RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. VOL. XVIII. TO BE CONTINUED OCCASIONALLY, -AT AN AVERAGE OF FOUR NUMBERS ANNUALLY. Omnes pensantur eâdem Hor. Epist. 下 F London: PRINTED BY A. J. VALPY, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET. PARBURY, AND ALLEN; SIMPKIN AND MARSHALL; ALL OTHER BOOKSELLERS. Br 168 HARVARD COLLEGE af burne MAR 16 1926 utsrifttish fusj PROSPECTUS.(18,241 The peculiar advantage of this plan is, that it forms an imperish- Old Pamphlets will occasionally be inserted, if very valuable and scarce. French and German Pamphlets will be translated and occasionally inserted. Communications to be sent to Red Lion Court, for the Editor, [Post-paid.] Complete Sets may be had bound, or in Numbers 68. 6d. each. In No. xxx. is published a complete and classed Index of all Pamphlets contained in the first 30 Nos., which will give a correct idea of the nature and value of the Work. The best Pamphlets of the following noble and distinguished Authors are recorded: THE CHANCELLOR OF Sir J. Sinclair, Bt. Rev. Dr. Crombie C. Duppa, Esq. TIIR EXCHEQUER. Sir P. Francis, K. B.. Dr. Valpy E. B. Sugden, Esq. Rt. Hon. Earl of Shefheld Sir S. Romilly, M. P. Dr. Maclean D. B. Payne, Esq. Rt. Hon. Lord Greoville w. Wilberforce, M. Pra Dr. Pellett J. Chitty, Esq. Rev. P. Gandolphy G. Joy, Esg. J. Glover Major Torrens - Bishop Marsh W. Huskisson, M. P. T. Le Mesurier T.N.Talfourd, Esq. &c.&c. - Bishop of Lincolo C. Marsh, M. P. J. C. Eustace - Bishop of death Serj. Onslow, M. P. --- T. Falconer, M. A. FRENCH, &c. Rt. llon. W. Hastings James Stephen, M. P. 1. Young, F. R. S. M. Visc. de Chateaubriand - G. Canuing II. Wrottesley, M. P. J. Wardrop, F. R.S. M. Benj. Constant C. Loug R. Preston, M. P. G. Chalmers, F.R.S.S.A. M. Carnot Sir W. Congreve, Bart. J. C. Curwen, M.P. N. Atcheson, F. A.S. M. Talleyrand Sir H. Parnell, Bt. M.P. P. Grenfell, M. P. , B. Beaumont, F.A.S. M. Savary, Duke of Rovigo Sir J. Banks, Bl. K. B. Sir T. S. Raffles T. Forster, F. L. S. Professor Guerres Counsellor Genta M. Cotto, Sir W. Elford, Bt. Bishop Nilner, D. D. B. Montagu, Esq. Count Toreno Sir II. B. Dudley, Bt. Archdeacon Daubeny R. M. Kerrison, Esq. M. Say, &c. &c. Sir T. Beruard, Bt. Rev. Dr. Tatham C. Butler, Esq. PAGE 1. The DECLARATION of ENGLAND against the Acts and Projects of the Holy ALLIANCE; with an Ap- pendix, containing Official Documents II. ReflecTIONS on the Conduct of the Allies.... III. Sketch of a Plan for a ReFORMATION in the System of PROVINCIAL BANKING ; by which the notes of Country Bankers may be rendered as secure as those of the Bank of England, and the Agriculturists, Manufac- turers, &c. &c. relieved from the distress and inconve- nience occasioned by the want of a secure circulating IV. An Essay on CRIMINAL JURISPRUDENCE, with the Draft of a New Penal Code; in which it is attempted to define Crimes and Offences with clearness and brevity; to render Pepalties proportionate and consistent ; and to promote a pure, speedy, and cheap administration of Justice. By J. T. B. BEAUMONT, Esq., F.A.S. one of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for Middle- V. On the DissOLUTION of the Ch. ÅBER of DePUTIES, and on the possible consequence of this dissolution to the Nation, the Government, and the Ministry. By M. B. CONSTANT, Deputy for “La Sarthe.” [Translated exclusively for the Pamphleteer]..... VI. Two PAIRS of HISTORICAL PORTRAITS : OCTA- VIUS CÆSAR, and William Pitt, (Reprinted); Rienzi and BUONAPARTE, (never before published.) By G. W. MEADLY, Author of “ Memoirs of William Paley, D. D.” and of “ Algernon Sidney" VII. THOUGHTS on the CRIMINAL PRISONS of this PAOE relating to Prisons ; with some remarks on the practice of looking to the Task-master of a prison, rather than to the Chaplain, for the reformation of offenders; and of purchasing the work of those whom the Law has con- demned to hard labor as a punishment, by allowing them to spend a portion of their earnings during their imprisonment. By G. Holford, Esq. M. P. [Second Edition, with Corrections and Alterations].......... 149 VIII. The ExcLUSION of the Queen from the LITURGY, historically and legally considered. By a Barrister. [The Fourth Edition, enlarged by the Author.]...... 191 IX. On the Poetical CHARACTER of Pope; elucida- ting the “ Invariable Principles of Poetry,” &c. in re- ply to O. Gilchrist. By the Rev. W.L. Bowles. [Original.] (Concluded from the last No.)........... 213 X. Procion in Reply to Cato, in Defence of the People of England, and in Vindication of the Public Press; with a few words in conclusion to the EARL of LIVER- POOL. By a BARRISTER. [Second Edition.] ...... 259 XI. On the present Timber and Deal Trade, as regards CONTENTS OF NO. XXXIV. cularly on the Causes of the General Stagnation of Commerce. (Translated from the French for this Work exclusively.) II. Marriage and Divorce. (Original.] III. On the Poetical Character of Pope, &c. By the Rev. W. Lisle Bowles. [Ori- ginal.] IV. On the Production of Wealth ; in a Letter to the Rev. T. R. Malthus, occasi- V. On the present National Distress. IX. The Marquis of Lansdown's Speech on Foreign Commerce. (Rerised and cor- X. Considerations on the Corn Question, &c. [Original.] I. Os the Expediency and Necessity of STRIKING OFF a its practicability with the least possible injury. [Origi- nal.] 905 II. Two Letters to the Right Hon. Lord Byron, in answer to his Lordship's Letter to Rev. W. L. Bowles's Strictures on the Lire and WRITINGS of Pope: more particularly on the Ques- tion, whether Poetry be more immediately indebted to what is SUBLIME or BEAUTIFUL in the works of Na- TURE, or the works of ART? By the Rev. W. L. Bowles. [Second Edition, enlarged and corrected, er- clusively for the Pamphleteer.] III. An Essay on CRIMINAL JURISPRUDENCE, with the DRAFT of a New PenAL CODE; in which it is at- tempted to define Crimes and Offences with clearness and brevity; to render Penalties proportionate and consistent; and to promote a pure, speedy, and cheap, administra- tion of Justice. By J. T. Barber BEAUMONT, Esq. &c. &c. &c. [Continued from the last No.] ... 401 IV. A Letter to G. WEBB HALL, Esq. Secretary to the BOARD of AGRICULTURE, &c. &c. in reply to his Let- ter to the President of the BOARD of TRADE, &c.; and to the Views and Demands of the Agricultural Asso- |