ferved, that Mr. Candour, Advocate for the Roman Catholics, has, throughout the whole proceedings, greatly the advantage of the Ser jeant; into whofe fcale more weight might poffibly have been thrown, had the Author aimed at any thing lefs than to procure the Counsellor a full and compleat victory. Poffibly, however, by overzealously labouring every point in favour of his Clients, he may have fhot beyond the mark, and proved too much.
Few impartial Readers, we believe, will allow, for instance, that the horrid ftory of the general infurrection of the Irish Roman Catholics, 1641, and the maflacre of the Protestants which enfued, (of which Sir John Temple, and others, have given molt dreadful and shocking accounts) is nothing but an old woman's fable! The Author has, indeed, taken great pains to demonftrate, that the Froteftant world hath been much deceived by partial and aggravated relations of that infurrection; and he hath certainly, in part, fucceeded in his endeavours to extenuate the guilt of the Roman Catholics in this refpect; but it might be no hard talk to prove, from his own ac count of the matter, that they were certainly more culpable than he feems willing to admit. On the whole, however, we cannot but fincerely and heartily recommend this work to the candid confideration of those who are interested in the subject.
The ultimate view of the Author is, to thew the reasonableness and expediency of abating the rigour of the popifi laws. I would humbly propofe, fays the able Counsellor Candour, That, for the better fecurity of his Majesty's crown and government in the kingdom of Ireland, by interefting Irish Catholics in the guardianship thereof; for stopping the perpetual drain of the fpecic or political blood of that nation; for deriving ftrength to Irish Protellants, from the good will and affiftance of Irith Papids, with whom they are unavoidably, tho' difcontentedly, affociated; for acquiring immediate and inconceivable opulence to the State, from the animated induttry of tw thirds of the people; for doubling the yearly and natural value of Ireland, by giving Papifts an intereft in the reclaiming of our lands; for giving them caufe to oppofe our common enemies, by giving them a common ftake to retain and defend; for giving them caufe to contribute to our profperity by admitting them to a legal participation thereof; it is humbly propofed, I fay, that our patriot Legislature, fo ftudious in other refpects for the advancement of their country, fhould make fuch an abatement or alteration of the faid difabling laws, as, to their fuperior wifdom and difcernment shall appear requifite, for leffening the many evils that are thereby created; and for reftoring the many benefits that are thereby fupprefied."
To conclude, in whatever light this animated and ingenious performance may appear to the prejudiced and the Bigot, we cannot but aflent to the following well adapted lines, which Mr. Brooke has chofen for his motto:
Wherever Truth and Int'reft fhall embrace, Let Paffion cool, and Prejudice give place.
The alledged proportion of Parifs in Ireland.
Art. 7. Remarks on the Proceedings of two General Courts Martial, (lately published) one held at Lincoln, for the Trial of Lieutenant-Colonel Philips Glover*; the other held at Landguard-Fort, for the Trial of Capt. William Lynch †. 8vo. IS.
It is fully apparent that thefe Remarks were dictated by the warm, refentment of a perfon who apprehends himself to have been injured by the proceedings on the trial of Capt. Lynch; and his motive for laying before the public his thoughts on the conduct of the other Court-martial above-mentioned, in which it does not appear that he was any way perfonally concerned, was, obviously, to contraft the different behaviour of the two Courts; the one acting. in his opinion, with a becoming impartiality; the other, in a very different The Remarker has certainly the indifputable advantage of having his opinion countenanced by the higheft fuffrage; his Majefty having thought proper to confirm the fentence of the firft-mentioned Court-martial, but not that of the latter.
Lieutenant Governor Thickneffe, of Landguard-Fort, we apprehend, is the prefent Complainant; and, in truth, he seems to have met with fufficient caufe of complaint, according to the reprefentation of the cafe, as contained in thefe Remarks ;-but, nevertheless, we cannot help thinking, that the ardour of his refentment, however juftly founded, has carried him too far, in fome of his reflections and that he has, wandered greatly out of his way, in his obfervations on the effects of popular clamour, as exemplified in the cafe of the unhappy Admiral Byng, the affair of Lord George Sackville, and the ftories of Elizabeth Canning, Archibald Bower, and the Cock-lane Ghoft.
*See Review for August 1 ft, p. 154, art. 6.
+ Review for November, p. 389, art. 18.
Art. 8. A Collection of Travels through various Parts of the World; but more particularly through Tartary, China, Turkey, Perfia, and the Eaft-Indies. Compiled and arranged in chronological Order, by Mr. Derrick. 6s.
A Book maker's Jobb. Tavernier, Thevenot, Eufbequius, Pitts, and other Travellers, have been plundered to eke out this Pocketcollection which, however, may prove very acceptable to young Readers, who cannot have recourfe to Harris's, Churchill's, or Aftley's more voluminous compilations.
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BSOLUTION, that term, as ufed in the church-service, objected to, 305; another word propofed, ibid. ACCENT, among the antients, observations on, 283. Among us, 284 Improperly marked in our Dictionaries, Vocabula- ries, &c. 285. ACCENT and QUANTITY, Effay on their different nature, ufe, and application, in the English,
ASCLEPIADES, the Phyfician, his various character, as exhi- bited by Sigr. Cocchi, and dif- ferent Writers, 337. ATTRACTION, exprefsly confi- dered by Sir Ifaac Newton, as a mechanical effect, 123. AUTHORITY, human, in religi ous matters, inconfifient with Christianity. 365, 366. AUTHORS, their right to their own works vindicated, 181. B.
ACON, Lord, his conduct
Latin, and Greek languages, BA
308. AIR, its ufe and effects in vege- tation, 444
ALCAUS, the ancient Greek Po- et, fome account of him and his writings, 247. His Hymn in praife of Harmodius and Ariftogiton, 248. Tranflated, ibid.
ALLEGORIES, defined, 110. Dif-
tinguished from Metaphors ib ANACREON, fome account of him and his writings, 246. ANIMALS, degeneration of, dif- cuffed, 45. ANTROBUS, Mr. his account of the amputation of a leg, with- out any hemorrhage, 100. ARTHUR and his Knights, the favourite fubject of Milton, 89. ARTICULATION and Pronuncia-
tion, confidered, 281. Ufual defects therein pointed out, ib. Method to remove them, 282. ASCARIDES-expelled by Fumi- gation, 174.
cenfured by Judge Fofter, 145. Compared to Cicero, 496. Enmity between him and Sir Edward Coke, 497. Scolding-bout betwixt them, ib. He traduces the memory of the great Cecil, 498 BAINE, Mr. his account of his own diforder in the kidneys, and cure, 100. BARD, Mr. his account of an ex- traordinary Uterine Fætus,
BARKER, Mr. his account of a remarkable Halo, 328. BASTER, his Differtatio de Zoo- phytis, 330.
BIGOTRY, religious, its horril confequences, exemplified in the miferable catastrophe of Mr. John Calas, 388. BODY of his late Majefty, ana-
tomical obfervations on, 424. BOND, Dr. his account of two inftances of the fuccefs of the Bark in fcrophulous cafes, 104. BORGIA
BORGIA Calar, fummary of his monstrous crimes, 165. Boys, under ten years of age, incapable of being inftructed by reafoning with them, 345. Should not be made too docile and tractable, ib. Should be fubjected only to the yoke of ne- collity, 347. The most proper exercifes for them, 353. Of whatever condition fhould learn a mechanical trade, 356. From their twelfth to their fifteenth year, the proper time to fix their attention on fcientific ob- jects, it.
BRADBURY, Rev. Thomas, his receipt to make a 30th of Ja- nuary fermon, 457. BRAKENRIDGE, Dr. his letter concerning the term and pericd of human life, 419, BROADFOOT, Alexander, his trial for murder, 142. BUCKINGHAM, Duke of, his low
and puerile manner of writing letters to James the first, 493. BUFFON, M. his natural hiftory applauded, 41. His account of the degeneracy of horfus, 42. is curious hypothesis of nature's economy, in the pro- duction and deftruction of all organized beings, 46. BUTE, Lord,' fcheme for an uni- on between him and Mr Pitt, 312. Encomium on both, 312, 313.
CARAUSIUS, Emperor of Britain, difputes among Writers con- cerning him, 220. CASES in Phyfic or Surgery, what circumftances are required to make their publication ufe- ful and liberal, 121. CAYLEY, Cornelius, curious fpe- cimen of his fpiritual poetry, 235. CECIL, Earl of Salisbury, his me- mory ill treated by Bacon, 498. Defended by Dr. Birch, 499, the Note. CHANDLER, Dr. cavalierly treat- ed in the controverty about the Man after God's own heart,
CHARITY, fuperior to all other Chriftian graces, 403. Enqui ry into the meaning of Charity never fa leth, ib. CHIVALRY, fprung from the feu- dal contitution, 82. Not an abfurd and freakish inftitution, 83. Favourable to virtue as well a gallantry, 84. Analo. gy between the Heroes of an- cient Greece and the Knights- errant of Christendom, 86. How far neceflary for the pro- tection of the Ladies, 87. CHILDREN, young, their drefs and dict, 250. Should have little or no phyfic, ib. Should learn to bear fickness, 201. Should not be treated with too much tenderness, 263, 342. Nor with too much feverity, 264, 345 In what manner they fhould be taught to read, 208. The morality ufually taught them abfaid, 345- Should not be permitted to give alms, 349 Can know but one language, 352. Should not be prefled to learn, 353. Hif. toy an improper fludy for them, 352. Fables improper for their inftruction, ib. CHRIST,
CHRIST, not the fon of David, in
any fente, 62. CHRISTIAN II. K. of Denmark, his horrid character, and ex- pulfion from the throne, 360. CHRISTIANS, the primitive, lia- ble to the cenfure of calumny they caft on the Heathens, 28. Changed their humility, as in procefs of time they became powerful, into infolence and tyranny, 503. CHRISTIANITY, difbelief of, where established, why deemed odious, 32. Stiled True Deim, 36. Imprudent manner in which Christianity is fome- times defended by the Clergy, 408.
CLASSICAL Manners, why ftill admired and imitated by the Poets, 97. CLERGY of the Church of Eng- land, charged with manifelting a fpirit of perfecution, 430. Defended, ib.
COKE, Sir Edward, of an over- bearing difpofition, 498. Af- fronts the great Bacon, ib. COLLECTS, new ones propofed for Trinity-Sunday, 304. COLLINS, Antony, his opinion of the argument in defence of Christianity, from the fulfil- meat of prophecies, I. COMMON Prayer Book, its ftyle and manner applauded, 303. Specimen of a new form, ib. COMPARISONS, and Similes, con- fidered, 105. Examples of Comparisons improperly intro- duced, 105. CONGRUITY and Property, dif- tinct terms, 13. This pofition controverted, 14. CONTRACT, focial, what, and
how maintained. 453. CONVERSION of the first Chrifti- ans, not owing to mere rational
conviction, but to the opera- tions of the Holy Spirit, 401. COPPER-Boilers, ufed in the Na-
vy, one caufe of the Sea four- vy, 98. Other ill effects of,
CUMBERLAND, Duke of his character and condu&t vilified,
468. CUSTOM, its influence and effects confidered, 15.
ACOSTA, Emanuel Men lez. his account of a natural production in Scotland, fimilar to the Giant's Caufeway in Ire-' land, 330. DALRYMPLE, Sir David, Editor of Memorials and Letters, in the reign of James the first,
492. DAN, the Founder of the Danish Monarchy, 365.
DAVID, King of Ifrael, his re- bellious intention in feizing Keilah, 58. His motive for fparing Saul at Engedi and Macn cenfured, 59. His con- duft toward King Achifh con- demned, 61. And his feverity toward the Amalekites, ib. His treachery toward Uriah inex- cufable, 62. Other enormous crimes infifted on against him, 63. DECLARATION, propofed as a more proper term in the church- fervice than Abfolution, 305. Specimen of a Declaration to be ufed, inftead of the old form of Abfolution, 305. DEISM, confidered as only oppo- fed to Atheism, 33. To Pely- theism, 34
DEIST, originally an honourable appellation, 32. Abufe of that term calculated to mislead un-
wary minds, ib Abfurdity of oppofing it to Christianity, 33. Kk z
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