paupers of feveral parishes into larger incorporations; if no fecurity is provided for a cautious vigilance in the regulation of their domestic economy. Indeed we have ever been of opinion, and have occafionally hinted our doubts, that the requifite knowlege and affiduity for this truft, were little to be expected in committees of gentlemen affociated for the guardianship of the receptacles of our poor; though they may readily lend their names, or even afford a formal attendance, for the carrying new plans into execution. Mr. Rigby, however, is not to be ranked in this indolent clafs; he appears to be a gentleman in the medical line, and has incurred very undeferved odium for a commendable activity, in the capacity of one of the guardians in the city of Norwich, in fcrutinizing into the mode of fupplying the poor houses with the various articles of provifions. According to the ftate of the accounts here laid before the public, which we have no reafon to question, fuch an investigation appears to have been by no means unneceffary; as we find that reformations were introduced, even to the benefit of the paupers, whichan the three years of Mr. Rigby's remaining among the guardians enabled them to pay off a debt of five thousand pounds, and to reduce the rates from four, to three fhillings in the pound. The pamphlet is well worth the attention of every gentleman who wishes to act up to the intention of such an appointment. N. Art. 38. The Art of Manual Defence; or System of Boxing, parti cularly explained, in a Series of Leffons: Illuftrated by Plates. By a Pupil of both Humphreys and Mendoza. 12mo. pp. 133. 2s. 6d. fewed. Kearsley. 1789. In this fyftem of manual defence, the rules are illuftrated by ten very tolerable copper plates; and characters are given of the principal of the prefent race of boxers; with remarks on the different modes of attack and defence, as practifed by the feveral learned profeffors of the art. The work is introduced by a prefatory difcourfe, in honour of the fcience, and pointing out its utility, particularly in the fuperior avalks of life. For us, Reviewers, we can only exclaim with the veteran in the DUNCIAD: And are we now three fcore ! Ah why, ye gods! fhould two and two make four ! Art. 39. Sir Philip Sydney's Defence of Poetry; and Observations on Poetry and Eloquence, from the Difcoveries of Ben Jonfon. 8vo. 2s. 6d. fewed. Robin fons. 1787. Two pieces of criticifm, of no fmall merit, are here re-published for the fake of thofe who have not an opportunity of procuring them in any other way. The firft was published at the end of the Arcadia, the fecond at the end of Ben Jonson's works. The characters of the authors being fufficiently known, it is unneceflary that we should enter into an examination of the merits of thefe two treatifes, which have for a long time been before the public, and which have been deemed, though the earliest pieces of criticifm in our language, by no means undeferving the attention of both the modern critic and the poet. B......m. *See Rev. vol. lv. p. 123. vol. lxxix. p. 182. 12 Art. Art. 40. Maxims and Obfervations, Moral and Phyfical: interfperfed with Characters from the most approved Authors. 8vo. 3s. Boards. Bladon. 1788. The paffages contained in this volume, though thrown together Art. 41. Cantabrigienfes Graduati; five Catalogus, &c. i. e. An al- This book, as the title-page fays, is a mere lift of names of the graduates, the college to which they belonged, the degrees with which they were honoured, and the year in which each degree was conferred. Thus, Newton, Ifaac. Col. Tr.-A. B. 1664. A. M. 1668. Of these names there are about twenty-two thoufand, which make a large quarto volume. We with the compilers had prefixed fome kind of introductory difcourfe, defcribing the customs of the university in conferring degrees, or containing fome particulars relative to the degrees themselves, and what are the neceffary qualifications of the candidates. As to the correctness of this work we can fay nothing; neither can we determine that it is complete: but as it is compiled e libris fubferiptionum there can be little doubt of its accuracy, and none of its authenticity. R......m. ANTIQUITIES. Art. 42. The Will of King Alfred. 4to. pp. 51. 35. 6d. Printed at Oxford, at the Clarendon Prefs; and fold in London by Elmfley. 1788. This will is faid to have been preferved in a register of the abbey of New-minler, at Winchester, founded by Alfred a fhort time before his death. The greater part of this regifter, and particularly that in which the will is inferted, appears to have been written between the years 1028 and 1032, fo that it is here obferved, the entry in the register could not have been later than one hundred and thirtytwo years after the foundation of the abbey, and probably must have been earlier. This regifter, it feems, remained un-noted from the time of the diffolution of abbies and monafteries, till 1710, when it was in the poffeffion of Walter Clavel, Efq.; it afterwards was the property of the Rev. Mr. North, on whofe decease it came into the hands of the Rev. Dr. Lort, one of the Vice-Presidents of the Society of Antiquaries; who, in 1769, depofited it in the manufcript library of Mr. Aftle. It has now been determined by the delegates of the Oxford prefs, to lay it before the public, confidering it as a monument which will reflect honour on the memory of the royal royal founder of the univerfity.-Nothing, indeed, we apprehend, can add to that juft refpect which attends the memory of king Alfred, who fhines as a light remarkably confpicuous in those dark and fuperftitious times. The will, however, tends to confirm our good opinion of that great prince, as it appears farther to discover the fimplicity, truth, and rectitude of his mind. The editor remarks, that we learn, hence, the ideas that were entertained by the king, and the great men of the realm, concerning the fucceflion of the crown, in the times of the Saxons. But what chiefly ftrikes us, on the perufal of this literary curiofity, is, that the king had no conception that the difpofal of the crown was at all in his own power, for the will fays not a word concerning it. Some notions, it is alfo obferved, may be gained from this document, of feveral particulars relative to the rights, liberties, and privileges of different orders of men at that early period. We agree that it may furnish fome little information of this fort, though very imperfect if there were no other helps. We admire the honour and benevolence of the prince who fo fervently fays, I do intreat, in the name of God, that none of my kindred or heirs would abridge the freedom of thofe whom I have redeemed from fervitude.' And again, But for the love of God, and the health of my own foul, it is my defire that they remain free and ac their own difpofal: And I do entreat, in the name of the living God, that no man do opprefs them by profecutions for money; or, by any means, obftruct them in chufing fuch landlord as they fhall think fit.' We have, in this pamphlet, the original Saxon will, attended by a literal tranflation; then follows a free tranflation, to which is added another in Latin, with many notes, relative to a former tranflation, which appears to have been very deficient and erroneous. We only farther remark, that Mr. Croft, of Oxford, is the editor of this work, by the defire of the delegates of the Clarendon prefs, on account of his intended dictionary. Hi...S. LAW. Art. 43. A Supplement to Bacon's Abridgment; containing, ift, A Table of the Names of the Cafes; zd, A Table of the Statutes, or Acts of Parliament cited, referred to, or explained; 3d, A Table of the Reporters and other Writers, with their feveral Contractions and Editions: together with a new and copious General Index, or Table of the principal Matters. By T. Cunningham, Efq; Barrister at Law. Fol. pp. 98. 6s. ftitched. Robinfons and Brooke. 1786. Mr. Bacon's new Abridgment is, very defervedly, in great repute among the practifers of the law. It is fuppofed to have been compiled from materials collected by Lord Chief Baron Gilbert, whofe profound knowlege of English law is univerfally known. This fupplement is a fresh proof of Mr. Cunningham's indefatigable industry in literary labour. But... Art. 44. A fhort Treatife on the Law of Bills of Exchange, Cash Bills, and Promiflory Notes. By John Bayley, Student of Gray's Inn. 8vo. 80 Pages. 2s. Brooke. 1789. This is a very useful treatife on a part of law on which little has yet been written. 10 Do Art. Art. 45: Two Law Tracts: The one being Reflections upon Estates for Life, the Doctrine of Waste, and the Principles of Injunctions; the other, a Treatise on the Game Laws, including the laft Acts, and the latest Determinations; with fome Obfervations upon those Laws, and the Principles of them. 8vo. pp. 84. 2s. 6d. Uriel. 1786. Go feek your fortune. If you have merit, the generous public will countenance and encourage it; if not, the fault is yours and not the public's.' Thus the author addreffes his work; it has merit, and deferves countenance and encouragement. But... Art. 46. Commentaries on the Laws of Arrefts in Civil Cafes, as delivered to a Private Society of Law Students; in which they are deduced from their Origin to the prefent Time, and their Repugnancy is fhewn, contrary to the general Good of the People, with a propofed Reform. By M. Dawes, Efq; of the Inner Temple. 8vo. pp. 44. 1s. Whieldon. 1789. With refpect to the policy and expediency of arrefts for debt, the author of this pamphlet gives his opinion decidedly against these measures. He profeffes not to have offered any thing new on the fubject. The reader, therefore, is to expect nothing more than a deduction of the feveral laws of arreft in civil cafes brought into one point of view, from the 11th Edward I. to the prefent time; together with fuch obfervations as have occurred to the author in the courfe of fome experience in the profeffion. What he has undertaken, he has executed; and those who are uninformed on the subject, may, by a perufal of this pamphlet, be faved the trouble of a very arduous research. Ree Art. 47. An Inftitute of the Law relative to Trials at Nifi Prius. Originally published in the Year 1760. A new Edition, with Alterations and Additions. By Arthur Onflow, Efq; Barrifter at Law. 8vo. pp. 284. 6s. 6d. Boards. Whieldon. 1789. On the original publication of this work, it was univerfally, and we believe with truth, afcribed to the prefent Earl Bathurst, then one of the judges of the Common Pleas. It was afterwards republished by Mr. Juftice Buller, with additions, and now by the prefent Editor; who has added a number of modern cafes not inferted in any former edition. The additional cafes appear to have been judiciously selected; and the work is rendered more ufeful than heretofore, by being printed in a portable fize. THEOLOGY. Do Art. 48. Two Sermons: By William Lord Bishop of Chefter, addreffed to the Clergy of that Diocese. Preached at St. Mary's, Oxford, 25th November 1787. 8vo. 48 Pages. Is. Printed at Oxford; and fold in London by Payne and Son, &c. 1789. The first of these fermons is on the Lord's fupper, and has for its text, 1 Cor. x. 16. The fecond is on a difcourfe of our Lord's, in the 6th chapter of St. John's Gofpel; the text, John, vi. 56. In an addrefs to the clergy of his diocefe, the bishop informs them, that, in the first of these difcourfes, he has endeavoured to fix the true notion of a rite, confidered by our church as generally necessary to falvation; REV. May, 17895 Hh and, ! the and, in the latter, he fays, I fhall be glad if I have established the just interpretation of a difcourfe of our Lord's, which appears to me to enforce, as its primary object, the neceffity of that rite, as well as to point out the great benefits of it.' Much folid argument and great judgment are difplayed in these difcourfes; the defign of which is to fhew (in oppofition to thofe who have interpreted the eating and drinking Chrift's body and blood, as no more than keeping his commands), that it alluded to fomething more analogous to the literal fenfe of the words :-and (in oppofition to thofe who interpret it only as the thing fignified in the facrament of the fupper), that it includes the figns alfo, without which, the notion of fpiritual manducation is unfounded, and the paffage, both to Jew and Chriftian, inexplicable:'- and, laitly (in oppofition to those who confider the Lord's fupper fimply as a remembrance of his death), that it is a commemoration of the facrifice for fin made by his death; and a fymbolical feaft upon that facrifice; and is therefore a pledge and means of communicating to us all the benefits of that facrifice.' Br..s..w. Art. 49. A Difcourfe concerning Refurrection Bodies; tending to fhew, from the Writings of Heathens, Jews, and Chriftians, that there are Bodies, called our own, which will not be raised from the Dead; that there are Bodies, properly called our own, which will be raised from the Dead: By what Means the Perfection and Immortality of the Refurrection Bodies are to be obtained; and by whom to be effected. By Philalethes. 8vo. 70 Pages. 2s. fewed. Davis. 1788. We have read this elaborate difcourfe with due attention, and find in it fome ingenuity, a great difplay of reading, and much conjecture. The following are fome of the author's original obfervations: — P. 5. he fays, the body is not always included in the term dead; and the refurrection of the body is not always included in the refurrection of the dead; and the refurrection of the foul is a refurrection of the dead, in St. Paul's eftimation.'-P. 69, he fays, our earthly body being dead, the foul leaves it, being clothed with that body alone, which by the bread and wine received by the earthly body, is made that immortal and happy body in which the will be raised.— The raised body will be, on this our fuppofition, truly and properly our own body, though it be not this carnal body; we having had it from our creation.' This, we own, is above our conception; but the pamphlet is not unworthy of the learned reader's attentive perufal. Do Art. 50. A new Efay on the celebrated Prophecy, Ifaiah, vii. 14, 15, 16. Behold a Virgin, &c. compared with Matth. i. 18-23. By Philip David Krauter, D. D. 8vo. 1s. 6d. Dilly. 1788. Dr. Krauter here offers a new tranflation of the prophecy in queftion, which he fupports with much learned and critical labour; but which does not appear, to us, to clear away the difficulties attending this paffage. As the critique does not easily admit of abridgment, we must refer thofe who with to be acquainted with the author's propofed elucidations to the work itfelf, after barely laying before them his verfion. |