I adhered frictly to the truth, it appeared, by a fmall- pamphlet you published foon after, that I had incurred your high difpleafure. And, in order to avoid all further difputes between us about aftronomical matters, in fome months afterward I addreffed a letter to you in the Critical Review; of which, I have not yet found that you have taken any notice în print. But now it feems you want to revive the old affair between us: for, in the preface to your letters to the reverend Dr. Blair, printed in the year 1773 (which I never heard of till a few months ago, when they fell accidentally into my hands), you charge me with having found an eclipfe of the moon, in the year before Chrift 201, two days before the moon was full; and with having mif calculated the days of all the eclipfes on record before the Chriftian æra, befides having been guilty of many other " enormous errors" in my tables and calculations. You have likewife afferted (in the fame preface) that I am 66 an illiterate and incompetent judge ;" and that, if there had been a Cenfor Tabularum among us, all my folar and lunar tables, without exception, would have been interdicted, as unfit for common ufe." You, Sir, have fet yourfelf up for this Cenfor Tabularum; for you have also said, in the fame preface, that if a proficient was to calculate, even by Meyer's Tables, (although by the bye, they were never found to differ one minute of time from obfervation) he would find that they are no folar and lunar tables at all.- -A very fine compliment to the government under which you live, for having given Meyer's widow fuch a large fum for thefe tables in manufcript; and to our aftronomer, royal, for calculating the Nautical Ephemeris from them, for finding the longitude, You may abuse me as much as you please: but, however illiterate you take me to be, I believe I know the meaning of the few Hebrew words at the bottom of this page; which I need not explain to you, who are a good Hebrew fcholar, and too well acquainted with your Bible to be at any lofs wher to find them. And, as many who read this may be quite ignorant of, the Hebrew language, I fhall neither give the English meaning of them, nor direct where to find them; because I would not willingly raife a general laugh against you. The whole reafon for your finding fault with my folar and lunar tables is, that they do not agree with your calculations for ancient times or events. Indeed it would be a great wonder if they did; for they are founded upon aftronomical obfervations, whereas the whole bafis of your's is only an affumed hypothefis, which you call Mofaic principles, and whereby you pretend to. have found out in what year of the Julian period the world was created. A thing that not only Mofes and the prophets have been filent about, but even our Saviour and his apostles alfo: and confequently a thing that no man now can know, without an im.. mediate revelation from heaven, which we are not to expect. • אל תען כסיל כאולתו פן תשוה לו גם אתה: And : And the late reverend Mr. Bowen of Briftol, has plainly thewn, that by calculating upon principles fimilar to your's, he can prove the date of the creation to be as many years before or af ter your date thereof as he pleafes of which he has given examples in the Chriftian's Magazine feveral years ago.Indeed I am glad that you have condemned my tables: for, if you had commended them, they must have agreed with your calculations; and then the mereft dabbler in aftronomy could have proved them to be falfe. In your Scripture Chronology you have taken a figure from - my Book of Aftronomy, and there you infinuate that I had meant by it to amuse or deceive the unwary learner. But, in a pamphlet which you published foon after, you inferted the fame figure: there you applauded it, and said it was taken from Dr. Long; although the doctor has no fuch figure in his book. This, I remember, was taken notice of by the Reviewers, who called upon you to thew from which plate of the doctor's Aftronomy you copied that figure, and in what part of his book he defcribes it: but you never complied with their defire-for this good reafon, that you could not. • With respect to the number of people who can read and judge, a fingle Critical Review can fall only into the hands of few perfons; and most of those who have read my above-mentioned letter to you therein, may probably have forgot it at this distance of time. I therefore now think proper, to publish it, with fome additional notes, fubjoining it to this, as a full anfwer to all you have hitherto written, or ever can write, against me. I know, you did not like it at first, and if like it ftill, you must thank yourself for its fecond appearance, you dif. which is entirely owing to what you have mentioned concerning me in the preface to your Letters to Dr. Blair, I am, Reverend Sir, your humble Servant, We shall conclude this article with jutt obferving, that throughout the whole of this difpute, Mr. Fergafon has evinced himfelf to be a good man, and a good aftronomer; while, on the other hand, Mr. Kennedy not only manifefts his ignorance of that fubject, but has alfo behaved in fuch a manner, as is both inconfiftent with the meeknefs of Mofes, whofe difciple he affects to be, and with the goodness and humility of Jefus Chrifi, whofe difciple he ought to be by his profeffion." 47. Narrative of an extraordinary Escape out of the Hands of the Indians in the Gulph of St. Lawrence, &c. Aljo a providential Epape after a Shipwreck in coming from the Island of St. John, &c. By Gamaliel Smethurft. 4to. 156. Bew. It is not uncommon for men, even without defign, to magnify the difficulties in which themfelves have been perfonally involved; and by this principle Mr. Smethurft feems to have been actuated in publishing the narrative both of his extraordinary and and providential efcape. For fo far as we can perceive, he did not meet with any difafter, either by land or water, that can be reckoned extraordinary in a high degree of latitude, in the winter. 48. The Proceedings at large, in a Caufe on an Action brought by Anthony Fabrigas, Gent. againft Lieut. Gen. John Moftyn, Governor of the Island of Minorca, Colonel of the first Regiment of Dragoon Guards, and one of the Grooms of his Majefty's BedChamber; for falfe imprisonment and Banishment from Minorca 10 Carthagena in Spain. Tried before Mr. Justice Gould, in the Court of Common-Pleas, in Guildhall, London, on the 13th of July, 1773. Containing the Evidence verbatim as delivered by the Witnees with all the Speeches and Arguments of the Counfel and of the Court. Fol. 5s. 6d Kearfly. Of the proceedings in this caufe we have already given an account in vol. xxxvi. p. 439. And also of the farther proceedings on the writ of error in the court of King's Bench; vol. xxxviii. p. 479, when it was ordered by lord Mansfield to ftand for another argument. Accordingly, on Jan. 27. 1775, the cafe was again argued by Serjeant Glyn on the part of Mr. Fabrigas, and Serjeant Walker on behalf of governor Moftyn; when the court ordered the judgment to be affirmed; by which this important caufe is determined. Such of our readers who wish to fee defpotifm and cruelty punished, and injured innocence redreffed, will find abundant fatisfaction in the perufal of this trial. Those who are pleased with contemplating the different powers of the human mind, will enjoy the manly eloquence of ferjeant Glyn, the ingenious fophiftry of Mr. Buller, the topical reasoning of Mr. Peckham, and the clear distinguishing judgment of lord Mansfield. To thofe of the profeffion we particularly recommend it for the fake of the record and bill of exceptions, of which there are no precedents in print that we recollect fo accurate and fo much to be depended on. 49. Forgery unmasked; or, Genuine Memoirs of the Two unfortu nate Brothers, Robert and Daniel Perreau, and Mrs. Rudd. 8vo. 15. Grant. An attempt to profit by the curiofity of the public with refpe&t to two unfortunate brothers, who are accused of acts of capital delinquency. 50. The Hiflory of Chefs, together with foort and plain Inftructions by which any one may play at it without the Help of a Teacher. By R. Lambe. 8vo. 2s. 6d. Jewed. Dilly. Mr. Lambe difcovers a confiderable degree of learning, in profecuting the hiftory of this ancient game, and the inftructions he gives are fuch as may be easily practifed. * THE CRITICAL REVIEW. For the Month of June, 1775. ARTICLE I. Travels in Afia Minor: or an Account of a Tour made at the Expence of the Society of Dilettanti By Richard Chandler, D.D. Fellow of Magdalen-College, and of the Society of Antiqua ries. 4to. 155. Boards. Dodfley. A MONG the feveral laudable focieties inftituted in the prefent age, that of the Dilettanti is particularly diftinguished for their encouragement of letters and the polite arts. To an attention and zeal for the cultivation of these objects, they seem to have added not only judgment, but likewife tafte, in the direction of their munificence. Every claf fical fcholar must be deeply interested in the account of a tour made in Afia Minor and Greece; thofe favourite regions which, as long as the admiration of genius or virtue, and the love of liberty remains, will be endeared to remembrance for the illuftrious philofophers, poets, and heroes which they produced. Almost every object that occurs in a journey through thofe countries introduces to the mind a train of pleafing and fplendid ideas. When we hear of the barrows on the Sigean promontory, we are transported in imagination amidst the futious combats of the Greeks and Trojans; and when we read of the lofty mount Ida, with its waving woods, we represent to ourselves the picture of Jupiter feated on its fummit, and furrounded with all the aweful majefty in which he is defcribed in the Iliad. In a word, the geography of these parts is fo intimately connected with heroic actions, or beautiful fables, that it is hardly poffible to perufe the defcription of them without receiving an uncommon degree of pleasure. Hh VOL. XXXIX, June, 1775. The The fociety of Dilettanti appear to have provided for this journey with an attention fuitable to the defign, by the judicious and particular inftructions delivered to thofe who performed it. The gentlemen employed, for the purpose were Dr. Chandler, the writer of the narrative, Mr. Revett, well known for his abilities in architecture by the work entitled, Ruins of Athens; and Mr. Pars, a young painter, of very promifing talents. Towards defraying the expence of the journey, the fociety appropriated the fum of two thoufand pounds; allotting different fums to each of the gentlemen, and appointing Dr. Chandler to the management of the common stock. The plans, views, and drawings, taken on part of the tour, were published under the title of Ionian Antiquities, in the year 1769; to which the reader is fome. times referred in the prefent work. The other materials of this volume were a Book of Infcriptions, and a Journal of the Tour, which the fociety beftowed on Dr. Chandler, to be examined at his leifure, and published. Of thefe Inferiptions we gave an account in our Review for December laft, where we obferved, that they would prove a lafting monument of the editor's amazing induftry, accuracy, and learning, in the department of an antiquary. The journal confifts of two parts, one of which relates to Afia Minor, and the other to Greece. Of thefe only the former is now published, which, if favourably received, will be followed by the remaining volume. We cannot entertain the smallest doubt of its meeting with the approbation of every reader who has any tafte for the subject, and we may therefore hope for the pleasure of perufing the Journey to Greece in a fhort time. The travellers embarked at Gravefend on the 9th of June 1764, and entered the Mediterranean early the fucceeding. month. We fhould deprive our readers of the defcription of a very beautiful scene, did we not prefent them with the author's account of the profpect which was enjoyed at this part of the voyage. Our paffage, fays he, through the ftrait of Gibraltar was amufing and delightful beyond imagination. The coaft on each fide is irregular, adorned with lofty grotesque mountains of various fhapes, the majestic tops worn white with rain, and look. ing as crowned with fnow, From one of the narrow vallies a thick fmoke arofe, The land is of a brown complexion, as fun burnt and barren. On the Spanish fhore are many watch. towers, ranging along to a great extent, defigned to alarm the country by fignals on the appearance of an enemy. We had Spanish and Moorish towns in view, with the rock and fortrefs of Gibraltar. Sea-birds were flying, and numerous small-craft moving to and fro, on every quarter. We had a gentle breeze, and |