were fung in parts, I own I have been ufually mortified by the performance, though at the fame time I pitied the performers, who had against them not only their own inexperience but the badnefs of the mufic. Nor could I help obferving, that the fame time and pains beftowed upon fome eafy mufic, compofed in a good ftyle, would have produced an effect much more creditable to the fingers, as well as more pleafing to the audience. I was therefore defirous to remedy in fome degree this defect, and to fupply a few pieces which might be, at the fame time, within the reach of thofe performers, and not wholly unworthy the attention of the more enlightened part of the congregation."

Of the prefent production the Doctor's fon (of whom we have before had occafion to fpeak, vol. LIII. p. 192) obferves,

"This volume owes the correctness of its impreffion to the friendly care and diligent fuperintendence of Dr. Ayrton, the prefent Mafter of the Children of his Majesty's Chapels; a man whom to have diftinguithed early, and to have ferved zcaloufly, is a commendation of my father, which I fhould be very forry to omit.-Concerning the recrit of thefe compositions, I truft it is unneceffary to fay any thing. The Service has been fo much admired as to obtain the diftinguishing title of favourite. The Ant ems have as yet been little beard; the world muft decide upon them. May their fortune be proporhonable to their excellence!"

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for artificial fociety, but infinitely degraded by it; and then what becomes of all the Doctor's reafonings on the benefits of Christianity and the dignity of human nature, as tending to make individuals better members of fociety? The capacities of the Negroes, and the degradation of the ancient Egyptians into Negroes, refts on too fallacious a foundation to be adopted in ferious rea foning. In the state of villeins {villans] in feudal times the Doctor appears to be very partially informed. He need only look to the prefent flate of the pea'try in Poland, Ruffia, and other Northera ftates, who call themselves Chriftians. But the Doctor is a Croifader in the "At all events, let caufe of Liberty. "fervitude be abolished, and leave it to "the ingenuity and induftry of our to find a fubftitute for countrymen "it." p. 29. Turn all mankind loof, and releafe them from every reftraint, but what their own confciences will fuggeft, and fee what will be the confequence. Repeal the special laws againft Papifts, and let us fee how Dr. P. and his partizans will digest that measure.

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42. An Appeal to the Publick on the Condu? Ms. Gooch, the Wife of William Goodia, Efq. Written by bfelf. 410.

THIS lady, from the Fleet Prifon, laments her imprudences and the dercliction of her husband, and her own fa

ley, LL.D. FR.S. Sv.

THIS publication contains fome of the moft fpecious arguments against the flave trade, and the treatment of its unhappy objects. It is not, however, free from objection, founded in the uncertainty of the facts from which the argt ments are drawn, and of the inferences deduced from general principles. The Doctor, with his inborn fpirit of liberty, will hardly admit of any fubordination in principle or practice. Crimes are hardly pleas for reftraint, and fectaries are to be brought to no teft but their own. But if fectaries are the only competent judges of their own opinions and practices, why are not the princes of Africa as competent judges of their own rights?

There are philofophic minds who think the condition of brates not much bettered by their fubjection to man; however, Dr. P. thinks differently. There are alio philofophic minds who think man was not formed 5

be remembered with pity rather than "with indignation, when he becomes an inhabitant of thofe realms where "the wicked ceafe from troubling, and where the weary are at reft."

William Goochi, Efq. fecond fon of Sir Thomas Gooch, Bart. of Benacre Park, co. Suffolk, married May 13, 1775, Mifs Elizabeth Sarah Villa Real, heirefs of the late William Vila Real, Efq of Edwinfone, co. Nottingham.

IBLIOTHECA TOPOGRAPHICA BRITANNICA. N° XLVII. Containing the Hiftory and Antiquities of St. Rule's Chapel, in the Monastery of St. Andrew, Scotland; with Remarks, by Mr. Pufflor Brown. To which are added, 1. The Riding of the Parliament of Scotland, in 1606 and 1681, and

the Ceremonials obferved in 1685. 2. The

3.

Statutes and Fees of the Order of the Thiflie, &c. The Sufpenfion of Lyon King of Arms. 4. A particular Defcription of the Regalia of Scotland. 4to.

THE first article in this collection is from Mr. Martin's MS. Hiftory and Antiquities of St. Andrew's, in the Harleian Library. Profellor Brown's notes on it controvert the fuperiority afcribed to St. Andrew over St. Peter, and the antiquity afcribed to stone building in Scotland: but his comment on the feal is very chimerical, as it is highly probable that it reprefented the Cathedral, and not St. Rule's Chapel. This account is illuftrated by two views of the Chapel, and one of the Chapel of the Grey friars of St. Andrew's. The order of riding to parliament, 1681, was printed that year in Edinburgh and London, in two fheets folio, and another in 1703, in one theet folio; and the whole proceffion was engraved in three fheets, (lee British Topography, II. 679, 680.) The fpiriting away, if we may fo call it, of the Scotifh regalia, is a cu rious trait in our national hiftory.

Since the Editor of the Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica has extended his views to SCOTLAND, we heartily wifh he may find encouragement to form a collection of fcarce or unpublifhed pieces relative to that kingdom, which their Sociery of Antiquaries, of

which he is a member, feem to want a fund to do.

45. Buggiados, Liber Unicus. Carmen Macchero icum. Autore Cracon. Vermenopoli. 1788. 410.

A feeble and low imitation of the Humour of Maccaronic poetry and the

fatire of Peter Pindar;-a promifcuous cenfurt of our modern writers on Philofophy, Poetry, Tragedy and Comedy, Hiftory, Phyfic; which, to defcribe, we thould borrow the writer's invocation of the Mutes of St. Giles and Billing(gate.

"In pectus pourate meum jeerofque ginumą. "Ut polim like you defcribere. O that I " now had [verba." "Your braffi lungos, your blackguardiffima But we will rather lament that Satire, which could reform the polished nations of Antiquities in thefe licentious days, runs riot with the most abandoned Licentioufnefs, and finks, like moder Oratory, to the level of-Scolding.

46. A Letter to the Caput of the University Cambridge, on the Rejection of the Grace for abolishing Subfcription. By a Member of the Senate. 8vo.

AN unwarrantable (we had almoft faid impudent) attack on a respectable body, under the idea of zeal for refor mation. The Grace was offered by the Rev. Dr. Edwards, Dec. 11, 1787; and the Caput are here called on to give them reajons for rejecting it.

47. The Life of Hyder Ally: with an Accoune of bis Ufurpation of the Kingdom of Mytore, and o ber contiguous Provinces. To which annexed, genuine Navrative of the Suffer ings of the British Prifoners of War taken by bis Son, Tippoo Saib. By Francis Robin, late Captain in the Honourable East India Company's Forces. 1786. 8vo.

AN anonymous French writer hav. ing given the world a Life of Hyder Ally, which has alfo been tranflated into English, but abounding with den ciencies, inaccuracies, and mifreprefen tations, Mr. Robfon, who had, before he knew of that work, written the prefent, to the clofe of the year 1769, determined to proceed with his narrative of fuch tranfactions as came within his the beft information. Mr. R. was 20 own knowledge, or were obtained from name, with his own hand, to the Pre years on the Spot; and has figned his face of every copy of his work. It is a Hiftory of the wars and ravages of this ufurper, from the year 1750, when he was about 25, to his death, 1782, of a cancer in his back, which he had been troubled with feveral years. The tranf actions of his fon and fucceffor are theh taken up, and continued till the final conclufion of peace, 1784. The whole appears to be a plain, unaffected narra.

tive of facts. We could have wifhed it had been accompanied with a map of the theatre of the war.

48. The Gentleman's Stable Directory; or, Modern Syftem of Farriery: comprehending the prefent entire approved Modes of Practice; containing all the most valuable Prescriptions and approved Remedies, accurately proportioned, and properly adapted, to every known Difeafe to ubich the Horfe is incident. Interfperfed with Occafional Remarks upon the dangerous and almost obsolete Practice of Gibfon, Bracken, and others. Including Direc sions for Feeding, Bleeding, Purging, and getting into Condition for the Chace. Infcribed to Sir John Lade, Bart. By William TapLin, Surgeon. 8vo.

MUCH as it is to be defired that the

nobleft of animals next to man fhould be properly managed, both in health and fickness, while it is his fate to be a member of fociety, we fear the language, conceitedly dogmatical, of this Wokingham furgeon will not recommend his mode of practice, admitting it to be fimple and proper, which we Reviewers confefs ourselves not competent to judge of.

49. A Review of the Memoirs of the Protectoral Houfe of Cromwell. By the Rev. Mark Noble, F.A S. of London and Edinburgh, Rector of Barming in Kent. Addressed to the Right Honourable the Earl of Sandwich, the Patron of that Work; in which the numerous Errors of thofe Memoirs are pointed out, and great variety of interefting Facts abere mifreprefented are fet in a clear and true Light; being a proper and very neceffary Supplement to that Publication. By William Richards. Lynn. 8vo.

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MR. NOBLE, who feems to have conceited that he had an exclufive privilege to treat of the protectoral houfe of Cromwell, is here handled with not more feverity than he deferves by a warm-blooded Cambro Briton, who, with the fpirit of his ancestors, unites that of republicanifm, and prefbyterianifm alfo, and has laid open many errors of style, hiftory, and principles, in the Rector of Barming; and through his fides has fhot his bolts at monarchy and epifcopacy, and their abettors, and therein fhewn himfelf a worthy follower of Mr. Robinfon of Cambridge. We with, however, the high price of his book may not obftruct its circulation.

See vol. LVII. p. 516, 517.
GENT. MAG. March, 1788.

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50. The Court and Character of Elizabeth Boucher, commonly called Protectress Joan, enquired into. 12mo. [Printed in the loft Century.]

BY way of diverfifying our columns, a fort of review is here given of a book published more than a century back; not for the fake of criticifing, but as an epitome of its hiftoric contents. If the abridgement fhall be thought to have merit, it is but fair to fay that we have the article from our ingenious correfpondent Mr. W. Hamilton Reid.

"The perfon of the Protectress is reprefented as very corpulent, and her difpofition as moft fordidly avaricious. That he wore a hood and fome light armour. That her retinue, for a long time, when the went abroad, confifted only of one of Oliver's horfe-boys, who ran by her fide, though her daugh ters were attended by tire-women and perfumers. That the afterwards purchafed a fecond-hand coach; and that butler, ferving-man, and gentleman her coachman acted the part of caterer,

ufher.

old troopers, and had out of the army; That her horfes were probably and that her livery ftood at the state's expence. That he was loaded with prefents; and that her house in London was a kind of exchange; and that no money was ftirring any where elfe. That the amaffed great quantities of jewels, medals, &c. from the plunder of lar; where the foldiery, by threats and various houfes, Bafingftoke in particufmall gratuities, were perfuaded to give up their plunder. That a cabal-houfe was taken near Charing Crofs, where the fectarian officers were treated with prayers, bread, butter, and small beer. That a thanksgiving dinner was given by the City, and a piece of gold plate. That Oliver was very fond of oranges to veal, probably Seville; and that the Protectrefs refufed four pence.for one of thefe, juft at the commencement of the war with Spain. That a poor woman, who had a very early growth of green peas, was perfuaded to prefent one the Protectress at Whitehall; cook in the Strand, and that, upon her that the refused an angel for them by a murmuring at five fhillings from her Highness for the fame, they were returned, with fame fevere remarks upon the luxury of the times. That they let tled at Whitehall in the year 1653. Whitehall, at this time, inhabited by near an hundred families of the anarchy.

All

All commanded to depart, by order of Council. Little apartments, winding ftairs, and trap doors, made by her order; the never enduring to be alone, or whisperings. The names of the apartments changed. Mr. Starkey, a cook, accused of drunkenness by her; brought before Oliver; vomits in his prefence; and is difcharged. Oliver a great enemy to compound dishes. She (the Proteatrefs) keeps three cows in St. James's Park; erects a dairy at Whitehall, and makes butter with her maids. No menfervants attendant in the houfe, but a chofen band of halberdiers. She employed: fix maids, or fpinfters, all minifters' daughters, at fewing, fitching, &c. in her privy-chamber. They drank a finall ale called Morning Dew, then common in London, at 7s. 6d. a barrel. Oliver's predilection for that hinders her from establishing a brew-houfe. That the had a custom of roafting halfcapons; and that her niggardly temper terminated in an inquiry into the profits of the kitchen-ftuff, which the exchanged for candles. The reafon fhe gave for her parfimony was the fmall allowance for the maintenance of the houthold, which was barely 64 thou fand pounds per annum, till Col. Philip Jones came to be comptroller of the houthold, when the weekly charge was 1923 pounds odd money; the defalca tion of the reft, from the just fum of 2cool. at the rate of a hundred thousand pounds yearly, making up the 4000l. for the two weeks above the 50; 10 exactly was this charge computed, to prevent deceit and any colluding practices. Her order of cating and meal-times was not lefs regulated: for, first of all, at the ringing of a bell, dined the halberdiers, or men of the guard, with the inferior officers, &c.; then, the bell ringing again, the fteward's table was fet in the fame hall, near the water stairs, for the better fort, who waited on her Highmets; ten of whom were appointed to a table or mels. To thefe, and their friends or visitors, were appointed the value of ten fhillings in fleth r fish, with one bottle of fack and two of claret: but, to prevent after-comers from expecting any thing in the kitchen, there was a general rule, that if any one was detained beyond dinner-time, upon notice given, the Reward of the mefs fhould fet aide his fare in the buttery. Suppers they had none; eggs, &c. con. inting Oliver and her Lady thip: yet eight lone of beef was conftantly boiled

in the morning for the fervants, the broth, &c. being given to the poor of St. Margaret, Westminster, every day. His feafts were none of the most liberal, as that given the Parliament and French Ambaffador, upon their congratulations upon the Sindercombe deliverance, only amounted to 1000l.; 2001. of which was faved in the banquet; when a bigbellied woman, a fpectator, defiring a few dry candies of apricots, Col. Pride threw into her apron a conferve of wet; which ftaining the fame, as if it was a fignal given, Oliver throws his napkin at Pride; he at him again; the noife and fcuffle of which made all the members rife up before the fweetmeats, &c. were begun upon, who, thinking dinner was done, went to their rude gambols with his Highnefs, or remained fpectators of this Ahab-like feftival.-All Oliver's debts, by her intrigue, were transferred to her fons, Henry and Richard, who payed for his coftly funeral; the very day of whofe death, the guards rufhed in at Whitehall, taking the meat, by force, off her Highness's table, and demanding their pay and ar

rears. This occafioned her to tell Fleetwood, that he had brought his hogs to a fine market. Richard afterwards ab fents himself, for debt, at Hurley, in Hampshire, where his mother refided with him. It was alfo obferved that there was a great deal of truth in a play written about that time, called “ The "Rump."

51. Elegant Orations, ancient and. modern, for the Ufe of Schools: originally compiled for the Inftrution of bis own Pupils. By the Rev. J. Moffop, Maßter of the Boarding• Jebool at Brighthelmstone. 12mo.

THE prefent age is an age of Music and an age of Oratory. As far as the voice is concerned, both fciences are connected. How far it is an age of Eloquence may be difputed.-Mr. M. has here blended modern English fpeeches with ancient Latin and Greek orations, done into English, conceiving that, "by frequent exercifes in repeat"ing certain of the following speeches, "youth will obtain a fufficient confi"dence for public fpeaking (a thing fo "much looked up to, and fo very defir "able, as well as ufeful, in almost

every walk of life,) without that ha "zard of their morals which accrues "from the foolish cuftom of acting plays." Of the utility of public freaking in almost every walk of life we

have our doubts; of the inutility of plays acted in public schools we have allo our doubts, notwithstanding the acrimony of our correfpondent, p. 108. Plays acted in every nobleman's or gentleman's family are certainly condemn able, on the footing of diffipation and needlefs expence which they create. A proper habit of fpeaking, confined to certain public profeffions, is certainly defireable; but, extended to "almoft "every walk of life," we fear it becomes that spouting which is Mr. M's averfion as well as ours, and which we cannot conceive to be fo natural a confequence of acting plays, as of attending difputing clubs and focieties, veftries, common-halls, general or quarterly courts, meetings of freeholders, or even the managers of an interesting trial now depending.

If Mr. M. is not himself an orator, in the pureft fenfe of the word, and qualified to give leffons to his pupils, the utility of the prefent work will be equal to an "Effay on Dancing," written by one who can neither dance well himself, nor teach others to do fo; and fuch are nine-tenths of our modern Effays on Arts and Sciences.

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D. D. and being likewife one of the CHAPLAINS to his Royal Highness the PRINCE of WALES, he has thought fit to drop the venerable title of minifter, and has left us to conjecture what other employment he may have, beides preaching and printing for the heir ap parent to the British throne. The two volumes, indeed, bear internal evidence of their having come from the fame pen. In both there is a fuperfluity of pointed fentences and fparkling conceits, of farfetched fimilies and broken metaphors. We do not, by this, mean to infinuate that thefe puerilities abound in both vơlumes in an equal degree, or that Dr. Lamont has not, by time and experience, made improvement in the art of compofition: he has made great improvement. His fecond volume is much fuperior to the first in ftyle as well as in fentiment ; for although we cannot approve of all the metaphors and fimilies which are fcattered through it, yet we do not there meet with "high Olympus raising his "head above the clouds, with placid "brow looking down upon the ftorm, "and hearing unmoved the roaring "thunder;" or with fuch childish exclamations as, "O goodness, thou queen "of beauties? who would not with to "poffefs thy charms? who would not "wifh to be cloathed with thy powers? crown?" Such ornaments as these are "who would not wifh to wear thy furely more fuitable to a school-boy's declamation, than to a difcourfe upon. the fublime, but fimple, truths of the Gospel.

The first volume contains fermons against evil speaking-the debauchery of the heart-revenge-idolatry-covet. oufnefs-lying-wearing-drunkenfabbath; to which are added an ordinanefs-pride, and the violation of the tion fermon, a fynod fermon, and two fermons on a future ftate. In almoft every one of thefe difcourfes the reader" will find many fuch flowers as thofe which we have culled for him in our walk through this garden of eloquence,

The fecond volume of thefe fermons is written in a purer, more manly, and more animated ftyle; and, bating a few forced conceits and verbal antithefes, it exhibits liberal fentiments in fuch a drefs, as we think muft be pleafing to every man of tafte, who has any pleafure in pulpit oratory. deed hefitate to fay that Dr. Lamoat ftands nore in the first clats of Scotch preachers; and if he continue to advance.

We do not in