction of young Ladies and Gentlemen. By the Editor of The Looking Glafs for the Mind. Izmo. Pp. 212. 2s. fewed. Newbery.

1789.

In thefe pleafing tales, the young reader will meet with much to amufe his fancy and intereft his feelings, and at the fame time, much to exercise his judgment and improve his morals. The ftories, which are partly original and partly borrowed, are related in correct language. For our account of The Looking Glass for the Mind, fee Review, vol. lxxvii. p. 80.

Art. 37. A Sketch of Univerfal Hiftory. To which is added, a brief Chronology of the moft remarkable Events in the Hiftory of England. 12mo. pp. 170. Is. 6d. bound. Stockdale. 1789. This sketch commences with the earlieft information which can be obtained, viz. from the Scriptures; and comes down to the prefent time. The chronological feries of events begins with King Egbert, A. D.

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