verty and naftiness; and Roger tells him, as how, that a verdict has been given in Wilkes's favour, and vaft prefents of victuals and drink fent him to the King's Bench. He contrives alfo to haul in the fubject of the difturbances at Bath; when, foon after the death of the late King Derrick, the ladies,

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not agreeing how to place their tails, Refolv'd to try what could be done with nails.'

And he adds, with lefs fhadow of humour,

There was from backs much tearing of the cloaths,
And spiteful treading on each others toes.'

Poffibly this Author defigned to write down to the characters and ftations of Roger and Frank, as Phillips did to thofe of the clowns and wenches in his paftorals, and may be capable of making a more refpectable figure in poetry, on other fubjects, and less abfurd plans but this is merely a random conjecture, perhaps on no very good grounds.

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Art. 42. Reveries Revived. A Poem. 8vo.

feller's Name.

I S. No Book

Flowers of invective against the court party, cull'd from the newspapers, and thrown into fuch rhymes as the following:

P. 18.

'Doubts to create within the royal breast,
Then by profeffions our innocence proteft.

P. 21. Come then, my BOURKE, protect thy native home;
To Britain be what l'ULLY was to Rome.

Arrah, honey, but Mr. Burke is not a native of Britain: Do you want to fend him back to his own country, joy?

Ibid. Could I each line with ev'ry Patriot grace,

And give to merit true diftinction's place

JONES fhould with DELAVAL, and VAUGHAN with EYRE,
Attune the ftring, and animate the lyre.

Vaughan the d-1! what the mifchief made you bring him in ?— But we go on:

BELLAS in native principle fhould fhine,

And fwelling numbers grace each flowing line;
And from her hand let this vile pen be torn

If e'er my my mufe forget thee, honeft Horne-'

We are informed that this notable piece of rhyming patriotism is a Yorkshire production; but Pegafus is not a Yorkshire hunter.

Art. 43. The Siege of Quebec. 4to. I S. Fletcher.

We have reviewed feveral poems on the conqueft of Quebec, and other modern atchievements of the British arms. This laft is the worlt; unless we except the rare performance of Dr. Swinney 1, with whom this youthful Bard' may, if he pleases, difpute preeminence of dullness.

Art. 44. The Adulterer. A Poem. 4to. I s. Bingley.

A fatyrical invective against a great perfonage, founded on the report (the authencity of which the Author takes for granted) of a cri

See his Battle of Minden, Review, Dec. p. 472.

minal intrigue, in high life. There are fome good verfes in the poem, intermingled with others of a very inferior character. Art. 45. The Pluralift, a Poem; or, the poor Curate's Appeal to all reasonable and well-difpofed Chriftians, &c. By Philolethes. 4to. is. Dodfley, &c.

This poor curate, this Philolethes, as he calls himself, inveighs againft pluralities, fimony, &c. in fuch ftrains as the following; which, furely, need no comment:

Rife, rise, ye various fects of ev'ry nation,

And ftem religion's rapid devaftation.

Rife, Prefbyterian, Papift, Quaker, Whig, or Tory,
And level ev'ry Pluralift before ye.

Muft virtue ftill be barter'd out of doors,

And laugh'd at by a pack o' rogues and whores?
Shall bloated Rectors fit in fplendid eafe,
And idly eat and drink juft what they pleafe;
While ftarvling curates, who take all the pains,
Can hardly fqueeze out neceffary gains

To keep their bodies and their fouls together,

Or fkreen their furow'd fides from wind and weather ?' Art. 46. The Cobler's End. A Iale. By Solomon Partridge, jun. 8vo.. I s. Fell, &c.

A long, tedious tale, of an honeft, merry, happy cobler, who, by having a fortune left him, and being made a great 'fquire, became a worthless wretch, and died miserably. The moral is good; but the poetry, in which Prior's manner feems to be imitated, is very indifferent.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Art. 47. Genuine Copies of all the Letters which paffed between the Lord Chancellor and the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, and between the Sheriffs and the Secretary of State, relative to the Execution of Doyle and Valline. 8vo. I S. K. Davis, &c.

Doyle and Valline, two of the Spittlefields rioters, or cutters, were fentenced to be hanged at the ufual place of execution, meaning Tyburn. It was afterwards his majesty's pleasure that they fhould fuffer near the church at Bethnal Green, in the vicinity of the place where they had committed the offence for which they were to die. This change in the terms and circumstances of the sentence alarmed the fheriffs, who apprehended they were obliged, by law, to adhere to the original words and meaning thereof, as pronounced by the judge, in court, at the time when fentence was paffed. They doubted whether it was lawful for them to obey the fubfequent mandate; they laid their doubts before counfel, and their difficulty was by no means removed. Hence arofe the correfpondence here made public. The cafe, however, being laid before the judges, who were of opinion that the time and place of the execution were, in law, NO PART of the judgment, the sheriffs were, at length, obliged to fubmit to his majefty's pleasure; but it appears that their fcruples were not fatisfied, although, as they exprefs it, their doubts were overruled. We think the publication a curious one, and that the beha viour of the fheriffs is much to be commended; but we do not fee, with the Editor, That from thefe proceedings it is evident, that

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there is a fettled plan, a wicked confpiracy, to fet afide the civil power of this country,'-or that there was any Snare laid for the theriffs and if thefe letters have been printed rather with the view to answer the purposes of faction, than with the more innocent intention of fimply informing the public on what motives the worthy fheriffs have proceeded in this popular and delicate affair, it is apprehended the Editor deferves the fevereft cenfure for his publication, and particularly for his uncandid conclufions in the notes. Art. 48. Allegories and Vifions for the Entertainment and Inftruction of younger Minds, felected from the most eminent Authors. 12mo. 3 s. Pearch, &c.

The running-title to this work is, Allegories for Young Ladies,' but there appears very little peculiarly distinguishing in the collection, which should confine it to them, or not render it equally proper for young perfons in general, according to the defcription which the Editor (as above) first gives of his performance. Fable and allegory have at all times been confidered as an agreeable and ufeful method of conveying inftruction. The Compiler avails himfelf particularly of the fuffrage of Dr. Fordyce, whofe Sermons to Young Women are faid to have given the firft hint for the prefent publication. The allegories here felected are pleafing in themfelves, and calculated to lead the reader to wifdom and virtue. They are introduced with the famous Tablature of Cebes, tranflated by Samuel Boyce, and closed by The Choice of Hercules, a poem, by Shenftone. The intermediate vifions and fictions are chofen from the Spectator, Tatler, Rambler, Adventurer, Mufcum, and other works of the like kind, in which many of our Readers have already perufed them with pleafure. The names of Parnell, Carter, Fordyce, alfo appear here, and we should add, that one short allegory, entitled, Wit and Beauty, and taken from the Student, is humbly addrefied to the Ladies of Great Britain, in conformity to the running-title before mentioned.

The chief merit of this kind of book, is, that they bring together entertaining and inftructive pieces, fcattered in different volumes, which many perfons would not, therefore, fee at all, and others who poffefs the original works cannot turn to, without fome difficulty. It is an eafy kind of book making, requiring, indeed, fome judgment in the choice of materials; yet, when conducted with a little care, is likely to prove beneficial, particularly, as in the prefent cafe, to younger minds.

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Art. 49. Literatura Græca. Containing: 1. The Geography of ancient Greece and its lands. 2. The Hiftory of Greece, from the earlieft Accounts to the prefent Time; with Memoirs of its greatest Statesmen, Generals, Orators, Hiftorians, Poets, and Artifts. Potter's Antiquities of Greece, abridged; or a View of the Civil Government, Religion, Laws and Customs of the ancient Greeks, laid down in a concife and intelligible Manner. To which is prefixed, an Essay on the Study of the Greek Language; wherein the Doctrine of the Tenfes is confidered and explained; the Utility and Energy of the Particles fhewn, and many Things relating to Greek Learning, illuftrated. Defigned for the Ufe of Schools. By Richard Jackson, M. A. 12mo. 2s. 6d. Newbery, &c. This little book, with fo long a title-page, is intended, like that

in the foregoing article, for the benefit of youth; like that also, it confifts principally of collections, but is a kind of work for which much greater learning, attention, and labour are requifite, than for the former. It is a great variety of matter which this Writer attempts. to reduce into this narrow compafs: and it is very difficult, in abridgments of this kind, not to lose the spirit of the fubject, and render it unentertaining and infipid. However, the prefent work appears, on the whole, fitted to give the young beginner fome good general idea of the geography and hiftory of Greece, and the contraction of Potter's Antiquities, which follows, is better fuited to them at first, though afterwards the original work may be used to great advantage. The Effay on the Greek Language, which confifts chiefly of quotations from Dr. Clarke and others, will hardly be very profitable to. the young scholar, without much affiftance from his tutor. Art. 50. An Account of a most terrible Fire that happened on the 8th of September, 1727, at a Barn at Burwell, in Cambridgefpire; in which about 140 Perfons were affembled at a Puppet-shew of which Number no less than 80 perished. To which are fubjoined, fame ferious and important Inquiries relating to the melancholy Event, and Jome Obfervations, defigned as a practical Improvement of the awful Cataftrophe. By Thomas Gibbons, D. D. 8vo. Is. Buckland. 1769.

Should a reafon be demanded for the revival of this dismal old ftory, Dr. G. defires that it may be confidered, that the event it. felf was remarkably awful, and perhaps unparalleled in the whole hiftory of our kingdom, and that therefore it deferves a full and particular representation-that this terrible difpenfation of the Almighty, being almost forgotten, is fo far from being an objection against, that on the other hand it furnishes the most powerful reafon for the prefervation of its remembrance.'

There is, indeed, a good and obvious reafon for preferving the memorial of fo melancholy an event, which Dr. G. however, has not mentioned, viz. to put people on their guard, at fuch exhibitions, fo that proper out-lets, and convenient means of escape may be left, in cafe of the like accidents, or even any falfe alarms, which have too often been as fatal to individuals, in crowded affemblies and congregations of various kinds, as real danger.

But Dr. G. confiders this matter rather in a religious light, and as though there were no fuch thing as accident-but that all events happen by special appointment of providence: and if fo, undoubtedly, human forefight and precaution are but little to be depended on;

There was but one entrance into the barn at Burwell, and that was by a very narrow door; toward which the unfortunate fpectators of the fhew all preffed at the time of the accident, and fo blocked up the door, which was alfo barricadoed by a table, that it was impoffible to open it: to add to the misfortune, the door was made to open inwards. It was at length broke open by a perfon on the outfide; by which fome lives were faved.-The fire was occafioned by a man, who, with a lanthorn and candle, had got upon fome Araw which was piled up at one end of the barn.

nay,

nay, are, perhaps, altogether unneceffary: for, can man fruftrate the defigns of God? Dr. G. apprehends that Providence was interested in the calamity which is the fubject of his prefent publication

that this calamity [which befel a parcel of poor women and innocent children!] is to be afcribed to fin as its procuring caufe-that. puppet fhews are unlawful entertainments and that this melancholy catastrophe is to be confidered as a divine rebuke upon them.'

Is it not enough to fhock our reafonable nature to hear a -poor, blind, and ignorant worm thus prefuming to fcan the ways of GOD, and to hold forth concerning the difpenfations of heaven, as confidently as though they were all written in a book which the Almighty had opened to the perufal of thefe dealers in divine judgments, and to them only? Indeed it appears to us to be little lefs than the most daring impiety!-Would it not be much more becoming our ignorance and incapacity for fuch fuper-human investigations, to draw the veil of humble fubmiffion over thofe unfathomable myfteries, to the true knowledge and explication of which, perhaps, only the "Great teacher, DEATH," can introduce us?

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Dr. G. tells us, that it is obfervable, as far as he can recollect, that no fuch calamity ever befel any affembly of perfons met together for religious worship, or upon a good and lawful occafion. zing! where hath this good man dwelt all these. many years sof his life? We can recollect to have heard and read of many inftances, both at home and abroad, of great calamities which have befallen (not a parcel of poor, fimple country people, harmlefly met together to fee a penny fhew, but) congregations affembled in CHURCHES, and other places fet apart for divine worship. Some of these facred. edifices have, at fuch times too, felt the dreadful effects of earthquakes, of ftorms, of lightening, and other means of destruction, ordinary and extraordinary. And we have farther to add, that, at this moment, a worthy friend to the writer of the prefent article, affures him, that he was himself prefent at divine fervice, when the church fell in upon the congreation; about 50 or to of whom perifhed on this melancholy occafion.

For fhame! Dr. G. expofe not thus your reverend age, and yet more reverend profeffion, by fuch abfurd publications, to the fcoffing of those who may not be difpofed to animadvert upon them in fo moderate and ferious a ftrain as we have done in the prefent article for the length of which, perhaps, we ought to beg pardon of the Reader, whofe patience we have put to fo fevere a trial.

SERMONS.

1. The Teft of true and Falfe Doctrines. Preached in the Parishchurch of St. Chad, Salop, Sept. 4th, 1769. In which some of the principles of the Methodists are confidered. By William Adams, D.D minifter of St. Chad's, and Chaplain to the late Bishop of St. Afaph. White, &c.

II. Acceptable Religion illustrated and recommended at St. Thomas's Jan. 1.1770; for the benefit of the charity-fchool in Gravel-lane, Southwark. By Abraham Rees. Cadell, &c,