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LIST OF NEW BOOKS, WITH REMARKS. DIVINITY, MORALITY, &c.

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EW authors have more promoted the interefts of virtue and literature than Dr. Beattie, who has acquired defervedly a reputation, which will not be diminished by thefe differtations. "The reader (to ufe the Doctor's own words) will be difappointed, if he fhould expect to find in this book nice metaphyfieal theories, or any other matters of doubtful difputations. Such things the author is not unacquainted with but they fuit not his ideas of moral teach. ; and he has laid them afide long ago. His aim is, to inure young minds to habits of attentive obfervation; to guard them against the influence of bad princi ples; and to fet before them fuch views of nature, and fuch plain and practical truths, as may at once improve the heart and understanding, and amufe and elevate the fancy."

ART. II. Compaffion to the Poor recommended: a Sermon preached at Melton Mowbray, Leicefterfbire, Dec. 1, 1782. By Thomas Ford, L. L. D. Vicar. 8vo. 6d.

This fermon, published for the benefit of the poor of Melton-Mowbray, contains a variety of fcripture-quotations, judiciously felected, and interwoven in the general texture of Dr.Ford's animated discourse, with a peculiar ease and propriety. We hope it will produce the defired effect, both for the fake of the poor, and the author's generous intention, who appears to be a man of ingenuity, piety and benevolence, notwithstanding his attachment to methodism.

ART. III. An historical View of the State of the Unitarian Doctrine and Worship, from the Reforma ion to our Times. By Theophilus Lindley, A. M. 8vo. 6s.

We cannot help thinking our readers may lay out fix fhillings to a much better purpofe, than by purchafing this useless lumber of hiftorical fcraps. In our last number, we gave our fentiments of Mr. Lindfey as a controverfial writer. With refpect to this work, a good Chriftian will not entertain a thought about it. What is it to him when, or where the unitarian herefy fprung up? And as to ourselves, a love for our moft holy religion will ever

deter us from giving our fanction to a fundamental error, however artfully cloathed, and the evident tendency whereof is, to encourage feparations from the established church.

ART. IV. A Course of Sermons upon Death, Judgment, Heaven and Hell, by John Whi taker, B. D. Small 8vo. 2s. 6d.

Thefe awful fubje&s can never be too frequently prefented to the view of the fallen, finful race of Adam. Every fon and daughter of Eve would do well to familiarize thofe tremendous fcenes, of which they believe, they will moft affuredly be here after either trembling or joyful fpe&tators. The writer has drawn them in very striking colours, fometimes with an unrestrained fervor of a too warm imagination. ART. V. A curious Hioroglipbic Bible; or fe lect Paffiges in the Old and New Testament, reprefented with near Five Hundred emblematical Figures, for the Amusement of Youth.

12mo. IS.

A work of this kind is calculated rather to amufe than inftruct! and, to the hieroglyphic reprefentations, we must observe, that though fome of them are well defigned, yet in others there is a grofs impropriety, efpecially in two, one of which reprefents the holy fpirit in the fhape of an overgrown dove, the other, the Great I Am under the figure of an old man with a long beard. A picture of the laft kind is now in one of the churches at Rome; and as to this popish method of inftructing children, we cannot fpeak in its favour.

ART. VI. A Sermon preached before the Humane Society, on March 30th, and May 25th, 1783. By Jbn Hadley Swain.

The main fcope of this difcourfe is to recommend that most benevolent inftitution, the Humane Society; an inftitution founded upon true chriftian-principles; "the encou ragement and fupport of which, we would earnestly recommend to youth of both fexes, efpecially to thofe, with whom a recommendation from the Editors of this Magazine may be thought deferving their attention. However we cannot but think the managers of the fociety might have made choice of a much lefs exceptionable perfon to plead their caufe than Mr. Swain, whofe conceit, froth and impertinence, are publicly and privately his known characteristics, even among thefe Enthufiafts whofe fentiments he has endeavoured though aukwardly to adopt.

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CHRONOLOGICAL

GAZETTE INTELLIGENCE.

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Whitehall, July 22.

DVICES have been received by the Fox packet, which failed from Bengal the 17th of February laft, that peace had been concluded with the Marattas; that Hyder Ally died in the month of December laft; and that his fucceffor Tippou Saib appeared more pacifically inclined towards the English than his father, having permitted fuch as were prifoners in the towns taken by him to have a free communication with the prefidency at Madras, to be better fupplied with neceffaries, and to have free egrefs and regrefs: that Monf. Suffrein, after watering his fleet at Achin, had crolled over the Bay of Bengal to Ganjam, with nine fail of the line and two frigates, where he captured the Coventry frigate and the Blandford Eaft Indiaman: that the Medea frigate had retaken the Chacer loop of war, on her way from Trincomale with difpatches from M. Buffy to M. Suffrein, by which it appeared, that the rest of the French fleet was in great diftrefs from a violent dyfentery, having loft a number of men, and was unable to join M. Suffrein as foon as intended; and that M. Suffrein remained only a few days on the coaft, and it was fuppofed had returned to Trincomale, leaving two frigates to Cruize from Ganjam to Ballafore Road, which had captured a number of veffels bound to Madras with rice.

Berlin, July 8. On the 3d inftant her royal highnefs the princefs of Prufia was fafely delivered of a prince at Potzdam.

Accounts have been received from Schweidnitz of a very violent thunder form having happened in the county of Glatz on the 22d ult. which was followed by fo great a fall of rain that the whole country has been overflowed, and much damage occafioned. The town of Neiffe, in Silefia, has likewife fuffered much from the fame inundation, and great injury is done to the fortifications and magazines there.

Warfaw, July 2, On Sunday last accounts were received here of the plague having broken out at Cherfon, at Ockza kow, and in the country adjacent; that in the Crimea this diftemper raged with great violence; and it having begun to manifeft itfelf on the frontiers of this kingdom, orders have been fent to the Polish troops to form a cordon, to prevent its further progrefs.

Conftantinople, June 25. The plague has fpread in every quarter of this city and its fuburbs, as well as the neighbouring pro vinces of Alia and Bofnia: hitherto, however,

DIARY.

Stockholm, July 1.

the mortality at Conftantinople is very inconfiderable. His Swedish Majefty landed here on the 9th inftant early in the morning, having failed from Abo, on the 7th. He is almost entirely recovered from his late accident, though still obliged to wear his arm in a fling.

Whitehall, July 29.

The letters of which the following are extracts, have been received at the office of the Right Honour able Lord North, his Majesty's principal Sc cretary of State for the home department. Extract of a letter from General Sir Guy Carleton, K. B. &c. dated New-York, June 20, 1783.

My Lord,

I tranfmit for your Lordship's information a copy of Colonel Deveaux's letter, conveying an account of the re-capture of the Bahama iflands, together with a copy of the capitulation.

I am, My Lord,

Your Lordship's most obedient, and most humble fervant, GUY CARLETON.

Right Honourable Lord North.

[The fubftance of Colonel Deveaux's let ter, is as follow: That on the 1st of April, he formed an expedition at Auguftine against New Providence, at his own expence, and embarked with only fixty-five men, recruited for four or five days at Harbour island, and on the 14th carried the Eaftern Fort, on the Ifland of Providence. On the 16th, the Colonel took poffeffion of two commanding hills, and erected a battery on each, of twelve pounders. At day light on the 18th, the batteries being compleat the English colours were hoifted on each of them, which were within mufquet fhot of their grand fortrefs; his Excellency the Governor, finding his thet and fhells of no effect thought proper to ca pitulate, furrendering four large batteries, and about 70 pieces of cannon, four large gal lies, and about 50 men. Colonel Deveaux's forces never at any time exceeded 230 men, and not more than 150 of them had mufquets.}

Windfor Castle, Aug. 7. This morning, at a quarter before one o'clock, the Queen was happily delivered of a Princefs.

Her Majefty is, God be praifed, as well as can be expected; aad the young Princefs is in perfect health.

Whitehall, July 26. The King has been pleafed to appoint Sir John Dick, Bart. and William Mollefon, Efq; to be Comptrollers fo the Accounts of his Majefty's army.

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Chronftadt, June 4.

ETTERS from Siberia mention, that fome flight shocks of earthquakes were felt there on the 6th of May.

Lausanne, June 22. The day before yefterday, we had a terrible ftorm here, which has produced effects without example to this country. Twelve perfons were killed, and 13 wounded, at a fingle stroke.

Florence, June 30. Yesterday morning, at four o'clock, we felt another shock of an earthquake.

Paris, July 18. On the 13th inftant feveral phyficians defirous of making fome obfervations on the prefent ftate of the atmofphere, which continues charged with vapours, went to the obfervatory, and had a fort of kite flown from thence to a prodigious height, after which it was drawn in covered with innumerable fmall black infects, which upon examination appeared to contain a venomous moisture prejudicial to plants.

It is reported here that there has been an earthquake in the Antilles, which has been as deftructive as that in 1770.

Vienna, July 19. In Bohemia the ftorms and hurricanes have occafioned a great num ber of difalters. The lightning killed in the church of Dobraken, near Pilfen, fix out of the twelve men who were ringing the bells: a like accident happened to 30 perfons in the town of Egra; and the district of Kladran is entirely ruined.

Warfaw, July 19. There are at prefent 70 regiments of Ruffians in the neighbour hood of Cherfon, under Prince Potemkin, whofe head quarters are in that city, which is fortifying as ftrongly as poffible. Caminieck is alfo fortifying, and the garrison is reinforced with 5000 men.

The Turks and Ruffians feem to ftand at bay, observing one another, but no hoftilities are yet commenced on either fide.

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sent year, are much greater than have occurred before in the prefent century. The earthquake at Litbon in 1755, thocking as it was, bears but little comparison to the more dreadful one in Sicily, where the effects have been so far from fubfiding, that the laft letters from Naples mention their expectations that the whole inland will be fwallowed up and totally destroyed. In Italy there have been tremulations of the earth, and violent ftorms, which have reached into France. In this ifland the thunder ftorms have never been known more fatal: though happily the metropolis has hitherto efcaped." When thy judgments are in the earth, fays the Prophet, the inhabitants will learn righteoufnefs."

They write from New-York, that fince the Preliminaries were figned, the Americans, both continental and militia, deferted in great numbers, both from gen. Washington's and gen. Green's armies.

Leiters from the Leeward Islands fay, that they have had very unfeasonable weather, and that the crops will turn out fo bad that they cannot load all the fhips which are arrived from Europe.

The negroes in the French West India Iflands are, upon a late calculation, computed to be 386,500 fouls, who are governed by a fyftem of regular laws, which not only reftrains and punishes: but also secures them from oppreffion and cruelty.

The celebrated Abbé Raynal computes the whole number of African flaves in America and the Weft India Inlands at one million, four hundred thoufand! most of whom live in a state of the groffeft ignorance, heathenifm and brutality.

Petitions from all parts of France have been prefented to the officers of their marine department, against the exorbitant demands of the Americans in their commercial propofals, particularly what regards the Weft India trade,

The Hon. William Erfkine, brother to the Earl of Buchan, is elected Member of Parliament for Portsmouth, in the room of Sir William Gordon, K. B.

The 8th inft. came on the election for phyfician to the Middlefex difpenfary. The candidates were Dr. Woodville and Dr. Miller, and on cafting up the ballot, the numbers were as follow: For Dr. Woodville 1075, for Dr. Miller 504. Whereupon the former was declared duly elected.

A new coinage of guineas has for fome time paft employed the officers of his Majefty's mint, faid to be occafioned by a great fcarcity of that coin, which arose from the quantities of it exported by interefted people.

We are affured that Capt. Cunningham, who had the unfortunate affair with the late Captain Riddell, will furrender himfelf to the court at the Old-Bailey, in

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order to be amenable to the laws of his country. The principal witneffes are fummoned upon this occafion.

On the 12th inft. the Prince of Wales came of age, when he received the compliments of the nobility; but his birth day is not to be publicly celebrated till the 4th of April.

Letters from Chelmsford in Effex mention, that the propofed advance in the price of commiffion for the fales of corn made by the cornfactors, is univerfally esteemed unprecedented, unreafonable, and oppreffive; the farmers have convened meetings in feveral towns in that county, and are determined, if the cornfactors perfift in their demands, to make their future confignments to new agents. The Rev. Henry Bate has fhewed the utmoft fpirit and attention in oppofing this impoft, in which he has been fupported by the most diftinguished gentlemen in that part of the kingdom.

The cornfactors hitherto had a profit of fix-pence on every quarter of corn they difpofe of; and have now, without con fulting the farmers, laid on an impoft of three-halfpence more on each quarter! a step that must affect the lower part of mankind, in an eminent degree.

A few days ago the caufe depending between Mr. Sutherland, judge of the admiyalty at Minorca, plaintiff, and gen. Murray, governor of that ifland, defendant, came on to be tried in the Court of Exchequer, Guildhall, when, after a full investigation of the matter, the jury found a verdict of goool. damages for the plaintiff.

On the 5th inft. at twelve o'clock, a genAleman unhappily put an end to his existence at a coffee-houfe in the Strand, by cutting his throat with a razor, His rashness is imputed to a temporary melancholy, to which he had often been fubject. The coroner's inqueft brought in their verdict lunacy.

Laft Tuesday night as a gentleman was coming out of Holborn to Carey-street, he was knocked down under the wall of Lincoln's-Inn garden by two footpads, who robbed him of eight guineas and his watch.

On Friday morning a well-dreffed man applied to the turnkey at Newgate, to fee the condemned prifoners; but being told that in confequence of the late disturbances in that jail, they could not admit any strangers, he perfifted in his requeft, delaring he was the Hon. Mr. brother to the Earl of

; during this altercation, Mr. Lewis, jeweller, on Ludgate Hill, came up, and charged him with taking from his hap a pair of brilliant knee-buckles, on which this Hon. Gentleman was carried before a magiftrate, who committed him to the Compter.

At Chelmsford affizes on the Nifiprius fide,

a new and interesting game cause came on to be heard before Mr. Justice Gould, and a fpecial jury, wherein a flage coachman was profecuted for the recovery of the several penalties of 51. each, for carrying twelve unfranked hares in his coach to London. The jury, without going out of court, found him guilty of the offence, and confequently gave a verdict with 6ol. damages and cofts of fuit."

On the 14th inft. in the afternoon, a clover-ftack took fire belonging to Mr. Edwards, baker at Potton in Bedfordshire, which communicating to both sides of a large ftreet, raged with fuch dreadful and uncommon violence, that we are informed upwards of an hundred houfes were totally destroyed, and the inhabitants reduced to the extremeft mifery; few or none being infured.

On the 2nd inft. the feffions at the Old Bailey was finished, when Mr. Harrison, the deputy-recorder, paffed fentence of death, on the following capital convicts, viz. William Wynne Ryland, (feparately) for forgery; and then the following in a body; Thomas Burges, fcr a foot-pad robbery; John Edwards, for forging a failor's will and power, with intent to cheat him of his prize money; William Smith, alias Leveridge, Edward Elfon, William Strong, Jacob Ringrove Atkinfon, and George Gohagen, for highway robberies; James Bowen, for a burglary; James Brown, alias Oatley, for houfe-breaking; William Harper, for horfe-ftealing; James Rivers, alias Davis, for a robbery in a dwellinghoufe; and John Lloyd, for ditto.

The 9th inft. eight malefactors, convicted at a former feffions. were executed at Tyburn pursuant to their fentence.

Canterbuy, July 30. On Saturday laft a perfon of Egerton, who for feveral days has been confined at Smarden, made his efcape from his keeper, and went to his own houfe at Egerton, where an infant was afleep in a cradle, which he took up and threw into a pond the distance of ten rods, where the child was fuffocated before affiftance could be procured.

MILITARY PROMOTIONS. 3d reg. dragoons. Richard Am. Stevenfon, cornet. 2d. reg. foot.

a company.

1oth reg foot.

a company.

16th reg. foot.

Jofeph Kirkman, capt, of

John Hawthorn, capt. of

Edward Hayes, capt. of

a company. Benedict Arnold, lieut. John Hamilton, capt. of a company.

34th reg. foot. clerk, capt. of a 8oth reg. foot.

a company.

The hon. Aubrey Beaucompany.

Thomas Lloyd, capt, of

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Major Alexander Rofs to be deputy-adjutant-general in North-Britain, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the army,

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS.

The Rev. Mr. Boult, to the livings of Ancroft and Tweedmouth in the bishopric of Durham.

The Rev. Richard Haughton, clerk, to hold the rectory of Bolnhurit, Bedfordfhire, with the rectory of Long-ftow, in Cambridgeshire.

The Rev. Walter King, M. A. to the rectory of Eafington, Yorkshire.

The Rev. John Towers Allen, to the vicarage of Barwick in Norfolk.

The Rev. Thomas Vincent, A. M. to the prebend and vicarage of Gatton, Somerfetthire, worth 330l. per annum.

The Rev. Richard Philips, rector of Ringwold, to the perpetual curacy of Ath in Kent.

The Rev. Horace Hammond, to the rectory of Penthorpe in Norfolk.

The Rev. John Ruffel, B. D. to the rectory of Helmdon, in the county of Northapton, and diocese of Peterborough.

The Rev. George Strahan, M. A. by difpenfation to hold the vicarage of Iflington, in Middlefex, with the rectory of Thurtock Parva, otherwife Little Thurrock, in Effex.

BIRTH S.

Of a daughter, lady Lincoln, at his lordship's houfe in Dover-street.

Of a daughter, the lady of the lord bishop or Gloucefter.

Of a fon, the lady of Barnard Turner, Efq, at Witbeach in Cambridgeshire, in their way from the North to London.

MARRIAGES.

The earl of Denbigh, to lady Halford, Widow of Sir Charles Halford, Bart.

The earl of Eglingtoune, to Mifs Twifden, daughter of the late Sir William Twisden, Bart. of Roydon Hall, Kent.

Sir George Armytage of Kerklees, Yorkhire, Bart. to Mifs Harbord, eldest daughter of Sir Harbord Harbord, of Gunton, Norfolk.

Sir Thomas Gage, Bart. to Mifs Maria Fergus.

Mr. Tritton, banker, Lombard-street, to Mifs Barclay, of Camb. Heath, Hackney.

Dr. Chorley of Leake, Stafford/hire, to Mifs Peggy Crewe, daughter to the late Rev. Dr. Randall Crewe of Warmingham, Chefhire.

Morton Eden, Efq. his majefty's envoy extraordinary to the court of Saxony, to Mifs Henley, youngest fifter to the earl of Northington.

William Gore, Efq. lieutenant-colonel of the Oxfordshire militia, to Mifs Langton, heirefs of the late Jofeph Langton, of Newton Park, Somerset hire.

John Rodgell, Sandon, Efq. of Chefhunt, Herts, to Mifs Vincent, of South Mimins.

DEATH S.

Right Hon. Humphry Morrice, lord warden of the ftannaries of the county of Cornwall.

In Great Ormond-street, the Hon. lady Hawley.

Sir Rowland Hill, Bart. of Hawkfton hall, in the county of Salop, father of the Rev. Mr. Rowland Hill, of St. George's road, Surry.

The Rev. John James Magendie, D. D. canon of Windfor, prebend of Salisbury, and rector of Stoke Prior, Worcestershire. The Rev. Charles Reeks, rector of Stratford in Wilts.

At Oxford, of an apoplectic fit, the Rev. Dr. Wheeler, canon of Chrift church; this gentleman was the week before in town in perfect health to take poffeffion of one of the prebends of St. Paul's.

At Rotterdam, Rachael Solomons, a jewefs, aged 110 years.

At Kidderminster, the Rev. Job Orton, formerly a diffenting minifter at Shrewf bury.

Suddenly, at the White horfe, Fetterlane, aged 73, after a journey from Chatham that afternoon, Mr. John Hick, attorney at law, at Rochefter.

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At Knightbridge, the lady of the Rev. Mr. Wyvill, fifter of Sir Marmaduke Wy

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