never fail to difplay to the injury of thofe who employ them. In few Art. 2. Farther Animadverfions on the Conduct of a late Noble Answer to a Letter to a late Noble Commander," &c, By the Author of the two Letters to a late Noble Commander. 8vo. Is. Griffiths. This ingenious and spirited Writer has here condefcended to engage with a very contemptible antagonift; for which, in his Poftfcript, he expreffes his contrition, in the following terms. Since the foregoing pages paffed through the prefs, I have had 'the mortification to be informed, that I have flooped to reply to that very ready and abusive Writer, who now jully lies under confinement for the mott daring and fcandalous of all libels: and who ' was an Apologift for a late unhappy Admiral, to whofe ruin, perhaps, he contributed not a little, by irritating the public against the " unfortunate Delinquent, by his lame vindications, and fcurrilous, invectives. Had I known him fooner, I had not degraded myself by contending with an antagonift, whofe very name is fufficient to invalidate his arguments. His Lordship's cafe is, indeed, Dignus Vindice Nadus. I would advife the noble Lord, however, to be 'cautious how he engages an Advocate, whofe pen has brought con"tempt upon himself, and deftruction on his clients." As it would be to little purpofe for us to enter into the merits of this conteft, we take leave of it for the prefent, with the following animated paffage, extracted from the conclusion of these animadfions. Shall his Lordship then, who has, for many years, received the national pay, to the amount of a princely revenue; who has been honoured with pofts of the highest truft, and diftinguithed by the ⚫ favour and confidence of his Sovereign;-Shall HE, when called upon to acquit himself of fuch vaft obligations, when fummoned "to the teft of his abilities, when ordered to the discharge of his duty;-Shall HE, though fpirited to the purfuit of glory by the Prince's Aid-de-camp, though even tutored in the leffon of Honour by his own Aid-de-camp; Shall E, paufe, hefitate, debate, defert his poft, gallop after an explanation of what every one pronounced clear and pofitive?-When affured, from the mouth of his fuperior, that his Doubts, were groundless, and ordered to advance to fupport his fellow foldiers, who were engaged in an unequal conflict-Shall HE crawl to his deftined station, by a flow and cautious march, till the opportunity of his intended fervice was loft?Not contented with impeding the fuccefs of the day, by his own dilatory motions, Shall HE, by his authority, check the generous + Owen Rutthead logst ardour ST ardour of more forward and intrepid Commanders ?—And after ⚫ these shameful inftances of glaring mifbehaviour-Shall HE be per- » 'mitted to retire with haughty relignation, and enjoy the long ac... 'cumulated fruits of a nation's industry, unreproved, uncenfured, and uncondemned?-Nay more, Shall HE, by his own, or hired pens, prefume to defame thofe, who exprefs their honeft indignation againit him?-Shall HE, dare to vilify his Royal* Accufer, and even con⚫ demn his own Sovereign of injustice? • No! while there is fenfe and fpirit in Great Britain, the public will teftify their refentment of fuch ignominious conduct, aggra vated by fuch daring infolence. The frowns of public indignation have been fmoothed by the fmtes of Victory: but let not his Lordship, by an ill-timed effrontery, wrinkle that ferenity which is the pledge of his fecurity. Let him retire with peaceful contrition : let him affociate with his apologists and dependants: let him not brave the face of the public: let him hide himself in obfcurity and not dare to advance now with fuch defperate ftrides, when he moved with fuch 'caution in the field.' Princely, we humbly conceive, (with deference to this elegant Writer) would have been more proper, when speaking of the Duke of Brunswic's younger brather. Art. 3. High Life below Stairs. A Farce of two Acts. As it is performed at the Theatre-royal in Drury-lane. 8vo. I s. Newbery. Exposes the villainous extravagance of fervants, who fquander the property of their masters; and ridicules their prepofterous affectation of the mann rs, or rather the foibles of their fuperiors. The defign is not useless; and the execution of the piece is well enough for the tail-piece of a play,-a make-weight for the mob of an audience, who love to have a large twelve penny-worth for their twelve-pence. Art. 4. Low-Life above Stairs: a Farce, as it is acted in most Families of Diftinction throughout the Kingdom. 8vo. I S. Williams. Made up of low common place fatire; of fwearing and obfcenity. The Author merits only contempt for his incapacity, but a cudgel for his impudence. Art. 5. Hymen: an accurate Defcription of the Ceremonies ufed in Marriage, by every Nation in the known World,&c. 12mo. 3s. Pottinger. Old rubbish, collected from the Religious Ceremonies, Modern Hiftories, Tr vels, &c. The like collection was published fome years ago, under the title of Marriage Ceremonies, &c. Art. 6. The Hiftories of fome of the Penitents in the Magdalen- Hh We We cannot but applaud the author of these stories for his confciencious ingenuity in inferting the word supposed in his title page; as it is probable that his books would have been more univerfally read, if he had published them under the title of real histories: for, though in reality, this might have impofed upon a very fmall number of his readers; yet, when we are pofitively told, before we begin a ftory, that it is an entire fiction, it naturally, though perhaps unaccountably, becomes lefs interefting. To increase our entertainment, we wish to be deceived, and are therefore eafily perfuaded. Confidering the heroines of thefe romances, the world might perhaps be led to expect a collection of lewd immoral tales, of which, to the difcredit of the prefs, the prefent age is much too prolific.→→ But on the contrary, we have the pleasure to affure our readers, ecially the female part, that these books contain nothing that will, in the leaft, wound their ears, or offend their delicacy: inftead of this, they will find in them both entertainment and inftruction. Each flory has an obvious and moral tendency; and, which is very uncommon in modern romances, they are written in good English. B--t Art. 7. Lettres de M. le Marechal Duc de Belleifle, à M. le Marechal de Contades. Trouvées parmi les papiers de Monfieur de Contades après la Bataille de Minden. 1759. 8vo. Is. 6d. That is, Letters of M. Duke of Belleifle to M. Contades, found among the Papers of the latter, after the Battle of Minden. Though the publisher of these letters has not thought fit to prefix his name, or to give the publick any information concerning their authenticity; yet we are of opinion, that there will be few readers, who, if they are fufficiently acquainted with the French language, and the hiftory of the last year, will doubt their being genuine, They are twelve in number. The firit is dated from Verfailles, July 8, 1758. Its chief contents are, fome cautions for the fecurity of Duffeldorff. M. Belleifle fufpects the fidelity of the Elector Palatine's minifters, and advifes Contades to remove the troops of that prince from Duffeldorff, and to replace thein with French battalions. The fecond letter is dated Verfailles, July 15, and contains the following remarkable paragraph. I have already told you, that, after the obfervance of ufual forms and ceremonies towards the magiftrates of Cologne, you must take their heavy artillery by force; telling them, that it is for their own defence against the 'common enemy of the empire, and that they will be reflored to them as foon as their city is out of danger: but you muft, at all <events, take every thing you may have occafion for; and proper receipts are to be given '. Letter 3d. Repeats the king's order to take their cannon by force, urging to the magiftrates, that Cologne is an imperial city, and ⚫ therefore neceffarily at war with the king of Pruffia, and his ⚫ adherents.' Letter 4th. I obferve with pleafure, fays the marshal, that you have feized the artillery by force; and that in doing it you have obferved all the neceflary formalities, as by that means all their 1 axcom complaints to the Diet of Ratifbon, can have no effect. This letter contains likewife fome military intelligence, and advice concerning the English troops expected in Germany; Letter 5th. Complains, that the expence of the war is infupportable. I país my whole life, fays he, in demanding money of the ⚫ comptroller-general, who has none to give me." He then recommends economy as the only means of proceeding. Letter 6th. Nothing remarkable. Letter 7th. At all events, Sir, you are to confume or destroy all ⚫ the subsistance in the neighbourhood of Paderborn, and of all the. intermediate country as far as Warfbourgh. Weftphalia must be made • an entire desert, &c.?» -Thefe orders are three or four times repeated in fome of the fubfe quent letters: but the publick have already feen extracts from them in the news papers. Upon the whole, we look upon these twelve epiftles, as real and valuable curiofities; not only as authentic fpeci mens of French policy, but as trophies of our glorious victory over them, in the ever memorable year 1759. N. BA tranflation of thefe Letters is published by T. Payne, price 1 s. 6 d. ·But Art. 8. Agenor and Ifmena; or the War of the Tender Paffions A Novel. Tranflated from the French. 6s. Cooke. Amorous nonsense. 12mo. 2 vols. Art. 9. The Adventures of a Rake; in the Character of a pullic Orator. Interfperfed with feveral ferious and comic Pieces, pronounced before fome polite Audiences with great Applause, and published at their Requeft. By R. Lewis. 12mo. 2 vols. 6s. Withy, &c. Mr. R. Lewis affures his Readers, that he relates to them his own adventures; and that he relates nothing but the ftricteft truth. If this be fo, we may pronounce Mr. Lewis to be one of the most im pudent men living: for he tells fuch ftories of his own debaucheries, as no man poffeffed of the falleft degree of modefty, would ever have prefumed to lay before the public; figned too, with his own name, and unaccompanied with the flightest intimation of shame, or forrow, for what he has done.We are the more furprized at this behaviour, as the man really appears to be possessed of a capacity from which better things might have been expected. He has fome learning, and is not deftitute of genius; but, probably, for want of better employment, he has been induced to prostitute both, (at least if we may believe his own account) in a vagrant attempt to raise contributions upon the public, by playing the Orator in feveral countrytowns; to fuch audiences as he could gather together, at one fhilling, or fix pence a head. Art. 10, A Difcourfe concerning Plays and Players. Occafioned by a late and very extraordinary Sermon, in which fome Senti Hh 2 ments ments relative to the above Subjects were delivered in a very copious and affecting Manner, from the Pulpit of a certain popular Preacher of the Society called Methadifis. 8vo. 6 d. Cooper. The Writer of this pamphlet profeffes, that he is a Methodisft; that he has long entertained a blind, uncharitable, and ignorant zeal against Plays and Players; but that he has been happily cured of this prejudice by the converfation of a Comedian of his acquaintance, and by feeing Mr. Garrick act. He likewise informs us, that a Sermon has been lately delivered by one of their principal Preachers, (Mr. Whitefield, we fuppofe, from what the Author fays of that Rev. Gentleman in another place) in which damnation was freely dealt to all the frequenters of the theatres. If this be true, we hope the pious Orator made fome referve, at leaft, in favour of those who frequent the theatres in the neighbourhood of Moorfields, Tottenham-Court, Cow.cross, and Broad St. Giles':.'-After all, it were no wonder, that a Whitefield, or a Wefley fhould be jealous of fo powerful a rival as a Garrick; or even a Woodward, a Shuter, or a Yates. However, it must be allowed uncharitable in any performers, or Managers, thus to confign each others audiences to the Devil. But we hope our good friends of Drury-lane and Covent-Garden have never been chargeable with fuch unfair and unchriftian dealings. Emulation is certainly commendable, while accompanied with honefty and decency; and if we can improve and extend our traffic by furnishing a better commodity than another can, why it is all fair: but neither decency nor honesty will allow us to break the windows, or to abuse or frighten away the customers,, of our rivals in trade. 10.1 : 7 Art. 11. Obfervations on the Duty of an Attorney and Sollicitor. Art. 12. French and Indian Cruelty: Exemplified in the Life, and various Viciffitudes of Fortune, of Peter Williamfon. Containing, a particular Account of the Manners, Cuffoms, and Drefs of the Savages; of their Scalping, Burning, and other Barbarities, committed on the English in North-America, During his Refidence among them: Being at eight Years of Age Atolen from his Parents, and fent to Pennfylvania, where he was fold as a Slave: Afterwards married, and fettled as a Planter, till the Indians deftroyed his House, and every Thing be |