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entertained of the power of public opinion anticipation, if he moved, of his brother's fate; a certain degree of misanthropy, and com- plete scepticism on the possibility of improving his fellow creatures. This misanthropy guided him very strangely in his conduct towards the officers in his department. He gave himself not the least trouble. about them. Whether they succeeded or were ruined; whether they were respectable or contemptible, industrious or idle, it was all the same to him. Merit never assisted, nor demerit lowered any one. Scarcely was he acquainted personally with half a dozen: persons in the offices nearest to him; the rest he never saw, nor" did · he even know their names. It was not pride nor the spirit of aris-` tocracy which occasioned so strange a conduct: it arose entirelyr from contempt. of mankind, and coldness of heart. Great faults that passed immediately under his eyes, he would scarcely notice, or if an inquiry was to be made, he would throw all difficulties into the way, and then make the bitterest jests on those who conducted, the inquiry. It may easily, be imagined that such a character could not be beloved, and it scarcely seems necessary to employ so many; pages on his life.

But this unhappy misanthrope was not free from the vices attaching so generally to ministerial characters. He could prefer his relations to posts of profit, though they had no pretensions from merit; and he vindicated his conduct, by saying that it was natural and necessary, and nothing else but what was done by every public man in the world, and that others in his place would have done much worse. Yet with all these drawbacks we are told that Struensee was a valuable character, that he possessed the noblest sentiments, that he was' incapable of meanness, and was devoid of selfishness. A proof of the latter is the small sum left by him at his decease, only about a hundred and twenty thousand rixdollars, a sum which much dise appointed the expectation of the public.

A negligent public officer is no uncommon thing, but whether theyare misanthropes, or fond of the pleasures of society, they ought to be held up to the indignation of the public. The author was a friend to his hero, but he has painted him in such colours, that no one will respect his memory; and as he has given us no information. on the nature of the departments over which Struensee was placed, few persons will take an interest in the perusal of a life capable of affording so little of either instruction or amusement,

ART. 28.-Zweckmässige vorkehrungen gegen die ausgebrochene getreide theurung, c.

Animadversions on the Scarcity of Provisions, and Means of preventing it in future.

ART. 29-Ein sehr leichtes mittel wie rittergutsbesitzer, &c. A very easy Method for Landholders and Farmers to give Bread in the cheapest Manner to the Poor,

THE above works on the scarcity of provisions, and the remedy

against this evil in future, are a small part only of the number of writings, which this subject occasioned in Germany as well asia Eng land. The same absurdities issued from the press and the pulpit in both countries. Every one, who was not concerned in the raising of food, or in the sale of it, could casily see the disagreeable effects of the dearness of provisions, and point out a remedy at the expense of the landholder, farmer, miller, and cornfactor; but, if the same remedies had been proposed for the dearness of cloth, shoes, sugar, and similar articles, all the dealers in these commodities would have been in an uproar, and exclaimed against such illegal interference. The first of these publications has found out an easy remedy against scarcity: it is simply to establish magazines in every district; to have in them a stock of provisions sufficient for a half year's cousumption; to dole them out when they should arise beyond a certain price, and thus plenty would remain for ever in the country. Unaccountable illusion! What will be the expence of erecting these magazines, providing officers to inspect them, and purchasing the provisions? Are they likely to be so well preserved as in the barns of the farmer, who has an interest in preserving them, and who in fact is obliged, for the supply of his own wants, to bring them forward little by little to market? The barns and yards of the farmer are, we assert it, the best repositories for the corn; the less the government of any state interferes in it, the better; and the experience of our own country, when the council took the providing of it with corn out of the hands of the regular merchant, and thus prodigiausly enhanced its price, may teach other nations, that the only way to obviate the evils of famine, is to leave the supply of the mar kets unrestrained by either checks or rewards.

If the erecting of magazines would be a most expensive way of supplying the country with corn, the mode proposed to alleviate famine by the divine in the second of these works is fraught with every species of absurdity as well as of mischief. Under the appearance of regard for humanity, is couched an encouragement to indolence, inpertinence, and every evil propensity of our nature. The landholder and the farmer are, at the time of harvest, to throw away bountifully their sheaves to the hungry; at the time when labourers are most wanted, they are to be filled with food without labour. If Providence sends an abundance, it does not follow that it is to be dissipated without foresight. In his zeal for humanity, the preacher forgets that some charity is due to the farmer, and if he is to pay his rent and his taxes, he can no more distribute his sheaves than the preacher call in all the vagabonds of the district, to divide with them the profits of his benefice. We have happily got the better of our scarcity, and also of those dreams of benevolence in soup kitchens and similar devices, which to relieve one class the most undeserving, brought great distress upon the industrious housekeeper, who was only just removed from the recessity of applying to them for relief. But this German divine has gone out of his sphere, and be should have reflected, that his mode of talking was calculated not only to increase discontent and to encourage idleness, but absolutely to make famine perpetual.

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BALDWIN's Fables,
Bampton Lecture, by Lawrence, 1.
The predestinarian system of Calvin
totally inconsistent with the doc-
trine of the articles of the church of
England, equally irreconcileable with
her liturgy and homilies, and the
private sentiments of the reformers,
ib. The peculiar points of contro-
versy between the Calvinists and
Arminians, of a later date than the æra
of the established confessions, ibid.
The 10th and 13th article framed
solely with an eye to Roman error,
3. The English reformation in
general of a Lutheran tendency,
which also prevails in the articles
collectively considered, 4. Argument
respecting the general tendency, ibid.
APP. VOL. 7.

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Liable to material objections, 6.
The doctrine of original sin as taught
by the schoolmen, 7. As taught by
the Lutherans, 8. These contending
theories applied to the explication of
the 9th article, 9. The opinions of
the schoolmen and the Romish church
not so much, nor so exclusively be-
fore the eyes of the compiler, as Dr.
L. supposes: references intended to
he made to the dangerous opinions
of the Pelagians and Anabaptists, 10.
An important misrepresentation of
Burnet pointed out, 13. The contro-
versy on the Eucharist first rendered
Calvinism a characteristical appel..
lation,
ibid.
Bankers, method of keeping accounts
with,
Basely's funeral oration,
Beaver's African memoranda, relative
to an attempt to establish a British
settlement on the island of Bulama on
the western coast of Africa, 193.
The outline of the work, ibid. Rea
sons stated why the island of Bulama
was fixed upon as the spot best cal-
culated for the commencement of the
plan, 194. The causes of the failure
of the plan originatingin Europe, as-
signed, 195. Acts of hostility on the
part of the Calypso; five men, and
one woman killed, four men wound-
ed, and four men, one woman, and
three children taken prisoners by the
natives of the neighbouring isles, 196.
The prisoners purchased of king
Belichore for 801. 11s. 83. sterling,
197. Captain Beaver proceeds to the
country of Bisugas, for the purpose of
treating with the king for the sale
of the island Bulama, which he
purchased for 781. 16s. 8d. sterling,
198. Dissension prevails in the coun•
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Erowne's Selection from the Old and
New Testaments,
323
Bruenmark's Introduction to Swedish
Grammar,
446
Bryan Perdue, Memoirs of, a novel by
Holcroft, 14., The aim of this work

to diffuse the philanthropic doc-
trine, that proper receptacles for the
diseased in mind are even more highly
necessary, and should at present be
no less numerous than for the diseased
in body,' 15. Jack the Painter,
Mother Brownrigg, Catherine Hayes,
Jonathan Wild, 19. Analysis of the
story, 21. Specimen of style, 21,

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CAPPER's Observations on waste
land,
Carlyle's Poems,

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Carr's Northern Summer, 129.
sentimental but peevish traveller; a
cosmopolite and a philanthropist; the
village schoolmaster and sexton; the
prolific mortuary laureates of Har-
wich, 130. Helogoland, 131.
epitome of nonsense at the head of
every page, ibid. The conspiracy;
a luxurious dinner at Copenhagen,
132. The battle of the second of
April, ibid. Valour facetious, ibid.
The author disappointed in not having
the honour of being introduced to the
Crown Prince, 133. A Turk in a
Lutheran country can get as drunk
as a Christian, 133. Danes picking
their teeth with a fork; interesting
prisoners; excessive sensibility; Ma-

Coilet's Sacred Dramas,
Commerce, Elements of,

210

Commerce of Great Britain, present
state of the,
Confessionum Sylloge. Vide Sylloge.
Contes Moraux pour l'instruction de
la jeunesse,

538

Conversations on moral and religious
subjects,

Cooke's Funeral Sermon,
Cooper on the cataract,

224

432
442

Coup d'œil tapide sur Vienne, 468.
Description of the streets, &c. ibid.
The temperature of Vienna, not so
warm as might be expected from the
latitude in which it is placed, (48 deg.
12 min); the health of the inhabi
tants much affected by the impetuo
sity of the winds, 469. Pharmacy
. more successfully cultivated in Vien-
na than in all the other towns of Ger-
many, 470. Fatality of the small-
pox; charitable institutions; mo-
derate price of provisions, ibid. Nu-
merous signs of taverns and public
houses; a coffee-house almost en
tirely frequented by Greeks; the hos
pitality of the inhabitants of Vien
na, 471. Music in high request, ibid.
Palace of Schoenbrunn, 372. Of Au
garten; the forest of Prater, ibid.
Crampton's Essay on the entropeon,

216

220

Creation of body and soul,
Cultes des, qui ontt precédés et amenés

idolatrie par Dulaure, 507. The
origin of idolatry lost in the obscuresti
recesses of history, ibid. The authet
of the book of Wisdom assigns the
most probable cause, ibid. Princi
ples laid down by the author as a clue
to conduct us in our wanderings, 508.
Three species of religious opinions.
each still existing in the world paved
the way for idolatry, ibid. Ingeniou!
remarks on the worship of Fetiches,

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rog. Derivation of Hermes, 510.
History of Mercury, ibid. The dif-
ferent qualities of Venus analysed,
511

Curran's Speeches, 35. Extract from a
speech delivered before the lord lieute-
nant and privy council of Ireland, on a
question respecting the right of elec-
tion of lord mayor of the city of Dub-
lin, between Aldermen Howison and
James, 37, 38, 39. Under the sem-
blance of describing the character of
a former chance.or, Sir Constantine'
Phipps, the speaker takes the op-
portunity of pourtraying the intellec-
tual and moral qualities of the chan-
cellor, the Earl of Clare, whom he'
was then addressing, 40, 41. Ex-
tract from a speech in behalf of Mr.
Peter Finerty indicted for a libel;
the speaker commences by openly
telling the jury, that they are packed
and prejudiced against the cause, ibid.
DALLAS's Elements of self-know-
ledge, 300. Definition of man, 301.
The anatomy of the mind, 303.
The topic of love,
305
Davie's Letters from Paraguay, 148.
The author's arrival at New York,
whither he had directed his course,
with a view of wandering about he
knew not well where on the conti-
nent of North America, 149. Di-
verted from this resolution by the
prospect of a voyage to Botany Bay,
ibid. Disgusted with the Anglo-
Americans, on account of the short
time they allot to their meals, ibid.
The American women patterns of
domestic economy and cleanliness,
150. The question of emigration
considered, 151. The author sets out
for Botany Bay; is driven by a hurri-
cane into Monte Video in the river
La Plata, 152. Attacked by a dis-
ease incident to Europeans, on their
first going into these latitudes, which
compels his shipmates to leave him
behind, ibid. His recovery, 153. His
relapse; removed by order of the
governor to Buenos Ayres, 154. His
restoration to reason; acquires the
affections of the Dominicans, ibid.
The population of Paraguay, 155.
The resemblance between the Indian
tribes, and the boors of Russia, ibid.
Specimen of North American clean-
liness, 157. The author accom-
panies Father Hernandez on a spiritu
al mission to the presidency of Rioja
Minor, 159. A revoir of the eccle-

siastics and Indians to massacre the
Spaniards; the author escapes from the
general lot by the favour and precau-
tion of an Indian, who interfered in'
his behalf and provided him, with the
signal, by which friends were to be
distinguished from enemies, 159. Is,
packed up among some goods, which
are annually sent to Buenos Ayres
from the inter or settlements, 160
Dawson on the doctrine of philoso-
phical necessity,
Death of the Hero,
Delinquent,

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332
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Dermody, life of, by Raymond, 312.

Dermody placed in the situation of
Latin and Greek teacher in his fa-
ther's school at Ennis in the county'
of Clare, in the ninth year of his age,'
313. The influence of bad example,
314. Specimens of his poetry in his
tenth year, ibid. Dermody quits his
1.ome with only two shillings in his
pocket, and arrives at Dublin, ibid.
Finds a patron in the keeper of an
obscure bookstall, but disgusted with
his situation, engages himself as a
shop-boy to a second-hand booksel-
ler, where he attracted the notice of
Dr. Houlton, who affords him an
asylum in his house, 315. The
sensitive linnet, ibid. He quits Dr.
Houlton's, and engages himself to a
scene painter belonging to the Dublin
Theatre, where he attracted the no-
tice of Mr. Owenson, who intro-
duced the youthful poet to a numerous
and respectable circle of friends, 317.
He loses through his misconduct the
exertions of his friends, 317. Is pa-
tronized by the Countess of Moira:
enlists as a private soldier in the
108th regiment; arrives in England'
in 1794; is patronized by the most
illustrious characters, 319. Dies in

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the 28th year of his age,
Dick's Lectures on the Acts,
Die Alterthumer der Mannussohne aus
der fedar des grafen,
Dimsdale sulphur baths,
Diversions of Purley. Vide Tooke.
Dix's Treatise on co. s.ructing maps,

543

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Doctrine of philosophical necessity,219
Douglas's Life of Professor Geliert
358. Gellert commences his stu-
dies at the university of Leipsic at
the age of nineteen, 359. An inci
dent recorded of his first essay in
the pulpit; Gellert undertakes the
education of two young men
who resided near Dresden, ibid

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