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what she felt was an extravagance, could not withstand this invitation: fhe gave her half guinea.

Edgar, difappointed, retreated in filence.

The money being collected, and the names of the rafflers taken down, information was given, that the prize was to be thrown for in three days time, at one o'clock at noon, in the fhop of a bookfeller at Northwick."

A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis, explaining the various Crimes and Mifdemeanours which at present are felt as a pressure upon the Community; and fuggefting Remedies for their prevention. By a Magiftrate. 8vo. 6s. boards. Dilly.

THE depredations committed in and about the metropolis amount, according to this active and intelligent magiftrate, to the incredible sum of 2,000,000l. annually; which he arranges under the following heads: 1. Small thefts

L. 710,000

2. Thefts upon the rivers and

quays

3. Thefts in the dock yards and on the Thames

4. Burglaries, highway robbe-
ries, &c..

5. Coining bafe money
6. Forging bills, fwindling, &c.

500,000

5. The abufes in granting pardon to capital convicts.

6. The fyftem of hulks.

7. The want of proper penitentiary houses, for the employment and reformation of convicts.

In the first chapter, the author takes a general view of the causes of the increafe of crimes. As this fubject is of the greatest importance, we fhall give his fentiments at length:

fo multiplied and increased those various "In developing the caufes which have offences and public wrongs which are at prefent felt to prefs fo hard upon focie. ty, it may be truly affirmed in the first inftance, much is to be imputed to deficient and inapplicable Laws, and to an ill-regulated Police.

"Crimes of every defcription have their origin in the vicious and immoral habits of the people ;-in the want of attention to the education of the inferior orders of fociety ;-and in the deficiency of the fyftem. which has been established for guarding the morals of this ufeful clafs of the community.

"Innumerable temptations occur in a great capital where crimes are refort300,000 ed to, in order to fupply imaginary wants and improper gratifications, which 220,000 are not known in leffer focieties; and 200,000 against which the laws have provided 70,000 few applicable remedies in the way of prevention.

Total eftimate, L. 2,000,000 The introduction to this truly important work contains fome very fenfible obfervations on the imperfection of our criminal laws. The author afcribes the infecurity which the public experiences with regard to life and property, and the inefficacy of the Police in preventing crimes, to the following caufes:

1. The imperfections in our criminal code; and, in many inftances, its deficiency with regard to regulations and provifions applicable to the present state of fociety.

2. The want of a properly digefted and energetic fyftem of Police, and of an adequate fund for giving effect to the exertions of magistrates in detecting criminals, and for rewarding officers of justice, and others, for ufeful fervices.

3. The want of a public profecutor for the crown, to prevent frauds in the administration of criminal juftice.

4. The unneceffary feverity and fanguinary nature of punishments.

"The improvident, and even the luxurious modes of living, which prevails too generally among various claffes of the lower ranks of the people in the metropolis, leads to much mifery and to many crimes.

"Accustomed from their earliest infancy to indulge themselves in eating many articles of expenfive food in its feafon*, and poffeffing little or no knowledge of that kind of frugality and care which enables well-regulated families to make every thing go as far as poffible, by a diverfified mode of cookery and good management:-Affailed also by the numerous temptations held out by fraudulent lotteries, and places of public re

* The chief consumption of oysters, crabs, lobfters, pickled falmon, &c. when first in feafon, and when prices are high, is by the lowest claffes of the people.-The middle ranks, and those immediately under them, abstain generally from fuch indulgencies until the prices are moderate.

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fort and amusement; and, above all, by
the habit of fpending a great deal of va-
luable time, as well as money, unneceffa
rily in public-houses; and often allured
by low gaming, to fquander more than
they can afford, there is fcarce an in-
ftance of accommodating the income to
the expenditure, even in the best of
times, with a confiderable body of the
loweft orders of the people inhabiting
the capital and hence a melancholy
conclufion is drawn, warranted by a ge-
nerally affumed fact," that above twen-
ty thousand individuals rife every morn-
ing in this great metropolis, without
knowing how, or by what means, they
are to be fupported during the paffing
day, or where they are to lodge on the
fucceeding night."

"Poverty is no where to be found
cloathed, in fo great a degree, with the
garb and emblems of the extremeft mi-
fery and wretchedness, as in London.

Develope the hiftory of any given number of thefe miferable fellow-mortals, and their diftreffes will be found, almoft in every inftance, to have been occafioned by extravagance, idleness, profligacy, and crimes :-and that their chief fupport is by thieving in a little way.

Allured and deceived by the facilities which the pawnbrokers and the oldiron shops hold out, in enabling the labouring people, when they marry, and Arft enter upon life in the metropolis, to raise money upon whatever can be offered as a pledge, or for fale; the firft ftep with too many, is generally to difpofe of wearing-apparel and houfhold goods, which is frequently done upon the leaft preffure, rather than forego the ufual gratification of a good dinner or a hot fupper.-Embarraffments are speedily the confequence of this line of conduct, which is too often followed up by idlenefs and inactivity. The ale-houfe is reforted to as a defperate remedy, where the idle and the dissolute will always find affociates, who being unwiling to labour, refort to crimes for the purpose of supplying an unnecessary ex

travagance.

"It is truly melancholy to reflect upon the abject condition of that numerous clafs of profligate parents, who, with their children, are conftantly to be found in the tap-rooms of public houfes, (pending, in two days, as much of their learnings as would fupport them a week

comfortably in their own dwellings;deftroying their health;-wafting their time, and rearing up their children to be proftitutes and thieves before they know that it is a crime."

Sermons, by George Hill, D. D. F. R. S. Ed. Principal of St Mary's College in the University of St Andrews, one of the Minifters of that City, and one of his Majefty's Chaplins in Ordinary for Scotland. 8vo. 6s. boards. Bell and Bradfute.

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WE fhall barely mention the contents of this very eloquent volume.

THE firft difcourse, preached on the Doctor's admiffion as minifter of St Andrew's, is a caution against a fondness for novelty, and an exhortation to be satisfied with be ing put in remembrance of things already known, and "eftablished in the present truth." The fecond fermon is a general illuftration of the diftinct characters of vir tue expreffed in the text, Whatsoever things by Providence for fupporting a regard to are true, boneft, &c. The means employed virtue in the world; and the tendency of virtuous conduct to fecure a competent share of earthly bleffings, are well reprefented in the third and fourth fermons. The fifth, which is divided into two parts, is an interefting exhibition of the character of Daniel, unde the two diftinguishing features of wisdom and piety. In the fixth fermon, on religious refignation, the confiderations, which religion offers to fupport the mind under the preffure of affliction, are pathetically displayed. In the feventh, a contraft is drawn between the characters of John the Baptift and Jefus Chrift, and inftructive leffons are hence deduced concerning the manner, in which our intercourfe with the world may be beft rendered beneficial to ourselves and others. Prophecies in the Old Teftament relative to the Meffiah, and his character as an instruc tor, pattern, and Redeemer, are the subjecs of the eighth discourse, which is written in an animated flrain of oratory. The same subject is pursued, in the fame eloquent manner, through the ninth fermon, divided into two parts. The tenth fermon is an interesting illustration and improvement of the hiftory of future ftate, as arifing from the removal of Stephen's martyrdom. The happiness of the all occafions of diftrefs, is in the eleventh fermou popularly defcribed. In the twelfth, which is what, in the fervice of the Church of Scotland, is called a lecture, or commentary on a confiderable portion of Scripture with reflections, Dr H. explains and applies that part of the fermon on the mount, which condemns oftentation in almfgiving and prayer. The thirteenth, which was preached

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before the Managers of the Orphan Hofpital fumption, which I have before stated, is the great increase of horses; and this will plainly appear, when it is considered what great numbers are kept now to what there were fifty years ago, for post chaises and machines; by perfons whofe property is in the public funds; by opulent tradefmen and manufacturers, both for riding and carriages; together with thofe neceffary for carrying on the increased trade and manufactures of this kingdom; those used by higglers and errand carts, for fome miles round London; and others in hackney coaches in London, Bristol, Brimingham, and Plymouth.

in Edinburgh, unfolds the means, which Providence employs, for rearing and educating the young of the human fpecies: the fermon concludes with an animated recommendation of the charity. The fourteenth is a well studied, and well written difcourfe, preached at the opening of the General Af fembly in 1790: the fubject is, the profpect of the univerfal prevalence of Chriflianity and the objection against the probability of this event, arifing from it's prefent partial extenfion, is ingeniously examined and refuted.

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"In order to fupport my opinion of there being an increase of population, I would in the first place obferve, that there is now a prodigious number of perfons more employed in every department and situation throughout the kingdom than there were fifty years fince now taking the aggregate of this immenfe number of perfons (which must have been drawn from husbandry, fuppofing there had been no increase of population) in one point of view, independent of thofe employed in agriculture, which, on account of the great improvements made of it in late years, requires more hands to carry it on than heretofore, and confidering there is now a fufficient number to do the bufinefs, there cannot be a doubt but this country has increased in population beyond description.

"And it is not only the great increase of population which has been the means of enlarging our confumption; but that a great number of people of late years have been called from a low eftate, where the most common food was their conftant fupport, to a fituation which affords them a full supply of meat. The confumptions of fuch perfons requires more land to fupply them with food than when they lived chiefly upon bread, potatoes and pulfe; and indeed whatever contributes to occupy a larger portion of land to any other purpose than merely the neceffaries of life, fuch as corn, confumed by the diftillers, for making of ftarch and hair-powder, and the increafed quantity of corn and hops made ufe of by brewers, equally tend to leffen the means of fupply as an enlarged number of inhabitants and horfes.

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"To this might be added the number exported (about 2000 annually), and the mares and colts neceffary to be kept, in order to afford a conftant fupply for these respedive purposes, must be immense.

"In order to fhow the amazing confumption which is caused by horfes, I will only ftate one inftance, and that is in respect to the number of perfons who might be fupported from what is expended on those horses working in the mail coaches.

"From the best information I have been able to obtain, the number of these horses must be near two thousand; and as they cannot be kept for less than twelve fhillings per week each, the confumption of one horse would fupport a labouring man, his wife, and four children; fo that the fum expended on 2000 horfes would be fufficient to keep 12,000 perfons: or, fuppofe one horfe will confume the produce of four acres of land, then it would require 8000 acres of land to support the said number of horses. If then the lofs fuftained by the public, by only fo fmall a part of the horfes thus kept, is fo great, what muft it be when all the horses above defcribed are taken into confideration?"

His proposed means of remedying the evil are numerous; fuch as inclofing open landsdraining wet lands-embanking land from the fea-improving moory heaths-and cu!tivating Nova Scotia! leffening the ufe of horfes, and increasing that of black and neat cattle, in hufbandry; and, above all, to make ufe of Kennedy's Drill and Moore's Plow.

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Particular attention is paid to, and a just account given of, every improvement in agrieulture, manufactures, and the other arts. In 2 Vols. By William Hutchinson, F. A. S. Author of the history of Durham, &c. Vol. 1. in 2 Parts. 4to. Common paper, IOS. cach. Printed at Carlisle, fold in London by

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Remarkable Ruins, and Romantic Prospects, of North Britain. With antient monuments, and fingular fubjects of natural hiftory. By the Rev. Charles Cordiner of Banff. The engravings by Peter Mazell. 2 Vols. 4to. 51. 55. Boards. Taylor, Holborn.

The Hiftory of the Effects of Religion on Mankind. Vol. II. Containing a fupplement to the first volume. By the Rev. Edward Ryan, D. D. Prebendary of St. Patrick, and minifter of the parish of St Luke, Dublin. 8vo. 58. Boards. Rivingtons.

The Ancient Buildings of Rome, accurately measured and delineated by Anthony Defgo detz, Architect. Illuftrated with one hundred and thirty-feven plates; and explanations in French and English. The plates engraved and the texts tranflated by the late Mr G. Marfhall, architect. 2 Vols. Im perial folio. 41. 148. 6d. fewed. Taylor.

Obfervations on Pope. By Gilbert Wakefield, B. A. 8vo. 7s. Boards. Payne.

Poems, biefly Dramatic and Lyric, by the Rev. H. Boyd, A. M. Tranflator of Dante's Inferno; containing the following Dramatic Poems: the Helots, a tragedy; the Temple of Vesta; the Royal Meffenger; Prize Poems, &c. &c. 8vo. 6s. 6d. Boards. Printed at Dublin.

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Travels through various Provinces of the Kingdom of Naples, in 1789. By Charles Ulyffes, of Salis Marfchlins. Tranflated from the German, by Anthony Aufrere, Efq. 11Juftrated with engravings. Svo. 8s. Boards. Cadell jun. and Davies.

Letters to William Paley, M. A. Archdeacon of Carlife, on his objections to a reform in the reprefentation of the Commons, and on his apology for the influence of the Crown in Parliament; being strictures on the Effay upon the British Conftitution, introduced in his "Principles of moral and political philofophy." With an appeadix. 8vo. 3s. Johnfon.

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Sermons by the late Right Rev. John_Hinchcliffe, D. D. Lord Bishop of Peterborough, 8vo. 5s. Boards. Faulder.

Letters, Political, Military, and Commercial, on the Prefent State and Government of Oude and its Dependencies, addreffed to Sir John Shore, Baronet, Governor General of the British poffeffions in India. 4to. 2s. Debrett.

The Life of Robert Groffetefte, the celebrated Bishop of Lincoln. By Samuel Pegge, LL. D. Prebendary of Louth, in that Church. With an account of the Bishop's Works, and an appendix. 4to. 13s. fewed. Nichols.

Remarks on the prefent defective State of Fire Arms, foewing the Danger to those who carry them together with an explanation of a newly invented patent gun-lock, by which all the prefent difadvantages are removed, and fimplicity, fecurity, and durability substituted. By G. Bolton, Efq. Svo. Is. Egerton.

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The Study of Aftronomy, adapted to the capacities of youth: in twelve familiar dialogues, between a tutor and his pupil; explaining the general Phenomena of the heavenly bo dies, the theory of the tides, &c. illuftrated with copper-plates. By John Stedman. 12mo. 2s. 6d. fewed. Dilly.

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Obfervations, Anatomical, Phyfiological, and Pathological, on the pulmonary Syftem: w

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This Supplement contains a Review of Mr Stevenson's Remarks on the very inferior utility of Claffical Learning, and of the Second Number of the Enquirer, published in the Monthly Magazine for Maich laft, upon this queftion, "Whether it be defirable that the State fhould interfere in the education of Youth?"? Together with Hints on the inftruction neceffary for the lower ranks of the People; on the appointment of parochial Schoolmasters; and on the encouragement which they ought

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