linked together by various relations, the discovery of which brings to our knowledge a fitness and perfection of design. When the Almighty, therefore, employed one religion to be introductory to another, he acted agreeably to our experience of the ways of divine wisdom, by binding them together in this most intimate manner, that the ceremonial which was characteristical of the one religion, should be a figure and representation of the nature of that which it served to introduce, It is no argument against the reality of this connection, that it was not distinctly perceived by the ancient Jews. For the nature and extent of the great plan of Divine Providence, so far transcends our limited powers of apprehension, that, upon all subjects, many points, which for a time were involved in darkness, are afterwards brought to light, The knowledge of one period of life, of one state of society, of one age of the world, although sufficient for every purpose that was then of real importance, is afterwards found to have been incomplete; and our minds are delighted and enlarged, by discovering properties and uses of objects, not inconsistent certainly with the ends to which they had been formerly applied, but of which even they who thought they understood the objects best, had hardly formed any conception. The ancient Jews derived all the benefit from the dispensation of Moses which Providence intended, without understanding that the several parts of that dispensation were subservient to another. It was not meet they should understand this; because, had they regarded their law in this subordinate light, their respect for the religion of their fathers might have been so far impaired, as to render it less effectual in restraining them from the idola ry of the nations. But the hints

of the new covenant, which had been given from the earliest times, were gradually unfolded as the time of its manifestation drew near; and, in the fulness of time, the illustri ous son of Abraham, in whom all the families of the earth were to be blessed, became himself the interpreter of the ancient notices of his coming. From the light which his words and actions reflected upon the writings of Moses, we learn to affix a meaning and value to several institutions of the law, which, taken by themselves, they did not obviously bear. The allegory has now, received its interpretation: The sig nificancy of the types stands forth. to the admiration and conviction of the Christian world; and the Old Testament appears to have been a continued prophecy of the New."

the favourite topic of speculation, not only to themselves and their immediate connexions, but to the whole circle among whom they are known. In this momentous crisis, nothing can be more seasonable than the appearance of a work such as the present. The candidate for this honour is often very imperfectly informed as to the manner in which he must proceed in order to obtain it. The mere circumstance of the rare occurrence of the canvass, leaves little room for the acquisition of experience every candidate comes new, as it were, to the undertaking; and yet, unless he strictly fulfil all the forms prescribed by the constitution, there is an imminent danger that his election may be rendered void. To extricate him out of this difficulty, is the object proposed by the author of the present volume. He has not, however, attempted to enter into the detail of the laws of election. These have now swelled to a great magnitude, and have been the subject of võluminous compilations. Their use, too, arises chiefly after an election has been actually controverted. The object here aimed at, is rather to guide the candidate in such a manher, that a recurrence to the law may be rendered unnecessary. For this purpose, the author has begun the volume with a very copious detail of the forms of procedure. These are given, for the most part, in the very words of the acts of Parliament on which they are founded. A number of styles are also appended, exhibiting the mode in which the minutes of county and burgh meetings connected with elections ought to be kept.

The second part of the volume contains lists of all the freeholders

in each county,-a species of information, the utility of which is very obvious. These are stated to have been copied from returns made to the editor by the different sheriffclerks throughout Scotland. At the end of the list for each county, is given a statement of the number of voting freeholders, which is not a mere summary of the roll of names, because many freeholds are held jointly by liferenters and fiars, only one of whom is entitled to vote. Statements are likewise added, of the number of voting freeholders in 1790; of the number of Commissioners of Supply; and of the valued rent of the county. A summary of these different particulars is given in the following table, which contains so much useful information compressed in a narrow compass, that we cannot forbear extracting it for the use of our readers.

There is also annexed, an abstract of the proceedings in each county at the last general election.

The concluding part of the volume is not less obviously useful. It illustrates the setts or constitutions of the different Scottish boroughs, the number of magistrates, the mode of election, &c. The information here contained, is chiefly derived from a report made by a Committee of the House of Commons in the year 1793. The author, however, has, from other sources, corrected any mistakes which may have crept into that document, as well as pointed out such changes as have taken place since the period when it was drawn up. He has also subjoined, as in the case of the counties, a full view of the proceedings which took place at the former general election.

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