Persons. 5. Select Texts of Scripture classed for Meditation. And, 6. Prayers suitable to the Occasion. By the Rev. Jn. Hewlett, B. D. Morning Preacher at the Foundling-Hospital, &c. &c. &c. 12mo. pp. 236. Rivingtons, &c.

WE notice with peculiar satisfaction this interesting production of a Divine whose former labours entitle him to the highest rank amongst our ablest expounders of Holy Scripture, and our most impressive teachers of

the doctrines and duties of Christianity. The work before us consists principally of three Sermons on the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, preached in the Chapel of the Foundling Hospital, where their influence was satisfactorily evidenced by the immediate attendance of upwards of 300 communicants. They are divided into several short Sections, for the convenience of persons who may not have opportunities of reading them without interruption, as well as for the purpose of occasional reference to any particular point. To each of these Sections an appropriate title is prefixed. The Sermons are distinguished by sound scriptural views of the doctrine of the Holy Sacrament, by fervent piety, and by an affectionate zeal to engage all Christians in the habitual observance of a duty of the highest obligation, and of the most important use. The Author's arguments are so forcible, his exhortations are so persuasive, and his whole consideration of the subject is so judicious, edifying, and full of comfort, that we anticipate the most beneficial results from the wide diffusion of this little volume, which we earnestly recommend to universal attention. To these Sermons are subjoined many valuable additions enumerated in the title-page, the composition and selection of which afford evident proofs of great ability, and discrimination. The whole forms a complete "Manual of instruction and devotion on the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper;" and we entertain no doubt that its intrinsic excellence will

gradually secure to it that general reception and use to which it is eminently entitled. In confirmation of the favourable opinion we have expressed of this little volume, we select a few passages from the Sermons, in which those of our readers who are acquainted with Mr. Hewlett's wri

tings, will easily trace that tenderness of sentiment,'and beauty of language, which characterize the productions of his pen.

"Motives for celebrating the Lord's

Supper.

"When, therefore, we reflect on the numerous occasions that gave rise to ceremonies, rites, and sacrifices in former times, and consider the many secular occurrences, both private and public, that render them indispensable at present, shall we think it too much to celebrate, by an appropriate act, the greatest event that could ever happen

the death of Christ, which made an atonement for sin, and procured the redemption of mankind?-Had the Saviour of the world omitted to give us any form, any precept, or any example on the occasion, it would have been perfectly consonant with the feelings of the human heart, to have invented some means, however unworthy, of commemorating the tremendous sufferings and death, by which the great work was accomplished; by which we hope our sins will be pardoned, and our imperfect services accepted, through faith in his blood,' at the awful day of judgment: but having given us not only his instructions, but his express command on the subject, to neglect it seems to be the highest inconsistency, and an instance of the strangest disobedience." "Interesting and affecting Occasion of this Divine Institution.

"Another motive for obeying the precept of our Saviour in the text, arises out of the very interesting and affecting circumstances under which it was given. Those who are endeared to us by friendship and affection can scarcely make any practicable request, with which we would not willingly comply; nor impose any duty upon us, which we think too difficult to perform. Thus far the ardour of human passions will carry us in the ordinary occurrences of life; but if, in addition to this, it should be our fate to receive the injunctions of those we reverence and love at the point of death, we must be lost to all the feelings of humanity, if we did not deem them sacred and inviolable. Now, making due allowance for the infinitely higher relation that subsists between our Sa

viour and his disciples, this was precisely their case. They who had forsaken all and followed him *;' they who

feared neither poverty, sufferings, nor death, while they enjoyed the divine intercourse which his presence afforded; and, after his crucifixion, endured them

*Matt. xix. 27."

all

life which are so interesting in Pride and Prejudice; it delineates with great accuracy the habits and the manners of a middle class of gentry; and of the inhabitants of a country village at one degree of rank and gentility beneath them. Every character throughout the work, from the heroine to the most subordinate, is a portrait which comes home to the heart and feelings of the Reader; who becomes familiarly acquainted with each of them, nor loses sight of a single individual till the completion of the work. The unities of time and place are well preserved; the language is chaste and correct; and if' Emma' be

not allowed to rank in the very highest class of modern Novels, it certainly may claim at least a distinguished degree of eminence in that species of composition. It is amusing, if not instructive; and has no tendency to deteriorate the heart.

41. Lady Byron's Responsive "Fare thee well!" with other Poems, by the same Author. 3d Edit. 8vo. pp. 48. Edwards. "What Reader of Pope's celebrated Eloise ever thought that Poem really the work of its Heroine? Or who for a moment will conceive the following piece to be the production of Lady Byron's pen? It is, however, the offering of a common friend of the persons most nearly interested. The sentiments it breathes will furnish the best evidence of the truth of this assertion.

"The demand for the Responsive Fare thee well' having been sufficient to induce the Publisher to issue a third edition, he has prevailed on the Author to furnish some additional Poems.. These are submitted to the world with

the hope that they will not be thought unworthy the pen which (under the veil of obscurity) had presumed to enter the lists with that of the Noble Author, whose last attractive Poem allured it

into the awful circle of public obser

vation."

When the principal Poem in this Collection was introduced in p. 62, we were not aware that it had been published in any other form than in a Newspaper; nor do we now know by whom it was written.

The additional Poems are serious subjects, and not inelegant. One Sonnet may serve as a specimen. "Come, sober Thought, associate of the good!

With thee retiring to some leafy bow'r,
GENT. MAG. September, 1816.

A" Paraphrase on Gray's Elegy" concludes with the following Epitaph. "Here on the lap of earth reclines a Youth, [to Truth: Less known to Fame and Fortune than Fair Science bless'd him from her sevenfold throne, [own. And Melancholy mark'd him for her Though large his bounty, and his soul sincere, [cheer Heav'n with as large a recompence did His path terrene · - his all to Want he [to have! A Friend he gain'd-'t was all he wish'd His merits these. his faults let none presume [tomb. To drag relentless from the guardian In trembling hope they rest-their dread abode

gave

The bosom of his Father and his God!"

42. The First Annual Report on Madhouses, made in the Year 1816, ordered by the House of Commons to be printed April 26, 1816. 8vo. pp. 158. Clement.

THIS new and very interesting Report on the State of Madhouses, copied correctly from the one printed by authority, contains numerous cases, and some singular and shocking details.

It was made by the following Noblemen and Gentlemen, who were appointed by the House of Commons, as a Select Committee, to inquire and consider of provision being made for the better regulation of Public and Private Madhouses in England: Rt. Hon. Lord Binning, Rt. Hon. Lord Lascelles, Rt. Ron. Lord Robt. Seymour, Rt. Hon. Lord Compton, Rt. Hon. George Rose, Rt. Hon. Charles Wm. Wynne, Rt. Hon. Wm. Sturges Bourne, Hon. Henry Grey Bennett, Charles C. Western, Esq., J. A. Stewart Wortley, Esq., Thomas Thompson, Esq., William Smith,

Esq.

Esq. The Report conveys much important matter in the Minutes of Evidence of Sir J. Newport, Sir H. Halford, Bart. Dr. A. Baird, Dr. J. Veitch, Dr. R. Powell, Mr. E. Wakefield, Mr. W. Ricketts, Mr. J. B. Sharpe, Mr. J. Haslam, sen. Mr. J. W. Rogers, Mr. J. Haslam, jun. Mr. T. Warburton, Mr. T. Dunston, Mr. J. Watts, Mis. S. E. Forbes, Mrs. M. Humieres, Mr. J. Simmons, Mr. J. Blackburn, and Mr. J. Woodhall: including two letters, one from W. H. Lyttleton, Esq. Member for Worcestershire, containing an account of the Lunatic Asylum, kept by Messrs. Ricketts at Droitwich; the other from Mr. Hallen, solicitor, of Kidderminster, detailing the case of Powell, a pauper lunatic, who was chained to a kitchen floor, and "littered like a pig," in an unoccupied house at Chesterton, near Cambridge.

43. The Second Usurpation of Buonaparte; or a History of the Causes, Progress, and Termination of the Revolution in France in 1815: particularly comprising a minute and circumstantial Account of the ever-memorable Victory of Waterloo. "To which are added Appendices, containing the official Bulletins of this glorious and decisive Battle. In Two Volumes.By Edmund Boyce, Author of the Belgian Traveller, Translator of Labaume's Campaign in Russia, and Giraud's Campaign of Paris, &c. Assisted by original and important Communications from British and Prussian Officers. With accurate Maps, Plans, &c. 2 Vols. 8vo. pp. 340 & 456. Leigh. FROM the account which we gave of Mr. Boyce's " Belgian Tour," Part 1. p. 329, the reader will be prepared to open these volumes with the expectation of entertainment and information; nor will he be disappointed. The important proceedings of this short but eventful period are here condensed in a regular series; and will furnish matter of great importance to every reflecting mind.

The Author informs us, that "He had been engaged in the translation of Labaume's Campaign in Russia, and Giraud's Campaign of 1814, which contain an interesting and connected narrative of the rapid decline of the fortune of Napoleon, and his precipitate descent from that elevation to attain which he had sacrificed every honourable principle, and deluged the world with

blood. Grateful for the kind reception which these translations had received from an approving publick, he conceived himself pledged to present the English reader with the best account of the second and more extraordinary volume of the life of Buonaparte. For this purpose he carefully perused every publication on the subject with which the French press teemed; but not finding one work which for independent thinking, or impartial, accurate, and interesting detail, deserved to be placed on the same shelf with Labaume and Giraud, he was induced to attempt to compose a Narrative of the unparalleled Revolution of 1815. The result of his efforts is now before the publick. He claims no merit, but that of a faithful narrator of events, so far as he could collect them from the documents which so short a space of time has permitted to transpire: and none but they who have toiled through the innumerable, contradictory, and irreconcileable statements of the same transactions, which he has been compelled to collate and to compare, can imagine how difficult has been this apparently simple task. The Author has freely expressed his sentiments on men and measures. He belongs to no political party. He courts no great man's favour; he fears no man's frown. His only ambition is to be found a faithful Historian, a determined enemy to tyranny, and a zealous advocate of that rational liberty which constitutes the security, the glory, and the happiness of Britain. If the recluse of St. Helena may appear to some readers to occupy too prominent a place in the following work, the apology which the Author offers is, that he was writing a History of France during the Spring of 1815, and that the Ruler of France must necessarily play the principal part in the grand and awful drama. În relating the events of the short, yet glorious campaign which effected the deliverance of Europe, the Author has been assisted by several valuable and original commu

nications from those who shared in the honour of the day of Waterloo. He acknowledges his obligations with gratitude, and respectfully solicits any information that may enrich another edition (should the kindness of the publick require one) with more accurate and fuller details of that brilliant triumph of British skill and valour. The plan of the battle has been very carefully drawn from official documents of the highest authority, and is offered to the publick with the full confidence of its being found most minutely and perfectly correct. The map of Belgium, and espe

cially the minute delineation of the whole theatre of the campaign from the plan of Compte Ferrari, will, doubtless, be acceptable to the reader."

Mr. Boyce concludes by recommending to those who may have formed different impressions of any of the transactions recorded in his work, and particularly of any of the details of the decisive victory of the 18th of June, the following anecdote, extracted from a very excellent summary of the campaign in the Quarterly Review for July 1815:

"When, after the victory of Aumale, in which Henry IV. was wounded, he called his Generals round his bed, to give him an account of what had occurred subsequently to his leaving the field, no two could agree on the course of the very events in which they had been actors; and the King, struck with the difficulty of ascertaining facts so evident and recent, exclaimed Voila ce que c'est que l'Histoire - What then is History?'

44. Hints towards the Formation of a Society for promoting a Spirit of Independence among the Poor.

OUR Readers will become acquainted with the benevolent intentions of this Society by the quotation which they will find in the article we are next about to notice.

45. The Brothers; or Consequences. A Story of what happens every day. Addressed to that most useful Part of the Community, the Labouring Poor. By Mary Hays. pp. 71. Button & Son. OF the origin of this well-timed and sensible publication, Miss Hays thus unaffectedly speaks:

"Circumstances, principally connect ed with my health, having induced me to fix my residence for a time at the Hot-Wells, my attention was attracted by a benevolent institution, entitled The Prudent Man's Friend Society, formed at Bristol, for the purpose of promoting provident habits and a spirit of independence among the poor-That is, an exemption from reliance upon others for support.' With this spirit, forethought, prudence, and industry are necessarily connected. A principal object of the Society in question is the

establishment of a poor man's bank, in which he may safely lay up his savings to accumulate by interest, but with the power of drawing them out when wanted.'

This bank is guaranteed by men of known property and respectability.' The Society has also raised by subscription a fund, from which small sums, generally within five pounds, are advanced to poor persons under temporary embarrassments, to be returned by small weekly or other payments. Habits of consideration, punctuality, and integrity are by these means formed. No interest is exacted for the loans, nor are they renewed but at certain fixed intervals. Every borrower must bring with him vouchers for his character, and a friendly surety. Thus other excellent moral consequences are likely to be produced.-Another object of the Society is the suppression of mendicity, in which the character is found or made corrupt, and the discouragement of indiscriminate alms-giving, and all charities which, by their direct or indirect tendency, may prove injurious to the industry or independent habits of the poor. Various other advantages of a similar nature are compre hended by the institution, for a more particular account of which the reader is referred to a small book published in connection with the Society at Bristol, entitled Hints,' &c. (as above.) In this little work, the production of a lady to whom the Society is greatly indebted both for its plau and formation, the most admirable principles are stated and developed, with a spirit of enlightened and sound philosophy, a perspicuity and a

comprehensiveness, that would reflect credit upon our best writers on political economy. The time (observes the Author) is, perhaps, not far distant, when statesmen and political economists will perceive and acknowledge, that the stability of a government, and the strength and happiness of an Empire, depend not upon a numerous, degraded, and halfstarved population; but on one in which, from the prevalence of a spirit of virtuous independence, the necessaries if not the comforts of life are enjoyed by all; and where, from early formed habits of industry and prudence, the firmest foundation is laid for the superstructure of a highly moral and religious national character. The whole business of the institution, in which the writer above quoted takes, with a respectable female friend, under the title of Secretaries, a leading and active part, is managed and carried on with the utmost regularity and precision. Every case is registered. Thus the books of the institution be