Art. 6. Yet One Vindication more of the Conduct of L— GS. 8vo. Is. Wilkie. A compound of infipidity and fcurrility. The pretended Vindication is nothing more than a collection of thofe weak apologies which have already appeared in the numerous pamphlets written on this occafion. The writer indulges himself in the groffeft abuse of the author of a Letter to a late noble Commander, whom he accuses of having been hired, &c. We will, however, do him the juftice to believe that no one kired him. R-a Art. 7. A Letter to the Inhabitants of Paddington. By John Ketch, Efq; 8vo. Thirteen Pence-half-penny. Stevens. The noble perfon whofe late unfeafonable inaction has put fo many pens in motion, is the principal subject of this fuperficial Jeu d'Elprit. Every body will acknowlege, fays this pretended Jack Ketch, that he who did not contribute to give the populace of this city the pleasure of a Rejoicing Night, fhould compenfate for it, by giving ⚫ them a Holiday.' Art. 8. A fhort Addrefs from Lord George Sackville to the Public. Folio. 6d. Owen. Contains, chiefly, a copy of Lord George's Letter to the Secretary of State, wherein he requests, a public opportunity of attempting to juftify himself to his Majefty and to his Country, by a Courtmartial.'-To this he was anfwered, That a Court-Martial upon his application would be granted, as foon as the Officers capable of giving evidence could leave their pofts.'-For the reft, his Lordship's Addrefs only follicits, That the public will fufpend its judgment till fuch facts can be produced, from which alone the Truth can appear.' Art. 9. Short Obfervations on a Short Addrefs to the Public, in a Letter to Lord C****. Folio. 6d. Fuller. Nothing to the purpose. Art. 10. A Reply to Lord George Sackville's Vindication; with Some Remarks on his Lordship's Addrefs to the Public. Folio. 6 d. Kearfly. Of the fame ftamp with the Shert Obfervations. Vide the preceding Article. Art. 11. Lord George Sackville's Vindication of himself, in a Let ter to Colonel Fitzroy, one of the Aids de Camp to Prince Ferdinand: With Colonel Fitzroy's Anfwer, and the Declaration of Capt. Smith, one of the Aids de Camp to Lord George Sackville. 4to. IS. Stevens. Thefe Thefe Letters have the appearance of authenticity; but their publication has given great offence to Lord George; who has advertifed his refolution to profecute the Publisher: a refolution which we know not how reconcile with his Lordship's avowed defire to bring Truth to light, and to fubject his conduct to the ftricteft fcrutiny. Vid. Address, p. 4.-If the Letters are genuine, they are certainly much to the purpofe, and their contents ought to be known. If they are fpurious, why did not his Lp declare them fo, in the fame Advertisement wherein he threatens the Printer? whence the public might have judged what degree of credit was due to their contents. POETICA L. Art. 12. The Juftification, a Satire. Vindicating the Character of a much-injured Nobleman. To which is annexed, a Letter to a certain great D-; interfperfed with Reflections on the Love of our Country, and private Pique and Refentment. By a Gentleman of the Middle-Temple. 4to. Is. Anderfon, and Burd. This Juftifier abuses Lord G. S. as much as the rest of the mob of Scribblers lately raised upon him; but with fomewhat more wit than a majority of them seem possessed of. Art. 13. The true Caufe of a certain G―l Officer's Conduct on the first of Auguft laft, in which, all former Explanations are explained away. 4to. Is. Stephens. A wretched piece of doggrel, as void of decency as it is of fenfe and harmony. It is intended to ridicule a certain late General Officer. but the ridicule falls on the writer. R-d Art. 14. Ode on the glorious Victory obtained by the Allied Army in Germany, over the French, in the Plains near Minden. 4to. IS. Dodfley. The character of this performance is justly comprehended in the following lines of Mr. Pope; for the author, like the famous Sir Ri chard, but with inferior genius, Rumbling, rough, and fierce, With Arms, and George, and Brunfwic crowds the verse; POLITICA L. Art. 15. Serious Confiderations on the prefent Critical Situation of Affairs, between this Nation and its Allies. By a Citizen. 8vo. 4 d. Medley. The Writer urges the neceffity of not only compleating the Militia, for the defence of this kingdom, but alfo for the fpeedy raif ing ing a body of forces to be fent to the affiftance of the King of Pruffia and Prince Ferdinand.' Art. 16. A Letter to the Norfolk Militia, upon the Proceedings of ancient Nations, when engaged in War. By a DumplingEater. 8vo. 2s. Cooper. This Eater of Dumplins having lately, as it fhould feem, gobbled down, by way of defert, a large quantity of Ancient History, which did not happen to lie eafy on his ftomach, has here difcharged fome of its crudities, for the fecond-hand digeftion of the Norfolk Militia. What has chiefly come up, on this occafion, are certain fragments of Herodotus. Thucydides, Polybius, and Diodorus Siculus; from whence (to drop an indelicate allufion) we are to infer, "That Indolence and Luxury were always banished by a people who were • actuated with any conceptions of Honour and Virtue; that the promotion, or revival of Martial Bravery in a state, always advanced its reputation and intereft; that the cultivation of Morals, both in public and private life, always produced fuch a civil harmony in the community, as to make it happy at home, and a terror to its enemies abroad! And that, on the contrary, by Luxury, Intemperance, and Diffentions, Authority hath often degenerated into Oppreflion, and Liberty into Licentioufnefs: and that moft of the evils which have destroyed a state, have been derived from these causes.' P. 13. In regard to the eating article, with which the Author introduces his hiftorical examples, he affects to be fomewhat droll in this part: complimenting his brethren of the Norfolk Militia, (for he appears to be one of the corps) upon the fuperiority by which their ancestors were always diftinguifhed, by their attachment to this excellent food,-their peculiar ufe of that ftaff of life, the Dumpling.' The mind, he fays, is greatly affected by the different habits of the body; and fuperior bravery and fortitude are the natural confcquences of fuperior ftrength and conflitution.'-The Qualities of the Dumplin deferve, in our Author's opinion, to be remembered by lateft pofterity. He does not, however, explain thefe; but he ftrongly intimates, that the effects of dumplin-eating are glorious indeed! It preferves all the faculties in their natural ftrength, and makes you capable of every action that can be performed by men.-To this it is owing, that amidst the general depravity-the Norfolk men remain unfpotted in their manners.' It is the remembrance of what their forefathers, the valiant Icne did, when with Queen Boadicea at their head, they cut off 70,000 Romans at Maldon,' that ought to infpire the prefent race of Dumplin-eaters,' with the fame courage and bravery, to repel the aflaults, and dreadful fiat• bottomed boats of their oftentatious enemies.'-But as our Readers have, by this time, probably, had enough of this difh, let us call another courfe. One thing, however, in justice to our Author, we would obferve, before we conclude, viz that tho' he is but a moderate Writer, he has approved himself, in his hiftorical collections, as a judicious Reader: and he appears throughout, to be a truly honeft and public fpirited Briton. 7 Art. RELIGIOUS. Art. 17. A Converfation-Piece; or I believe as the Church believes. 12mo. 4d. Griffiths. The defign of this little piece' is to perfuade Proteftants, of all denominations, to act a confifient part, to believe as the Scriptures teach, without refpect of perfons or parties, to forbear one another in love, and to endeavour to keep the Unity of the Spirit in the Bond of Peace.. R Art. 18. A Letter to the Inhabitants of St. Dunstan's in the Weft, relating to their late remarkable Proceeding with regard to the Rev. Mr. Romaine their Lecturer. With fome Remarks on their refufing him their Pulpit, &c. 8vo. 6 d. Dilly. We perceive, from the above title, that the Inhabitants of St. Dunstan's, Fleet-ftreet, have lately made an effort to shake off the encumbrance brought on them by Mr. Romain's drawing fuch multitudes of enthufiafts, &c. to their church. This proceeding of theirs has given much concern to the Writer of this pamphlet who warmly exhorts the Parishioners aforefaid, to think better of the matter, and (if we may put his meaning into plain English) to be reconciled to Mr. Romaine, and to enfure their falvation, by turning Methodists. Art. 19. A new Letter to the Parishioners of St. Dunstan'srelating to the fufpending the Rev. Mr. Romaine. With a Sermon by the Rev. Mr. D. Jones. 8vo. 6d. Man. The author of this new Letter, alfo, (vid. the preceding article) feems to think, that the parishioners of St. Dunitan's are, or foon will be, in the high road to perdition, without the guidance of Mr. Ro-, maine, to keep them in the right path to heaven." The Sermon which is here printed, or re-printed, is faid to have been preached by David Jones of Chrift Church, Oxon, 1692. It is founded on the text*, "Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?" and is by the editor applied in favour of Mr. Romaine, * GALATIANS, iv. 16. Art. 20. An Apology for the Parishioners of St. Dunstan's, for refusing the Ufe of their Pulpit, any longer, to the Rev. Mr. Romaine, their late Lecturer. 8vo. 6d. Sympfon. The author, with great appearance of moderation, and in terms of due refpect to Mr. Romaine's character, expoftulates with that Gentleman, as the author of a fchifm in the parish of St. Dunstan's, Fleet-treet, by his pertinacioufly infifting on being continued in the Lectureship; and endeavours to evince the neceflity which his parishioners were under, of difmiffing him, on account of the difficulty of forcing their way to their pews, through a ragged-unfavoury • mul multitude-pushing, fqueezing, and fhoving forward, riding on one another's backs, and tearing their cloaths to pieces, with eager. nefs to get within hearing of the preacher: fome panting for breath; others fweating and ftaring, with their eyes starting out of their heads; others, not able to bear up against the prefs with which they were thronged on every fide, fainting and falling to the ground, when it is almoft impoffible to prevent their being trampled to death,' &c. & Art. 21. A Letter of Confolation to the Rev. Mr. Romaine, occafioned by his Sufpenfion, &c. By the Rev. Mr. G W-te-d. 8vo. 6d. Seymour. A religious Catch-penny, Mr. Whitefield, we dare be confident, is innocent of its production; it is unworthy of his abilities: as the occafion, we would hope too, is beneath his notice. Ꭲ SINGLE SERMONS. HE Practice of Religion and Virtue recommended, efpecially in Times of Danger. Preached at Newbury, Auguft 12, 1759. before the Militia of the county of Berks. By Thomas Penrose, Á. M. Rector of Newbury. 8vo. 6 d. Newbery. 2. On the Death of the Rev. Mr. Thomas Bradbury, who departed this life, Sept. 9, 1759, in the eighty-fecond year of his age, Preached in New-Court, Carey-ftreet, September 16. Published at the unanimous requeft of the CHURCH, with a Dedication to them, containing a fhort Character of the deceafed. By Richard Winter. 8vo. 6d. Buckland, &c. • We obferve nothing very extraordinary in the Character here given of this famous Pulpit-Veteran; farther than, that he preached eight Sermons declaring the doctrine of Juftification by the imputed righteousness of Chrift. And, in fixty-one Sermons, the Mystery ofGodliness, GoD manifeft in the Fleb', &c. with many Difcourfes on fpiritual and political fubjects: fetting his face as a flint against the deftructive tenets of the Arians on the one hand, and of the Jacobites on the other.'-O brave old Tom Bradbury !—But Mr. Winter feems to have forgot another of his rare qualifications: he was reckoned to fing The Roast Beef of Old England as well as any man in the three kingdoms. 3. At the Affizes at Guildford, Aug. 10, 1759, by William Sellon, Curate of St. James's Clerkenwell, and Lecturer of St. Giles's in the Fields. 4to. 6 d. Rivington and Fletcher. 4. God's gracious Care of his Church. Preached at Little St. Hellen's, Aug. 1, 1759, to the Society that fupport the Lord's-Dayorning Lecture there. By William Langford, M. A. 8vo. 6d. Johnson, in Fenchurch-street. 5. On the glorious Victory of Aug. 1, 1759. By the Rev. Mr. Radcliff, of Boston, Lincolnshire. Dedicated (by the Editor) to L*** G**** S*****. 8vo. 6d. Griffiths. The above-mentioned Dedication is a gentecl piece of Irony. |