general Dundas; but, in some respects, his system may be improved. With regard to the battalion, he thinks that the drawing-up of three deep might be abolished; that, if the Pruffian manoeuvres fhould be continued, every one frould be executed in quick time with the cadenced step of one hundred and eight steps in the minute; that > the whole British army should, to a certain degree, be made masters of those maneuvres which are at prefent peculiar to the light in-. fantry. For thefe improvements he gives cogent reafons, and concludes with requesting that one regiment in each district be ordered to try this alteration-in a word, that every man who has. troops under his command fhall teach them to act with rapidity, and direct their attention to those movements which it is likely they will be called upon to practise.'. The observations are written with very good intentions, and deferve the notice of all who are concerned with or are fond of tactics.

A brief Statement of Facts; wherein, feveral Inftances of unparalleled Inhumanity, Oppreffion, Cruelty, and Neglect, in the Treatment of the Poor, in the Parish of Damerham South, in the County of Wilts, are confidered and expofed. By Philip Henvill, Curate. 8vo. 25. Egerton.

It gave us pain to find, from a perufal of this narrative, that a worthy clergyman, from whofe fermons we have derived pleasure, fhould have found himself fo unpleafantly involved in difputes with the farmers, &c. of his parifh on the fubject of the poor. The ftatement which he has in this pamphlet fubmitted to the public, is fuch as, not only for the honour of Englishmen, but even of human nature, we could have wifhed to confute; but, when the facts of inhumanity, oppreffion, cruelty, and negleft of the poor of South Damerham are verified by an explicit publication, to which the name of the resident clergyman is annexed, we cannot doubt the exiftence of the evils of which he fo forcibly complains. Sad muft be the lot of the minifter in being connected with fuch unfeeling wretches as thofe whom he has here defervedly expofed; and ftill worse must be the fate of thofe unhappy beings whom the chilling blatts of poverty drove into the poor-houfe, expofed to the danger of perishing through the inhumanity of thofe whofe immediate bufinefs it was to adminifter relief! As far as we can judge, it appears that Mr. Henvill very properly exerted himself to remedy the evils which fo loudly called for redress; and we truft that his efforts, in conjunction with thofe of the neighbouring magiftratus, have procured that amelioration of the ftate of the poor of Damerham which gentler remonftrances were unable to accomplith." Select Eulogies of Members of the French Academy, with Notes, by the late M. D'Alembert. Tranflated from the French, with a Preface and Additional Notes, by J. Aikin, M. D. 2 Vols. 8vo. 10s. Boards. Cadell and Davies.

D'Alembert's Eulogies are well known to every perfon con

verfant with French literature. The author fhone equally as a man of science and a man of taste: the foundness of his judgement, the independence of his fpirit, and the elegance of his ftyle, qualified him above all his contemporaries to do honour to the French academy in perpetuating the praifes due to its members. His eulogies are not to be lowered to a level with those which were delivered from the French pulpits, where the orator was constrained to exaggerate the virtues or extenuate the vices of one over whom fashion or the pride of a court prescribed the neceffity of a funeral oration. D'Alembert is paying the tribute due to real genius; and his own genius beft difcovers itself in the praife or cenfure which he beftows with impartial hand on the writings or characters of his predeceffors. It muft, however, be recollected, that he was of the new fchool of philofophy, and that his difguft at a religious fyftem full of tyranny, abfurdity, and fuperftition,' led him to reject that revelation in whose service his talents might, both for himself and his country, have been fo worthily employed; but, as the tranflator juftly remarks, he deferves praise for having treated religious fubjects with more decorum and referve than many of his contemporaries.' Perhaps we have gone too far in allowing with the tranflator that he deferves praife for this conduct: we would express ourfelves in a different manner, and allow that he deserves lefs cenfure than the greater part of his contemporaries. On religion and government we can seldom give him any praise; and there are times when, even in his peculiar element, in his criticifms on tafte and in his style, we find him open to confiderable cenfure. The tranflator is fenfible of the faults in the ftyle of his author, his frequent prolixity and accumulation of images; and to fuch a translator we can allow the liberty which he has fometimes taken with the text, and ftill more with the notes, from which he has with great propriety expunged fuch matter as is likely to give offence to the English reader.

The eulogies are selected with judgement. Maffillon, St. Pierre, Boffuet, Boileau, afford the materials for the firft volume; Flechier, La Mothe, Perrault, Fleury, Deftouches, Crebillon, for the second. From thefe eulogies, and the notes on each, an excellent estimate of French literature for the laft hundred years may be formed; and, as the tranflation is worthy of the original, we cannot recom mend it too strongly to fuch of our readers as wish to improve their minds by the judicious criticifms and noble fentiments which abound in this work.

Thoughts on Non-Refidence, Tithes, Inchfares, Rare Landlords, Rich Tenants, Regimental Chaplains, &c. Sc. &c. By the Author, Svo. Weft and Hughes. 1800.

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There is too much truth in the fatire conveyed in these pages on miny of our non-resident clergy; and it is to be lamented that the talk of reclaiming them to their duty has devolved from the bishops to

a lay informer. Exhortations on this head have hitherto proved uselefs; and the evil feems to have gained fuch ground as to baffle or dinary remedies. We agree with our author in wishing for the reestablishment of army chaplains, and the reasons for this will do him honour both as a man and a foldier.

Reafoning from what they ought to be, and what they might be, they are not the useless appendages to an army profligacy and ignorance may have reprefented, or affumed them. If obliged to attend their duty, they would have it in their power to do much good. They would be a check on the profanene fs and ribaldry that often difgrace the fociety of uneducated military men; and by their admonitions, might diffufe principles of religion where all must own they are fadly wanted. And I will venture to fay, that he, who has been taught to fear God more than man, will not make the worfe foldier on that account; that he, who hopes for happiness in the next world, will not be the more afraid to quit this. I could give fome inftances in fupport of this affertion, (for I am an old an old man and an old foldier), in a fet of men whom I remember more than forty years ago in our army in Flanders; who, to the ridicule of many, would meet to fing hymns in a barn or a fawpit: and those fellows, I will add, were always amongst the first to court danger, and the laft to quit their pofts.' P. 52.

Biographical Sketches of Henrietta Duchefs of Orléans, and Louis of Bourbon Prince of Condé, To which are added, Bouet's Orations, pronounced at their Interment. Tranflated from the French. With Sele& Extracts from other Orations by the fame Author. 8vo. 25. Clarke.

The characters here fketched out are well known to the general reader: the orations are tranflated with fufficient fidelity; and the remarks on the intolerance of the orator deserve the attention of the true proteftant.

Analysis of Horsemanship; teaching the whole Art of Riding, in the Manège, Military, Hunting, Racing, or Travelling Syftem. Together with the Method of Breaking Horfes, and Dreffing them, to all Kinds of Manège. By John Adams, Ridingmafter. 55. Boards. Cadell and Davies.

This is only the first volume of a work which profeffes to explain the whole fyftem of horsemanship, and particularly to reconcile the manège with the travelling fyftem. Mr. Adams, in the prefent volume, has finifhed only the manège fyftem, and commenced that of military riding. We have perused it with fome care, and find the directions clear and judicious. On the whole, we confider this as likely to be a work of confiderable utility, and we ardently with for its continuation.

Human Longevity: recording the Name, Age, Place of Refidence, and Year, of the Deceafe of 1712 Perfons, who attained a Century, and upwards, from A. D. 66 to 1799, comprifing a Period of 1733 Years. With Anecdotes of the most remarkable. By James Eafton. Svo. 6s. Boards. White.

Mr. Eafton informs us, that, in this lift of perfons, who have attained an extraordinary old age, he has not inferted one inftance, of the authenticity of which he had the smallest doubt; but a life doubly extended, beyond that of the oldest man, could not have afcertained one-tenth part of the various facts recorded in this lift. Three, at leaft, we know to be apocryphal, and probably many others are equally fo. Extreme old age, or the reputation of it, if accompanied with tolerable health, is an excellent mean of support; and many of the children of this world' wifely avail themselves of it. The youngest daughter of one of thefe (the name is recorded) had a child within twenty years of the time fhe profeffed herfeif more than 100 years. Few, very few, have exceeded 100; yet from the cafes recorded,

• Of males and females, who lived from 100 to 110 years (both inclufive) the inftances have been

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The author's meaning feems, however, to be good; can irradiate the dreary moments of old age with hope, hope can give pleasure, far be it from us to intercept the gleam. An Account of the Proceedings of the acting Governors of the Houfe of Induftry, in Dublin, for Two Years, Szo. IS. Cadell and

Davies.

The frequent endeavours of individuals and of the public to ameliorate the condition of the poor, and inure them to habits of industry, do great honour to the prefent age; and it is with pleasure we read the accounts of various houfes of industry, and the improvements which are gradually made in their management. Among them, this account from Dublin is worthy of notice; and the attention paid to the house by fome leading perfons in the city, will, we hope, excite a general emulation in their fucceffors to follow fo good an example. On the perufal of this statement we were particularly pleased with the allowance of a third of the earnings to the induftrious poor, the bestowing of the rewards in coin current only in the houfe (by which means the earnings are no longer wafted in fpirituous liquers, fince by fhops within the house they

can have every thing that is ufeful or convenient at little expence), and the printing of the accounts of the house at stated times, so that its improvement or decay may be easily noticed. There are many things alfo relative to beggars and public kitchens which deferve the attention of the guardians of the poor in many cities, where, from the accumulation of abufes, the poor are wretchedly kept, and their morals increase in depravity.

Addrefs to the Public, concerning Political Opinions, and Plans lately adopted to promote Religion in Scotland, &c. &c. By Robert Haldane, Efq. Svo. 15. 6d. Ogle.

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Mr. Haldane, a gentleman of fortune in Scotland, fold his estate, not to liquidate a debt of honour, for fuch he never contracted; not to fatisfy the demands of creditors, 'accumulated by extravagance on horfes, dogs, carriages, and company, for fuch he never created; not to engage in lucrative concerns of commerce, for he was contented with his poffeffions, and was not infected with the luft of gain; not— we might go on with many other reafons for the fale of an estate, but we will omit them for that which may appear fingular and capricious to the fons of the world: he fold his eftate, that he might Live the means of furthering, to the utmost of his power, his own views of the gospel. The love of Chrift constrained him, and the aft fixed on him calumnies innumerable. He has been represented as an enemy to the establishment of Scotland, and as a jacobin; and, after the moft violent infinuations, profeffor Robifon would have given him the fatisfaction, as it is ridiculously called, of a gentleman. To vindicate himself from the afperfions caft on his character, and to fhow, by a candid declaration of his fentiments, that he is not an enemy to any establishment, whether of religion or government, le makes this manly, firm, and ferious addrefs to the public. Without entering into his views of religion, we can applaud the difintereftednefs of his conduct; without embracing his principles, we can reject the calumnies of his enemies; and, though we have always expreffed, and continue to entertain, the greateft contempt for the conceits of Barruel and Robifon, we may approve of the expofure here made of the ftrange inconfiftency and credulity of the latter, of which this very refpectable writer affords, in his perfon, a remarkable inftance. To all, who have read profeffor Robifon's book, we recommend the correspondence in this volume between the professor, Mr. Haldane, Mr. Somerville, and Mr. Ewing; and the perfeverance of thefe latter gentlemen, in purfuing the profeffor through all his windings, entitles them to the gratitude of the public.

On felling his eftate, Mr. Haldane's intention was to promote the knowledge of the gospel in the Eaft-Indies; but the obftacles arifing from our connection with the Eaft, which do no honour to a Chriftian nation, prevented the execution of this defign. Baffled in this refpect, he turned his views to his own country, and was very inAtrumental in forming the fociety for propagating the golpel at home, and was one of the leaders in promoting the evangelical inte