While the foregoing Prelate commands and threatens, the present Art. 38. An Essay towards a connected Elucidation of the Prophetical On a sea covered with wrecks, Mr. Morell ventures to launch his little bark; though evidently with no more knowlege of the navigation than was possessed by the unfortunate mariners who have preceded him. He has laid down no meridian, he has taken no sound. ings, and his chart is a bold sketch of the imagination. As we look on such attempts more with pity than displeasure, we shall refrain from the task of minute examination, and shall merely ask what solid reason has Mr. M. for asserting that, The first Seal comprehends the period of the family of Vespasian, The second Seal, the connected succession of Trajan, whether by blood or adoption. The third Seal, the reign of Septimus Severus, and the connected succession from him. The fourth Seal includes the interval between the last connected succession, and that which we are next to consider. This period is remarkable for little connected succession, much competition and anarchy. The fifth Seal describes the reigns of Dioclesian and his associates. This is a period which has been always much distinguished, for it has been called the æra of Dioclesian, or the æra of martyrs. The sixth Seal comprehends the house of Constantine. The seventh Seal relates to the house of Valentinian, and to Theodosius.' All this is gratis dictum. We could extract more of the same kind, but one sample is sufficient. MISCELLANEOUS. Art. 39. The British Martial; or an Anthology of English Epigrams: being the largest Collection eyer published. With some Originals. 2 Vols. Crown 8vo. 10s. Boards. R. Phillips. "Some old and some new, Do Some T Some witty and some that are dull, Sir; Some with thoughts that are evil, Of such matter these volumes are full, Sir." Thank you, friend, for helping us out in describing this colleetion. For an assemblage of bon-mots, or of epigrams, nearly the same character will apply to all as well as to one, as far as our memory serves. The present is certainly copious, and contains many effusions that will amuse by their sprightliness or their acuteness: but, as it seems to be intended by its handsome form for a library book, it should have been free from all those pruriencies which remind us of the truth of one of its own admonitions: To a Young Wit. • Nature has done her part; do thou but thine; For vain applause transgress not virtue's rules,- Art. 40. Resolves, Divine, Moral and Political, of Owen Felliham. PP. 44. 9s. Boards. Hatchard. 1806. The Resolvcs of Owen Felitham consist of short Essays 'on the most important and interesting subjects of human life and conduct,' and contain a rich store of wisdom, collected in a long course of study and attentive observation. The views which they give of the matters treated are numerous, and such as cannot fail to improve the mind; and the remarks are so various and valuable, that whoever carefully attends to them will be materially assisted in conducting himself through the world. As they relate to miscellaneous topics, the volume may be left in a room for occasional pérusal, and most readers with cultivated minds will find something adapted to their taste. morality is sound, and its piety is warm; its religious doctrines are scriptural, and its political principles are loyal; it bears the marks of a strong mind and an inquisitive genius; and we are surprized to find it containing sentiments which are thought to belong exclusively to more modern publications. The style, although somewhat obsolete, is very expressive; the references to scripture, are just and pleasing; and the allusions to historical subjects are, happy, elegant, and classical Owen Felltham was son of Mr. Thomas Felltham of Suffolk, and died about the year 1677. His Resolves were first published about 1627, when their intrinsic merits were soon discovered; and such was the popularity of the work, that thetwelfth edition was printed in the year 1709. Since that time, no new impression has appeared until the present; the reason of which intermission seems to have been its antiquated style together with the many elegant works of the same nature which were about that period given to the public. In order to render the present: edition better adapted for general use, and more acceptable to modern readers, Mr. Cumming has taken 13 G.2. taken the liberty of occasionally altering the language to suit the taste of the present day: for this and some other improvements, he deserves commendation; and had he taken farther liberties, the work would have been still more acceptable. Art. 41. A Letter addressed to the Freemen of the Town and Port of Sandwich, respecting the Proceedings and Resolutions of the Ramsgate Committee, dated at their Town Hall, Oct. 28, 1806, relative to an intended Application to Parliament for the Purpose of reducing the Tolls of Sandwich Bridge. zd Edition, with considerable Additions. By William Pettman. 8vo. Is. 6d. Law, &c. W.Re-s. The Ramsgate Committee having proposed that the tolls or duties paid at Sandwich Bridge should be suspended or abridged, for the purpose of making and maintaining an intended new turnpike road from that town to Ramsgate, Mr. Pettman takes up his pen to reprobate this measure. These tolls, after the deduction of a small an- · nuity appropriated to a charitable foundation, belong to the Corporation of Sandwich; and Mr. P. loudly declaims against the attempt to take away any of this private proverty which belongs to a public body. The amount of the toils of this bridge, which the rage for travelling, and the great resort to the shores of the Isle of 1hanet, have probably much increased, is not here stated, though on this amount the reasonableness of the above mentioned proposition must depend. We are told that the Corporation of Sandwich offered to pay out of the bridge tolls zool. per annum towards the intended road; and by this proposition they admit that they now receive abundantly more from the tolls than is adequate to the sustentation of the bridge, and to answer all the original intentions of the Act. The Ramsgate Committee proposed an accommodation to the community, which (we can vouch) is certainly wanted, more especially in some parts of the road; but if their views were other than liberal and public spirited, they are open to Mr. P.'s animadversions. If the. case comes before Parliament, its merits will no doubt be fairly discussed. Art. 42. A Letter to Samuel Whitbread, Esq. M P. containing Ob- 8vo. It is here stated that the parish of Christ Church, Middlesex, commonly known by the name of Spitalfields, (which, previously to the reign of James II. was only a desolate hamlet of St. Dunstan, Stepney,) became stocked with poor French protestants, who established there the silk manufactory, after they had been driven from their own country by the despotic tyranny of Louis XIV; that, from this period, it has been crouded with poor inhabitants, who have gained permanent settlements in the parish; that here the mechanics of every trade reside, who work for their employers in the city: here dwell the carters, porters, and labourers, with thousands who are engaged in the most servile employments, down to the mendicants, the lame, and the blind:-here, where extreme poverty is daily wit Moy. nessed nessed with all its awful concomitants, our chief resource to alleviate its direful distress, is to assess the poor, and squeeze out of their scanty pittance, a trifling sum which will but partly satisfy the cravings of the hungry indigent, while the rich inhabitants in the city, who derive a great part of their opulence from the labours of these very poor, (which are virtually their own,) contribute nothing to their relief." It is farther observed that, though various acts of Parliament have been passed to correct this grievance, no effectual remedy has yet been applied, but rather that the parochial misery has increased. Mr. Hale feelingly details the distress which prevailed in this district of poverty in 1800, when he was himself one of the overseers, and pays a merited tribute to the benevolent exertions of Mr. H. Thornton in behalf of the parish; who assisted in obtaining a temporary aid from Government, and obviated the effects of the tardiness of office by immediate advances from his own pocket.-The local hardships, under which this parish groans, are enumerated for the purpose of exciting parliamentary attention; and the author inclines to the opinion that its boundaries ought to be virtually extended, and that its richer neighbours should be forced to participate in the support of its numerous poor; who, though they perform the work of several parishes, unfortunately reside only in this one. This subject certainly requires attention and remedy, and Mr. Hale as evidently deserves thanks for the exertion and the ability which he has devoted to it. Art. 43. An Address to the Visitors of the Incorporated Society of .1806. It seems that this gentleman, who had entered into Deacon's orders, and had graduated as a physician, was desirous of being admitted into a third profession, that of a Civilian. When holy orders are sought, it is never asked what has been the candidate's previous profession; nor will our own Universities of the North refuse the quali fying rank of M.D. to any man because he may have exercised another calling. The door is less open to admission into the learned society of Doctors in Civil and Canon Law: holy orders disqualify a person for this Corporation;-a rule which it is the abject of the present work strenuously to oppose. It may be said of matters of this nature, that it imports society less what the rules are, than that they should be known and fixed; and we cannot regard the regula tions of so small a body, however exclusive, as of very general moment. On the subject of the right of the clergy to hold secular offices, we are not disposed to go far with Dr. Highmore; we admit it, however, to be a hardship that Deacons cannot descend, and reduce themselves to their original lay character. This learned person gives the following account of himself: I feel emboldened to avow to your Lordships, that I have indeed presumed to explore the hidden treasures of other sciences also: and am ready to admit, (premising, only, and with a view to obviate. any doubts as to the completeness and validity of my qualification, Mo-y which the most fastidious scrutiny might incline to suggest, that in the University, from whence I received my degree, my devotion to the study of the civil and canon law has been as pure, as chaste, and as immaculate as could be that of the learned Judges and Advocates, to whom his Majesty's Royal Charter was, in consideration of such their professed devotion, at first granted,)-thus much premised. I am ready to admit that I have in other Universities addicted myself to other studies and to other sciences; That I have studied theology and the sacred languages of the East, under Michaëlis, and Walck, and Koppe, in the University of Gottingen; that, in the same University, I have "tasted," though not "drunk deep," from the profaner springs of Grecian and of Roman literature, under the rudite classic, philologist, and antiquary, Heyne; and, in the course of a residence of two years, I have there applied myself to other branches of study connected with morals and with humanity. Nor, My Lords, under the same sanction, and confiding in the same au thorities, do I hesitate to avow to your Lordships that I have also studied medicine. That I have studied the same, both as an art and as a science, in the Schools of London, and in the Universities of Leyden and of Edinburgh. As a trade, My Lords, I have never, and no where studied it; nor, as a trade, have I yet learned to practise it." That Dr. H. is aliquid in omnibus will not be denied: but whether he is nihil in toto we have not the means of judging. If he has been refused admission into one profession, he is still master of two,be% tween which he may chuse." Art. 44. Considerations on the Alliance between Christianity and Commerce, applied to the present State of this Country. 8vo. Cadell and Davies. 25. Jo. An ingenious and elegant tract, which encourages the most cheer ing hopes. We recommend the perusal of it to the lovers of honourable dealing, and to the friends of religion and virtue. The alliance between pure religion and the interests of commerce, and the means which the latter furnishes for the propagation of the former, are ideas of which much good use may be made, and they are not ill pursued in these pages. Do Art. 45. An Exemplar of Divine Worship, as exhibited to St. John in In the several symbols contained in the Apocalyptic vision, this preacher discovers the nature of the Christian dispensation, the offices of the Holy Trinity, the conversion of nations to the Chris tian faith, and the worship of the Trinity as it should ever be maintained by the Orthodox Church to the end of the world. We cannot say that Dean Nickolls has adduced any strong arguments in favour of the interpretation of St. John's vision in this passage. We are at a loss to conceive by what logic such inferences are obtained' from |