may be males; and what are we to do with the fuperabundance of fuch furly animals? Muft we not kill, in order to get rid of them, and inherit their portion of milk? If fo, we might as well have a fillet or a breaft of veal now and then, though it may be "obfcene aliment," as to commit a series of murders for the fole emolument of kites and crows. Some philofophers-Mr Smellie, for a recent inftance will justify the mutual preying of animals on each other, by arguing, that "a profufion of animal life feems to be the general intention of nature." If this reasoning be admitted, we must include the multiplication of man; which is raifing recruits for the kingdom of heaven: for it may be ftrenuously difputed, whether all the apples, carrots, turnips, and potatoes, which we could raife, would have brought into exiftence, or fatisfy the craving appetites of, the prefent number of laborious inhabitants of this ifland; even if milk were added to them, to indulge the palates of the luxurious. Moreover, as there is no end to philofophical fyftems, we might ftigmatize even the cutting a cabbage, or the young fhoots of afparagus, as acts of obscenity, by committing unjustifiable violence on the beautiful productions of nature, which, according to fome natural philofophers, are not without degrees of fenfation, or feeling, fuited to their rank in the creation: a hint which we leave to our author's reflection, in the hope, neverthelefs, that his refined fenfibility may not reduce him to jlarvation : for, alas! we have not yet done with this tender-hearted member of the Club des Jacobines: we are in confcience bound to remind him farther, that, fuppofing him to turn a deaf ear to all pleas of compaffion in be. half of cabbages, cauliflowers, peas, and beans, he cannot obtain even thefe, with out a moft horrid and vigilant perfecution of myriads of perfect animals in the forms of ants, caterpillars, flugs, fparrows, and mice? His fenfibility is hedged round with unfurmountable barriers against the fupport of his own uneasy existence! M. The Loiterer, a periodical work: fir published at Oxford in the years 1789 and 1790. 800. 2 vols. 10s. 6 d. boards. Egertons. OF periodical effayifts, we have already a numerous band, who have exhaufted their quivers on the little vices and follies which make their appearance in the Among crowded and bufy haunts of men. thefe, we may reckon fome of the first reputation for wit, and for ease and ele gance of ftyle; in confequence of which, their productions have made the public extremely faftidious, and have increased the difficulty of @tarting new game. All this, however, has been infufficient to difcourage the Loiterer; who, contrary to his affumed character, boldly and brifkly takes the field, with the hope of difplaying fome originality in the felection of the objects, if not in the mode and conduct, of the chace. In this attempt, he has, to a certain degree, fucceeded; nor can we in juftice refuse him a fhare of commendation. As the Tatler and Spectator (more particularly the lat ter) are as much the acknowledged models of the periodical effay, as the Iliad is of the Epic poem, it is altogether unneceffary to say any thing refpecting the general outline of the Loiterer's produc tions. Several of them are humorous and ironical, and probably received their due portion of praife from the University of Oxford, for whofe meridian these papers are particularly calculated; the Loi. terer profeffing to derive his fources principally from academic life. As a fpecimen, we infert from No 44. the account of the author's vifit to Mr and Mrs Blunt, which happily describes the complete happiness of many a married man: “ Of all the men I ever knew, Charles Sedley was the most cautious in the grand affair of choosing a wife; and after mature deliberation, discovered that fashionable women were vain, and accomplished women affected. He therefore married the daughter of one of his tenants, with no charm excepting a little health and freshnefs, and no acquirements be yond those of a country boarding school; being perfuaded that because she was ignorant, the must be humble, and because low born, unexpensive. But of both thefe inferences he lived to experience the falfity; for his cara fpofa foon became intoxicated by the poffeffion of pleasures of which the had till then entertained no idea, entered with eagerness into every fpecies of fashionable diffipa tion, and paid small regard to a husband, for whom the felt little gratitude and lefs affection. It was in vain he argued, implored, and threatened; too weak for reafon, too obftinate for intreaty, and too passionate for for remonftrance, fhe heard him with the vacant laugh of folly, or anfwered him in the pert virulence of vulgar in. vective; the only part of her country education which the never forgot. After battling it in vain for fome months with an enemy to whom he was a very unequal antagonist, he submitted to an evil which he could not remedy, and is content to be ruined by the expences, and tormented by the follies of a vulgar Termagant, for the fake (as,he fays) of PLACE and QUIETNESS.-Very different was the opinion and the fate of his brother Edward.- Determined not to be made miferable by a low-born Vixen, he early attached himself to Lady Caroline Almeria Horatia Mackenzie, who inherited together with the blood, the fpirit, and the pride of a long line of North British nobility.-After a long and tedious courtship, in which she took care to make him completely fenfible of the bocour done to him, her ladyfhip obligingly condefcended to give him her band; and ftill more obligingly introdu ced to his acquaintance and his houfe, fomething more than a dozen of her great relations, who have ever fince taken up their abode with him. After this, it is needless to say, how much he is mafter in his own family: fince every subject of conjugal difcuffion is immediately laid before this impartial jury; who inftantly pronounce judgement on the cafe, and exhort him to pay proper regard to a woman of Lady Caro line's understanding, accomplishments, and rank. So that he poffeffes no other advantage over his brother, than the privilege of being made miferable in the very beft company. "The two Sedleys," faid my old friend, Frank Blunt, on entering my room the other morning, "were a couple of filly fellows, and are defervedly punished for their folly.-He who fets out in a wrong road, must not wonder if he does not reach his journey's end. Had I followed their example, I thould have been as miferable as they are-but I have chofen wifely, and am happy-very hap py-I have married a woman of the gentleft manners and the fweeteft difpofition. I wish, my dear friend, you would come over and take your mutton with us to-day, and you fhall be convinced, that when a man chufes well, marriage is the happieft ftate upon earth."-As I love to fee my friends happy, I readily accepted his invitation, and accompanied him to his house, which is an eafy ride from Oxford. - The lady received us in the moft gracious manner, and testified the higheft fatisfaction at seeing any friend of her husband's,-giving him at the fame time a gentle rebuke, for having fo much outftaid his time, and exposed her to all those uneasy fenfations which the always felt in his abfence. He excufed himself in the moft tender manner, and they both left the room, in or der to prepare either the dinner, or themselves.-I, of courfe, took up a book; but whether the author was particularly ftupid, or whether I was in a bad humour for reading, I know not, but I foon flung it down, and began to amufe myself with my own reflections. They were, however, foon interrupted by a dialogue, not of the most tender kind, between the mafter and mistress of the houfe, which the thinness of the partition fuffered me to hear with tolerable correctness." Indeed, my dear Mr Blunt, I wonder you could think of bringing your friend here to-day, when you know there is nothing in the house but a breaft of mutton, and fome minced chicken for the childrens dinner; befides, the fervants are all ironing-But you men have no fort of contrivance.""Indeed, my dear," replied the hufband, "I am very forry it should be inconvenient to you to receive him, but really Mr is fuch a particular friend that I could not avoid inviting him.". "Lord, you are always bringing fome particular friend or other from Oxford with you, and I suppose this particular friend means to fleep here to-night, but I am fure I don't know where to put him: the worft bed-chamber has been just walhed, and I shall certainly not let him go into the Chintz room with his dirty boots. If he does ftay, he muft fleep in the green garret: I dare fay he has been used at college to fleep without curtains, and I believe the glazier mended the windows yesterday."-Sorry am I to say, that I heard no more of this curious altercation, and the more fo, as I may poffibly ne ver again have such another opportunity of making myfelf acquainted with the regulations of domestic economy: but the fervant juft then unluckily entered to make preparations for dinner, and made fuch a clattering with his knives and forks, that I totally loft Mr Blunt's answer, and could only discover that (whatever) it it was) it was fpoken in a low and fub. miffive tone of voice. Soon after this, the mafter and miftress of the house, the breast of mutton, and the minced chicken, all made their appearance, and we fat down apparently in high good humour with each other!Nothing further, worth notice, paffed during the vifit, and I returned to Oxford in the evening, (in fpite of their earneft and fincere endeavours to detain me), where I furveyed my own fire-fide with peculiar complacency, and thanked my ftars, that I had efcaped the honours of the green garret." This work is announced as the joint production of a small fociety of literary friends, who have been accustomed to devote their winter evenings to fomething like learned purfuits: but the only real names that appear before the public, are the Rev. W. B. Portal, Mr H. T. Auften, and James Auften, A. M. The latter has been the conductor and prin cipal contributor; and his papers, on the whole, we deem the beft. M. Travels in Kamifchatka, during the years 1787 and 1788. Tranflated from the French of M.De Leffeps, conful of France, and interpreter to the Count de la Peyroute, now engaged in a voyage round the world, by command of his Most Christian Vijesty. 2 vols. IO S. boards. Johnton. M. De Leffeps, after accompanying the worthy and lamented Count De La Peyroufe in his celebrated circumnavigation for more than two years, was fent by the Count, when he anchored in the bay of St Peter and St Paul, at the fouthern extremity of the peninfula of Kamtfchatka, with dispatches over land to the court of France. He fet out, Sept. 29. 1787, on this dreary and peril ous journey. Notwithstanding the mode of travelling over the fnow, from one village to another, in fledges drawn by dogs, affords little variety in the journal, the author, being an obferving, lively writer, has contrived to make his journey fufficiently interefting. 800. He thus defcribes his travelling drefs, the fashion of which is doubtless that of the country: "My drefs merits a particular defcription; by which it will be feen that it gave me no very alert appearance. Commonly I wore merely a fimple parque of * Something like a waggoner's frock, made of skins tanned on one fide. Rev. deers fkin, and a fur cap, which upon occafion would cover my ears and part of my cheeks. When the cold was more pier. cing, I added to my dress two kocklanki, a kind of parque that was larger, and made of thicker fkin; one of them had the hair on the infide, and the other on the outfide. In the fevereft weather, I put on over all this another kouklanki, ftill thicker, made of argali, or dogs skin, the hairy fide of which is always undermoft, and the leather or external furface of the fkin painted red. To thefe koukiankis a small bib is fixed before, fo as to guard the face again't the wind: they have alfo hoods behind, which fall upon the shoul ders. Sometimes these three hoods, one upon another, compofed my head drefs, by being drawn over my common cap. My neck was defended by a cravat called ocheinik, made of fable, or the tail of a fox, and my chin with a chin cloth made in like manner of fable, and fastened upon my head. As the forehead is very fufceptible of cold, it was covered with an otter or fable fillet, and this was cover. ed again by my cap. My fur breeches gave me more warmth than all the rest of my drefs complicated as it was. I had double deer-fkin fpatterdalhes, with hair on both fides, and which are called in Kamufchatka tchigi. I then put my legs into boots made of deers fkins, the feet having an interior fole of touchitcha, a very foft grafs, which has the quality of preferving heat. Notwithstanding these precautions, my feet, after travelling two or three hours, were very wet, either from perfpiration or the gradual penetration of the fnow; and if I stood ftill for a moment in my fledge, they became immediately frozen. At night I took off thefe fpatterdafhes, and put on a large pair of fur ftockings made of deer or argali skin, and called ounti.' The following extract may ferve as a fpecimen of the author's adventures and refources in the wilderness. "We travelled fifty-four werfts gently enough; but in the afternoon we were fuddenly overtaken by a terrible tempeft from the weft and north west. We were in an open country, and the whirlwinds became fo violent, that it was impoffible to proceed. The fnow which they raifed in the air at every blaft, formed a thick fog, and our guides, notwith ftanding their knowledge of the roads, could no longer be anfwerable for not misleading us. We could not prevail оп on them to conduct us any farther: and yet it was dreadful to lie to at the mer. cy of fo impetuous a hurricane. As to myfelf, I confefs that I began to fuffer extremely, when our guides proposed to lead us to a wood that was not far off, and where we should at least find fome kind of shelter. We hefitated not a moment to avail ourselves of their civility; but before we quitted the road, it was neceffary to wait till our fledges could be affembled, or we fhould otherwife run the risk of being separated from one another, and entirely loft. Having effected this, we gained the wood, which was happily at the distance that we had been informed. Our halt took place about two o'clock in the afternoon. "To divert our attention, it was propofed to us to try the abilities of a celebrated female dancer, who was a Kamtfchadale and lived in this oftrog. The encomiums beftowed upon her excited our curiofity, and we fent for her; but either from caprice or ill humour she refufed to dance. and paid no regard to our invitation. It was in vain they reprefented that her refufal was disrespectful to the governor general; no confideration could induce her to comply. Fortunately we had fome brandy by us, and a bumper or two feemed to effect a change in her inclinations. At the fame time Kamtfchadale, at our request, began to dance before her, challenging her by his voice and geftures. Gradually her The firft care of our Kamtfchadales eyes fparkled, her countenance became was to dig a hole in the fnow, which was convulfive, and her whole frame fhook in this place at leaft fix feet deep; others upon the bench where the fat. To the fetched wood, and a fire being quickly enticements and fhrill fong of the danlighted, the kettle was fet on. A light cer, fhe answered in fimilar accents, repaft, and a small dram of brandy, toon beating time with her head, which turnrecovered all our company. As the nighted in every direction. The movements approached, we were employed upon the means of paffing it in the least uncomfort able manner. Each prepared his own bed: mine was my vezock, where I could lie down at my ease; but except M. Kasloff, there was no other perfon who had fo convenient a carriage. How, faid I to myself, will thefe poor creatures contrive to fleep! I was foon relieved from my anxiety on their account. The manner in which they prepared their beds deferves to be mentioned, though they did not observe much ceremony on the occafion. Having dug a hole in the foow, they covered it with the branches of trees, the fmalleft they could get; then wrapping themfelves up in a kouklanki, with the hood drawn over their heads, they lay down on their bed as if it were the best in the world." He was now pursuing his course north ward to the bottom of the gulph of Pengina; doubling which, he turned, by a fouth weft direction, to Okotfk in Siberia In this long courfe, he was once driven to such distress, for want of dried fish to feed his dogs, that feveral of them died of hunger; the bodies of which were eagerly devoured by the furvivors; and in fighting for thefe infufficient fupplies, the famished conquerors did not fpare the vanquished. This part of his narra tive is painful to read. His account of a Kamtfchatkan dance is more amufing*: To M. De Leffeps, who was a specta- became at laft fo rapid, that, no longer able to contain herself, the darted from her feat, and in turn defied her man by cries and distortions ftill more extravagant. It is not eafy to exprefs the abfurdity of the dance. All her limbs feemed to be disjointed; she moved them with equal ftrength and agility; the tore her cloaths, and fixed her hands to her bofom with a kind of rage as if she would tear it also. Thefe fingular transports were accompanied with ftill more fingular poftures; and in fhort, it was no longer a woman, but a fury. In her blind frenzy fhe would have rushed into the fire that was kindled in the middle of the room, if her husband had not ta ken the precaution of placing a bench be fore it to prevent her: during the whole dance indeed he took care to keep himfelf close to her. When he faw that her head was perfectly gone, that the flagger ed on all fides, and could no longer fupport herself without laying hold of her fellow dancer, he took her in his arms and placed her upon bench, where the fell like an inanimate clod, without conscioufnefs, and out of breath. She con◄ tinued five minutes in this fituation. Meanwhile the Kamtfchadale, proud of his triumph, continued to dance and to fing. Recovering from her fwoon, the tor of the performance, it must (as he ac knowledges) have proved extremely difgufting. D woman woman heard him, and fuddenly, in fpite of her weakness, the raised hertelf up, uttered fome inarticulate founds, and would have begun again this laborious conteft, Her husband kept her back and interceded for her; but the conqueror,, believing himself to be indefatigable, continued his jeers and bantering, and we were obliged to exert our authority to quiet him." We much question, however, whether this was a fair fpecimen of the lady's abilities; capricioufnefs is the prerogative of eminence; and the means used to overcome it, in this inftance, appear to have been rather too potent for her head, and threw her into extravagancies that burlefqued her. 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Strictures on the new political tenets of Mr Burke, illuftrated by analogy between his different fentiments on the American and French revolutions; together with obfervations on particular parts of his laft letter to a member of the National Affembly, and an appeal from the old to the new [from the new to the old] Whigs. By Charles Pigott, Efq; 8vo. 2s. 6d. Ridgway. A letter to Mr Burke, by George Rous, Efq; in reply to his appeal from the new to the old Whigs. 8vo. 2 $. Debrett, Political dialogues. N° 1. Of the principles of government. 12mo. 3 d. Johnson A ready and eafy way to establish a free commonwealth. The author John Milton. 8vo. Is. 6 d. Ridgway. The refpectful petition of the Chriftian fociety of friends called Quakers, delivered before the National Aflembly [of France} Thurfday, Feb. 10. 1791. 4to. 3 d. PhillipsWe are here prefented with a very fatisfac tory expofition of the principles of this peaceful order of citizens, refpecting fociety and government. The petitioners, after strongly avowing (as frongly as the meekness of the Quaker ftyle will allow,) their cordial approbation of the happy deliverance of: the French from the unchriftia: and intolerable fetters of defpotism, - PRAY that the fame privileges which thofe of their perfuafion enjoy in England, and in America, may be allowed and fecured to them in France,-fuch as an exemption from the obligation of oaths, &c. including the great civic oath itself.The compofition of this piece is admirable, both for fimplicity of ftyle and energy of fentiment; and the addrefs was accordingly received by the Affembly with due attention and regard. The anfwer of the Prefident likewife does honour to the liberal mind by which it was dictated. At its conclufion, we particularly note the following very fenfile allufion to the conduct of the Quakers, with refpect to their literal and ftrict obfervance of the great precept-THOU SHALT NOT KILL: "You tay, that one of your religious tenets forbids you to take up arms on any pretence whatever. It is certainly a noble philofophical principle, which thus does homage to humanity. But confider well, whether the detence of yourselves and your equals be not alfo a religious duty?--Since we have procured liberty for you, why should you refufe to preferve it?-The Allenbly will, in its wifeom, confider all your requests. Bu whenever I meet a Quaker I fhall fay, My brother, it thou hast a right to be free, thou hatt a right to prevent any one from making thee a flave, As thou lovelt thy fellow-creature, fuder not a tyrant to destroy |