ADVERTISEMENT. THE HE flattering reception and extensive circulation which this Work has hitherto experienced, render the utmost exertions of the Editor a duty not more obligatory than pleasing. It is with real regret, therefore, he perceives that, after the mcft fedulous fearch, he has been able to obtain fo very fmall a number of Articles for the prefent Volume, on what is called the Minifterial fide of the question. The writers on that side, in the year 1800, were fewer in number and lefs ingenious than ever was known: to what cause this is to be attributed, it would be difficult to fay. But, finding the fact to be fo, the Editor, in order to leffen the appearance of political bias, which he has pledged him- felf to avoid, has made the contents of this Volume more miscellaneous than even the The frequent fcintillations of wit, how- ever, the refulgent rays of genius, and the CONTENTS. THE Benevolent Cut-throat: a Play Advice to Candidates and Members of Alterations in the new Houfe of Commons Inftructions for Shopkeepers, &c. |