aballance of half a million in our favour, 4. A critical review of the new adminiftration. 15. Wilkie. fourths of the kingdom may look upon him. as the author of the cyder-act, he only gave his affent to it becaufe no other method was propofed for raifing the money already voted; and that afterwards he oppofed the repeal of it, because it would have been leffening the fecurity of the public creditors. This writer, it was expected, would have proceeded in the vindication of his patron from the most injurious of all the charges, the ruinous attack upon the colo- ' nies, but of this he fays not a word. It is of the most pernicious confequence to have men of fuperior abilities at the head of adminiftration, if those abilities are directed to opprefs or enflave their fellow-fubjects ;) and it is ftill worfe if these statesmen have hardiness and refolution enough to perfift in their mistaken projects, in direct oppofition to the civil and commercial interests of their country. Unhappy thofe people who fall under the administration of fuch able minifters! 5. A free and candid address to the Hon. Mr Pitt, on the prefent pofture of affairs. 6 d. Cooke. 6. The grievances of the American colonies candidly examined; particularly with refpect to their trade. 15. Almon. (See 560.). 7. The sights and independance of the American colonies proved and maintained, in an election fermon preached before Gov. Bernard, c, by A. Elliot, M. A. Is Dilly. This is chiefty to be confidered as an anfwer to the pamphlet entitled, The merits of DP. the new adminiftration demonftrated. This acute writer, who is evidently a ftaunch friend to the late adminiftration of Mr. Gle, joins iffue with his antagonist, on the merits which be bas given to his mafters, the new minifiers. "These are not, he " fays, what might reasonably be expected "from the panegyrift of a miniftry; con"ftitutional knowledge, intelligence in E bufinefs, wifdom and vigour in foreign "affairs, ceconomy and integrity in do"meftic arrangements; thefe are fome of "the qualifications the nation would wish "in minifters; he has not even claimed "them; he could not fupport the ridi"cule of ufing words like thefe on their F "fubject. The only merits he gives to "them are, that they hate and are hated "by Lord B. and approved by Mr P." Both which affertions the writer endeavours to prove falfe. But what is of more importance to the public to know, he affures us, that in the course of the late adminiftration, when Mr G-lie undertook the government, it was by public and authentic declarations that he himself should be responûible for all his meafures; but that among thefe, a fupport of general warrants, and a new extention of the excife laws, are to be reckoned, this anfwerer fays, is babfolutely falle. On general warrants he never declared any public opinion; all that he contended for, was, that, if they were illegal, the common course of justice was equal to their fuppreffion ; and, as to the extension of3 laws, tho' three 8. A defence of the provincial charters; proving the rights the colonists have to their charters. By Mr Dummer. 15. 6d. Almon. This pamphlet feems to have been writ-> ten fo long ago as the year 1743, when Lord Carteret was principal fecretary of. flate, upon an apprehension that the go-vernment intended to resume the American charters. It is a fenfible pamphlet, and contains the beft information with refpec› to the first establishment, and fubfequent regulations of the Northern provinces, of any that has appeared; but fays not a word relative to the prefent ftamp-act that has caufed the alarm, except the following declaration may be fo applied. "It feems, fays the writer, a feverity without a preceG dent, that a people who have the misfor- · tune of being a thousand leagues from their Sovereign, (a misfortune great enough in itfelf) thould, unfummoned, unbeard, in one day be deprived of all their valuable privileges, which they have enjoyed for near an. hundred years. It is true, the legislative power is abfolute and unaccountable, and kings, lords, and commons may do what they pleafe; but the question here is not about power, but right; and shall not the fupreme leg flature of all the nation do right?" And again, I cannot but flatter myself from the reasonablenesis of the demand, mand, and the celebrated juftice and lenity 9. Commentaries on the laws of England, by Wm Blackfione, Efq; Vinerian profeffor. 214. Worrall. 10. The wanderer, or memoirs of Cha. Searle, Efq; 6s. Lownds. 11. An account of the island of New foundland, with the nature of its trade, and B 12. The plain-dealer, a comedy, altered from Wycherly, and performed at Drury. Jane. 13. 6d. Nicol. 13. The elements of heraldry; by Mark Anthony Parny, French mafter of Eaton-Callege. 6s. Newberry. 14. The feftoon; a collection of epigrams, antient and modern, &c. with an affay on that fpecies of compofition. 2s. 6d. Robertfon and Roberta. C The compiler of this volume offers it as an innocent, and, he hopes, not infipid entertainment for the younger clafs of read- D ere; fuch a one, says he, as a faithful tutor may fafely put into the hands of his pupil, or a virtuous matron may recommend to her daughter. The collection appears to be not injudi. eiously made, and there are a few pieces that have never been printed before. Of a collection an extract can be no fpecimen, #s its merit depends upon general excellence, Afpecimen would have been given of the originals if the author had diftinguished them. E In his effay on the nature of an epigram be obferves, that the word fignifies properly an infcription, and was applied by the ancients to thofe thort, and, frequently, poetical infcriptions that were made upon tombs or ftatues, temples, trophies, or other publick ftructures, facred to their gods F or heroes. He then defines an epigram to bea fhort poem, exhibiting one fingle view of any fubject, expreffed in a concife, and concluded in a forcible man"ner;" But he allows that a ftriking antithefis, an happy allufion, an humorous expreffion, and even a pleasant ambiguity, will frike with an agreeable furprize, and force a laugh from the moft rigid advocate for propriety and truth. The province of the epigram, he fays, feems to be the regulation of the t mes, the little decencies of behaviour and to ridicule affectation, vanity, and impuri ence; and he concludes with Mr All. Jon's obfervation, That no man ught to be H rallied farther than he can himself join in the laugh. It may, however, be remarked, that if this rule is preferved with respect to epigrams, they can very little contribute to regulate manners, by ridiculing affectation, vanity, impertinence, or any other offence against good fenfe or good breeding; for that which a man is fo well content to have imputed to him, as to laugh at the imputation, he will be at no trouble to correct. 15. A general view of England, refpe&ting its policy, trade, &c. 2's 6d Rob on. 16. The hypothesis of a tri-une substance in the Detty, as maintained by the author of a feasonable rebuke to an ignorant revi ler. 6d Wilkie. 17. The fummer's tale, a musical comedy, performed at Covent-Garden. (See p. 557- 13. 6d. Dodfley. 18. Obiervations and conjectures upon fome paffages of Shakespeare. Is. Prince, at Oxford. Rivington, London, This author has not entered into the merits of Mr Johnson's performance, but has fet down some observations and conjeatures upon fuch paffages of Shakespeare as have been either paffed over in filence, or attempted without fuccefs. The principal are thofe that follow, which are inferted for the entertainment of fuch readers as leifure or curiofity may exthem with what has been done by others. cite to turn to the paffages, and compare OTHELLO; nearabe beginning. One Michael Caffio, a Florentine, A fellow almoft damn'd in a fair wife. Caffio appears to have been unmarried; the word wife, therefore, is fuppofed to be a corruption; this author propofes to fubftitute life, alluding to the text, "Curfed is be of rubom all men speak wel," ACT I. SCENE 9. "In my defunct and proper fatisfaction Tranfpofe the verfes; read the laßt first; understand the word defant according to the primitive fense of its Latin original. CYMBELINE, Scene the laft. Lord Junius Brutus fware for Lucrecer rape. The fecond folio reads feere a companion, A here put metaphorically for husband. Swear as Junius Brutus did with the hufband and father of Lucretia." B C Pray'r book, and to your business; D wink and die. The author, as an indubitable proof that this play is Shakespeare's, fays, it is given to him among other plays that are undoubtedly his, in a little book called, Palladis Tamia, or, The second part of wit's common-wealth, written by Maifter, and printed in 1598. [Among the comedies enumerated in this book, as Shakespeare's, is Love's Labour won. If there is fuch a play extant, it would be obliging in the proprietor to give it to the publick.] G CORIOLANUS. At I. Scene z. Ev'n to the court, the heart, to th' feat o' th' brain. READ,-To the fseat, the brain. The fecond folio reads, countries knees; TITUS ANDRONICUS. ABIV. Scene 1. MACBETH. A III. Scene 3. Acquaint you with the perfect spy o'th, time The moment on't. READ, The perfect spot, the time, &c. --When fteel grows Soft as the parafite's filk, let bim be made An overture for the wars. READ, When steel grows Soft as the parafite's filk, let this (i.e filk) be made A coverture for the wars! i. e. when steel grows foft as filk, let armour be made of filk inftead of steel. Caverture is the reading of the fecond folio. TIMON. A III. Scene 3. his friends like physicians Thrive give him over. Read shriev'd, (i.e.) confefs'd. The com mon editions have thriv'd. [The rest of this article in our Supplement.} 19. The fcourge; a fatire. 1s 6d Almon, This author's project and abilities will fufficiently appear by the tollowing extract. Churchill's no more!--corruption rears her head, And points her foe fupine among the dead. a tear, Of heartfelt grief, on his untimely bier. And when bright virtue, bending from the Fondly laments a fon, with ftreaming eyes, 19. The council in the moon. Is. WilJon and Fell. 20. The equality of mankind; a poem, by Mr Woodbull. Is. 6d. Becket. B Of the author's principles and poetry the reader will judge by the following (pecimen : Ye fields of Nafeby, where the thund'ring Strong characters, & blaffed where they fmote. From Fame's unfullied grove let Virtue bring D E Nor, tho' the mufe forlorn and hapless ftray At their approach while perjur'dHd fled, G How dreary is the gulph, how dark, how void The tracklefs fhores that never were repaft! Dread feparation! on the depth untry'd Hope faulters, and the foul recoils aghaft. Wide round the fpacious Heav'ns I caft my eyes; [fire, And fhall these ftars glow with immortal Still thine the lifeless glories of the skies, And could thy bright, thy living foul expire? Far be the thought-the pleafures moft fublime The glow of Friendship, & the virtuous tear, The tow'ring wish that scorns the bounds of time, [here. Chill'd in this vale of death, but languish So plant the vine on Norway's wintery land, The languid ftranger feebly buds and dies; Yet there's a clime where Virtue fhall expand, With godlike ftrength, beneath her native fkies. 22. A concife account of North-America, containing a defcription of the feveral Britifh colonies on that continent, including the islands of Newfoundland, Cape Breton, &c. as to their fituation, extent, climate, foil, produce, rife, government, religion, prefent boundaries, and the number of inhabitants fuppofed to be in each. Also of the interior or wefterly parts of the country upon the rivers St Lawrence, the Miffippi, Chriftino, and the great lakes. To which is fubjoined an account of the feveral nations and tribes of Indians refiding in those parts, as to their customs, manners, &c. By Major Rogers, Millan. 55. This is an account very different from the compilations which are undertaken for bookfellers, by persons wholly unacquainted with the fubject, and who generally have neither fufficient diligence nor skill to regulate the multifarious materials which lie fcattered before them, perhaps in an hundred volumes, nor even to reject, much lefs reconcile the inconfiftencies and contradictions with which fuch materials always abound. Major Rogers has travelled through great part of the country he has defcribed, in the courfe of his duty as an officer in his majesty's army, and has received accounts of other parts immediately from the inhabitants, or from períons who had been carried prifoners thither, and afterwards releafed. The work is concife and yet full; and the knowledge it contains is acquired with pleasure, and retained with ease, by theregularity of the method, and perfpicuity of the ftile. The author gives an account of every province feparately, and of its first difcovery and fettlement; he defcriber its fito Hation as to latitude and longitude, and to the countries and feas by which it is hounded; its extent; its rivers; its climate; its commodities. buildings, and number of inhabitants: With a particular attention to to fuch facts and circumstances as appear. ed most interesting in a polrical or commercial view. In this work there is also an account of the interiour part of America, a territory much larger than the whole continent of Europe, and hitherto almoft wholly unknown. This territory he has conûdered under three feveral divifions, marked out by three great rivers that rife near the center of it, St Lawrence, the Chriflino, and the Miffippi. The river St Lawrence he has traced, and is pretty well acquainted with the country adjacent to it, as far up as lake Superiour; and with the country from the Green Bay weftward, to the Miffifippi at the Gulph of Mexico: He has alfo travelled the country adjacent to the Obio, and its principal branches; and that between the Obio and the lakes Erie and Mefhigan, and the countries of the Southern Indians; and his fituation gave him opportunities of gain New-York 08. 27. Capt Davis, who first brought the news that the Stamp aft was paffed, now brought the Stamps themselves. As foon as this was known, all the veffels in the harbour lowered their colours, to fignify mourning, lamentation, and woe. At prefent, not one from New Hampshire to Georgia, will execute the office of diftributor, fo that the stamps are now a commodity more dangerous to be meddled with, than if they were infected with the peftilence. City of New York, Oct. 31. At a general meeting of the merchants of the city of New York, trading to Great Britain, they came to the following refolutions: Firf, That in all orders they send out to Great Britain, fer goods and merchandize of any nature, kind, or quality whatsoever, they will direct their correfpondents not to ship them, unless the ftamp act be repealed. Secondly, It is further unanimously agreed, that all orders already fent, fhall be countermanded by the first conveyance, unless upon the condition mentioned in the foregoing refolution. [The Orders countermanded in confequence of this refolution, are faid to am unt to 700.000l.] Thirdly, It is further unanimously agreed, that no merchant will vend any goods or merchandize, fent upon commiffion from Great Britain, that fhall be shipped from thence after the first day of January next, unless upon the condition mentioned in the first refolution. Fourthly, It is further unanimously agreed, that the foregoing refolutions shall be binding, until the fame are abrogated at a gene. ral meeting, hereafter to be held for that purpose. [Subfcribed by upwards of 200.] · ing accounts of the other parts, more particular and authentic than any other. He has fubjoined fuch an account of the Indians, their cuftoms and manners, as gives a juft idea of the genius and policy of the people, and of the method in which they are to be treated by thofe who with to preferve a fafe and advantageous (ommerce with them. This is a very entertaining as well as ufeful part of the work, for which the Major was particularly qua lified, by a long and experimental acquaintance with their feveral tribes and nations, both in peace and war. It is propofed to continue this History in a fecond volume, containing maps of the colonies and the interiour country, in which the faults and deficiencies of thofe already extant will be corrected and fuppli ed; by fubfcription; the price one guinea. [Some extracts from this work thall be occafionally given in the future numbers of this mifcellany.] In confequence of the foregoing refolutions, the retailers of goods, in the city of New York, fubfcribed a paper to the following purport: "WE the under-written, retailers of goods do hereby promife and oblige ourselves not to buy any goods, wares, or merchandises, of any perfon or perfons whatsoever, that shall e shipped from Great Britain, after the first day of January next, unless the ftamp act fhall be repealed. As witnefs our hands, 08.31. Philadelphia, Nov. 7. At a general meeting of the merchants and traders of this city, it was this day refolved by them, That they would not import any goods from Great Bri tain, until the ftamp-act was repealled. New York, O. 31. The printers at Befton continue their papers, and risk the penalties; if any of them were to flop on account of the ftamp act, their offices would be in danger from the enraged people. New York, Nov. 4. Some extraordinary preparations in Fort George, for the fecuring the ftamped paper in that garrifon, having difpleafed the inhabitants of this city, a vaft number of them affembled laft Friday evening, and proceeded to the fort walls, where they broke open the ftable of the L-t G-r Cadwallader Colden, Efq; took out his coach and after carrying the fame thro' the principal Areets of the city, in triumph, marched to the Commons where a gallows was erected; on one end of which was fufpended the effigy of the great man, having in his right hand ftamped bill of lading, and on his breaft a paper with the following infcription: "The Rebel Drummer in the year 1715:" Athis back was fixed a drum, at the other end of the gallows hung the figure of the devil: After hanging a confiderable time, they carried the effigies, with the gallows intire, be ing preceded by the coach, in grand proceffion, |