Strictures on a Pamphlet entitled Confiderations on the important Ben-fits to be derived from the Eaft India Company's Building and Navigating their own Ships. 8vo. IS. Sewell.

This and the two fubfequent publications appear to have been occafioned by the foregoing. The Strictures before us do not seem to take the readielt path for fettling this question, becaufe they difclaim calculations in the confideration of a quef tion which altogether depends upon calculation. The Company, however, may gather fome ferious advice from a humourous paragraph in thefe Strictures.

On the fame authority of his bare word, refts the other af fertion," that this evil can be remedied by the Company's navigating their own fhips;" unless the reader will take for a proof of it calculations, whofe accuracy has been already noticed, and which, from the confequential proofs drawn from them, appear to have been made in the fame fagacious fpirit of oeconomy, with that of the prudent Hibernian, who having occafion to go twice or thrice a-year to Windfor, thought it fo unreasonable to be made pay a guinea for a chaife, when he could go in a carriage of his own for the bare expence of turnpikes, that he directly bought a coach and horfes to fave the difference.'

An Addrefs to the Proprietors of Eaft India Stock. In confequence of the Errors and Miftakes in fome late Publications, relative to their Shipping. 8vo. 25. Nourfe.

This pamphlet, though occafioned by the Confiderations,' is principally employed in the defence of a former publication by the fame author *, on which the Confiderations' had ob. ferved. The Addrefs' only recommends the question to the ferious confideration of the Company-which it furely deferves! The calculations, by which the advantages of building and navigating were proved, are in fome measure refuted by an efti mate of the cost of a Swedish ship.

Every Merchant not bis own Ship-builder. Addressed to the Proprietors of India Stock. 8vo. 15. 6d. Murray.

This feems to be intended as a full anfwer to the Confiderations. Ridicule, ferious argument, and calculation are all called to affift in the attack. What the Company are told they will gain by building and navigating, we have already feen. This gentleman, upon exactly the fame plan of calculation, fays they will lofe, at the end of fix voyages, 2,841,760l. One of thefe arithmeticians must be egregioully wrong. We have only to express our wifhes that the India Company may deliberate with caution and decide with prudence. Perhaps they ought to be more upon their guard against any thing which is well writen on either fide of the question, than against the honest ebullition of hafty conviction.

*See Crit. Rev. vol. xxxix. p. 80,

MEDICAL.

The Cafe of a Hydrophobia. By Dr. Fothergill. 8. Is. Cadell. This Cafe, written by Dr. Fothergill, is reprinted from the fifth volume of Medical Obfervations and Inquiries, for the purpose of rendering it, more generally known, and has already been noticed in our Review*. Subjoined to it are fome Remarks, and addicional directions for the treatment of perfons bit by mad animals,

P OETRY.

A Supplement to the Court of Adultery. 4to. Is. Smith. The story of an intrigue at St. James's, propagated by that wicked, that abominable demon, called Scandal, is the fubject of this little flimsy satire.

An Elegiac Poem in Blank Verfe, on the Death of the reverend Mr. A. M. Toplady, A. B. By John Fellows. 8vo. 8v. 6d.

Mathews. Michael and Gabriel, attended by a squadron of angels, are ordered to defcend,

And bring the faint in triumph thro' the skies.' Extraordinary preparations are made on this occafion: • Fix'd to the chariot ftand the fteeds of fire,

Which beat with burning hoofs the founding plains,
And fnorting tofs on high their beamy heads,
Reluctant to the rein.-

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The glad chiefs

Prepare their trophies, and with heavenly pomp,
Worthy the great occafion, fwift defcend."

In the mean time Michael and Gabriel difcourfe together on the virtues of the faint, his powerful, foul-affecting ftrains, and the wondering crouds, which hung on his precious lips.'~ How oft, fays Michael,

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How oft, amongst the happy fons of light,
Hath the Redeemer fpoke his fervant's praise;
And, fmiling, held him up to heavenly view,
As a defender of his righteous cause ?
Mention'd his labours, and his holy zeal
With approbation: and enjoin'd the throng
Of liftening cherubs to adorn their harps
With flowery garlands, and prepare new fongs
Against the joyful, the appointed day
Which brings him to the skies.'

In this degenerate age, no such faints are to be met with any where, but in the Tabernacle, and at the Lock! or if there are, the poets who record their virtues, do not canonize them with fo much affurance.

See Crit. Rev, vol. xlii. p. 434.
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An Elegy on the Death of the rev. A. M. Toplady, A. B. late Vicar of Broad Hembury, Devon. 8vo. 6d. Matthews. The production of an inferior poet, a youth of twenty, one of Mr. Toplady's conftant hearers.-This gentleman introduces the Deity giving a crown to Mr. Toplady, with this eulogium: • Wear it, my herald, thro' eternity.'

He then affures us, that, in eloquence and harmony, the faint is equal to Gabriel:

• Not Gabriel's felf can loftier anthems raife

To higher notes, to give the Saviour praife."

The poets of the Tabernacle and the Lock do not feem to confider, that it is impudence and prefumption to anticipate the decifions of Infinite Wisdom, by placing their poor finful brethren on thrones of glory, and holding them up as patterns of imitation to the angels.

DRAMATI C. The Gipfies; a Comic Opera, in Two As, performed at the Thea tre-Royal in the Hay-market. 8v0. Is. Cadell.

A tranflation, indifferently executed, of a little piece, entitled, Les Bobemiens, which can claim fo fmall a fhare of merit, that it might, without any prejudice to the public gratification, have still remained unknown to an English audience.

Rofe and Colin, a Comic Opera, performed at the Theaire-Royal iz Covent Garden. 8vo. 6d. Kearfly.

A trifling French production, rendered yet more infipid by the tranflator.

The Wives Revenged. A Comic Opera, performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden. 8vo. 6d. Kearfly.

Another operatic effufion, of the fame original and cha

racter.

DIVINITY:

The Conquest of Canaan: in which the Natural and Moral State of its Inhabitants; the Chara&er of their Conquerors; with the Manner and Defign of their Conqueft, are confidered. By John Martin. 12mo. Es. Buckland.

In the first part of this work the author defcribes the boun daries, the extent, the divifions, the profpects, the productions of the land of Canaan, the natural and moral ftate of its inha bitants, &c. He then proceeds to the narrative, containing a fhort account of the Ifraelites, from the time of Abraham to that of Mofes; and a more circumftantial hiftory of their departure from Egypt, their journies through the wilderness, and their fettlement in Canaan.-In an Appendix he fubjoins an epitome of the Jewish history from Joshua to Jefus Chrift.

In this work he has not aimed at either an air of originality, refinement of fentiment, or elegance of ftyle. He has confeffedly availed himfelf of the labours of others, by extracting

from

from their works whatever was applicable to his purpose; and has related every thing in plain, familiar language, and frequently in the words of the common tranflation of the Bible. The whole is drawn up in a clear and methodical manner; and is very properly calculated to give the reader a competent knowledge of the Jewish hiftory; efpecially that part of it, which relates to the conqueft of Canaan.

A Memoir of fome principal Circumftances in the Life and Death of the reverend and learned Auguftus Montague Toplady, B. A. late Vicar of Broad Hembury, Devon: to which are added, written by himself, The dying Believer's Addrefs to his Soul, pnd his own Laft Will and Teftament. 8vo. 6d. Matthews.

The author of these Memoirs informs us, that Mr. Toplady was the fon of Richard Toplady, efq. a captain in the army; that he was born at Farnham in 1740, educated at Westminsterschool, and Trinity-college, Dublin, received orders in 1762, and fome time afterwards inducted into the living of Broad Hembury, in Devonshire; that, finding his conftitution impaired by the moist air of that place, he removed to London, preached twice a week in the chapel belonging to the French Reformed near Leicester-fields; that he died Auguft 11, 1778, and was buried in Tottenham-court chapel.

The author expatiates pretty largely on his ministerial la bours, and his exemplary piety in his last illness.

In his Will, Mr. Toplady has expreffed his confident expectation of heaven in thefe full and pofitive terms:

I have not the leaft doubt of my election, juftification, and eternal happiness, through the riches of his everlafting and unchangeable kindness to me in Chrift Jefus his co-equal Son; my only, my affured, and my all-fufficient Saviour: washed in whofe propitiatory blood, and cloathed with whofe imputed righteoufnefs, I truft to ftand, perfect and finlefs, and complete, and do verily believe that I most certainly fhall fo ftand, in the hour of death, and in the kingdom of heaven, and at the laft judgement, and in the ultimate ftate of endless glory.'

Our readers may make what reflections they think proper on this paffage. Mr. Pope, in our opinion, speaks with more propriety, when he says,

Hope bumbly then; with trembling pinions foar:

Wait the great teacher Death; and God adore.'

To thefe Memoirs is annexed a Catalogue of Mr. Toplady's Publications, which amount to fixteen. Moft of them are fermons, or fmall tracts His capital performance is entitled Hif toric Proof of the Doctrinal Calvinifm of the Church of England, in two volumes, 8vo. 1774.

A Year's

A Year's Journey through France, and Part of Spain. By Philip Thickneffe, Efq. The Second Edition with Additions. 8vo. il. Is. Brown.

2 vols.

In June 1777, we gave an account of this work, which appears to be confiderably enlarged in the prefent edition. if not with a variety of new materials, at leaft with farther proofs of the author's obfervation and vivacity.

We formerly observed, that these Letters difcover a competent knowledge of the world; and we may add, in its favour, likewife an acquaintance with literature.

A Sentimental Diary, kept in an Excurfion to Little Hampton, near Arundel, and to Brighthelmftone, in Suffex. Small 8vo.

25. Ryall.

The author of this Diary treads in the fteps of the late celebrated Mr. Sterne, whose manner he has imitated with confiderable addrefs. We therefore doubt not of his affording amufement to thofe readers who take pleasure in productions of the light and fantastic kind.

A Chronological Abridgment of the Life and Reign of Henry IV. King of France. 12mo. 25. Newbery.

This little volume is intended for the ufe of thofe who may not have leifure to read a more copious detail of the fubject. The compiler has mentioned all the important events in this interefting reign; but they are treated with too much brevity to afford fufficient hiftorical information.

A Lift of the Officers of the Militia of England and Wales, for the Year 1778. 8vo. 15. 6d. Almon.

This lift contains likewife the number of militia raifed in each county, with the names of the lord-lieutenants and agents. The London Directory. 8vo. 1S. Lowndes. A pamphlet of acknowledged utility to the inhabitants of the capital.

A new Cure for the Spleen. 8vo. IS. Wenman. Confitting of jefts, and fuch funny recreations as may afford fome entertainment to perfons of a rifible difpofition.

Genuine Memoirs of Joshua Crompton. Svo. 6d. Crowder. In this pamphlet we meet with a variety of anecdotes, tolerably well related, and which may prove useful, by delineating the artifices of fharpers, fwindlers, and rogues of every denomination, that infeft this metropolis.

The Trial of Thomas Boulter and James Caldwell, two noted Flying Highwaymen. 8vo. 6d. Crowder.

These trials are faid to have been faithfully taken in court, and appear to be genuine.

* See Crit. Rev. vol. xliii. p. 449.