Méthode eprouvé pour le Traitement de la Rage, publié par Ordre du Gouvernement. 410. Paris. The author of this new curative method is M. de Laffone: mercurial frictions bear a confiderable share in it. It appears to have proved very successful, and is strongly recommended by the French government. MONTHLY CATALOGUE. An Effay on the Origin, Progrefs, and Establishment of National Society; in which the Principles of Government, the Definitions of phyfical, moral, civil and religious Liberty, contained in Dr. Price's Obfervations, Sc. are fairly examined and fully refuted: Together with a Juftification of the Legislature, in reducing America to Obedience by Force. By J. Shebbeare, M. D. 8vo. 35. Bew. HEN Dr. Price's Obfervations feemed to be configned WE to oblivion by their demerit, they acquired a degree of temporary importance from the number of antagonists that have engaged in controverfy with the author. Of these the writer of the prefent Effay appears to have bestowed particular attention on the fubject, and is the first who has attacked the reverend champion for America without concealing his own name. He has, indeed, followed fo clofely the plan of Dr. Price's performance, that the Effay is a counter-part of it. It is divided into the fame number of parts and fections, which are alfo allotted to the fame fubjects of enquiry, and the conclufions which the effayift maintains are entirely the reverse of those that were fupported by the obferver. The following paffage prefents the reader with a recapitulation of what the author has evinced in the first part of the volume. 1. That, according to his definition of phyfical liberty, mankind are let loose, like beasts of prey, to ravage and destroy each other, to commit every nefarious act, and abfolutely to fubvert the laws of nature. For these reasons, phyfical liberty cannot confit in what he afferts, nor the force, which reftrains fuch execrable acts be poffibly productive of fervitude. 2. That, according to his definition of moral liberty, depend. ing on every man's following, in all circumftances, his fenfe of right and wrong, without being controuled by any contrary principles, murders, fires, rapes, robberies, and every criminal enor mity are not immoral acts, because they are unwilfully committed; and, thereby, the very effence of morality is annihilated. The force that oppofes the agent's will, cannot, for these reasons, be productive of fervitude; unless an obligation to be honest men and good fubjects can be the enslavement of mankind. 3. That according to his definition of civil liberty, no government whatever has been, or can be established: because it is abfolutely impracticable that a majority of the people can elect their F 3 repre reprefentatives, in an extenfive dominion because an adequate reprefentation does not confift in the number of the electors, but in the fufficiency of the elected ;—because civil government confifts not in the form of the legiflature, but in the enacting juft laws, and in an upright difpenfation of them. Becaufe, civil liberty confifts in being governed by fuch laws, as fecure the lives, rights, and properties of the fubject;-becaufe, man being a gregarious animal, without this univerfal law of nature, that folly fhall be fubordinate to wifdom, timidity to courage, and weakness to ftrength, an unanimity of will, an union of powers, and an unity of action, can be folely formed, and the whole efficiency of the aggregate carried into execution. Confequently, the force, which oppofes the will of the individuals, is not productive of fervitude; unless the prefervation of the rights, liberties, good government, and ftrength of a state, be an enslavement. 4. That, according to his definition of religious liberty, religion itself can have no exiftence. Becaufe his principles are fubverfive of all moral and religious obligation because human facrifices, idolatry, and every kind of abominable worship, being the decifions of the confciences of fuch worthippers, refpecting re ligious truth, are not to be oppofed by human authority; but the nation is to be overwhelmed by fuch execrable rites. For these reafons, the force, which ftands in oppofition to the will of the agent, is not productive of fervitude; unlefs to obey the commandments of God, and the laws eftablished, be an enslavement. 5. That America is not another country from Great Britain, confidered in a political view; that taxes are not gifts, but debts, due from the fubjects to the state, in confequence of their being excufed from perional fervice; that the legislature of the provinces have been, from the beginning, fubject to the fupreme legislature of this kingdom, as that of London and all other bodies corporate, like the colonies, eftablished by charter in England, are and ever have been-that the colonifts have been taxed by parliament, from the 12th of Charles II. to the 10th of George III. in numerous inftances, fimilar to the duty on tea-that they have uniformly, until their oppofition to the ftamp-act, acknowledged and obeyed the acts of the British legislature;-that they have always had an adequate reprefentation in parliament, to which they have conftantly applied, as fubjects to their reprefentatives, and received redrefs and affiftance, in confequence of that right.' In the fubfequent part of the Effay, Dr Shebbeare traces the author of the Obfervations through the remaining fubjects of confideration, under different fections: viz. Of the Justice of the War with America; Whether the War with America be juftified by the Principles of the Conflitution; Of the Policy of the War with America; Of the Honour of the Nation, as affected by the War with America; and, Of the Probability of fucceeding in the War with America. With refpect to the various propofitions afferted in this pamphlet, in contradiction to thofe of Dr. Price, the truth of them will probably be admitted by every reader who is not prejudiced in favour of the American claim. The author, it must be acknowledged, has fometimes indulged himfelf in a ftrain of farcafm, and in fuch illuftrations, as are even unbecoming a pole, polemical writer; but it may be urged in apology, that Dr. Price had betrayed a malignity to the conftitution of his coun. try, which ought in justice to draw upon him the most severe retaliation. To this Effay is added an Appendix on Mr. Burke's Speech, of the 22d of March, 1775, in which the author difcovers the fame acutenefs and ingenuity of remark, which he had fhewn in criticifing a former fpeech of that gentleman. The qualities of the oration are ironically denominated the excellent and admirable, on account of Dr. Price's having bestowed upon it thofe pompous epithets. Three Letters to Dr. Price, containing Remarks on bis Obfervations on the Nature of Civil Liberty, the Principles of Government, and the Juftice and Policy of the War with America. 8vo. 2.s. 6d. T. Payne. The first of thefe Letters is employed on the nature of liberty in general; the fecond treats of civil liberty, and the principles of government; and the third, of the claims made by Great Britain on her colonies, and the measures used to enforce them. The extent of the feveral Letters, and the numerous paffages in Dr. Price's Obfervations to which they relate, will not permit our entering upon a particular account of them. We must, however, inform our readers, that the author manages the argu. ment with coolness, dexterity, and precifion; and that he fully refutes the doctrines of the writer whofe Obfervations he examines. Obfervations on Dr. Price's Theory and Principles of Civil Liberty and Government, preceded by a Letter to a Friend, on the Pretenfions of the American Colonies, in Refpect of Right and Equity. 8vo. 25. DodЛley. From the Letter, dated at York, which precedes thefe Obfervations, it appears that the author's name is Goodricke. He is evidently a writer of judgment, candour, and abilities; nor have we seen any production on the fubject of the American controverfy which is better entitled to the perufal of either of the parties in the difpute. The Total Refutation and political Overthrow of Dr. Price: or Great Britain Successfully vindicated against all American Rebels, and their Advocates. In a Second Letter to that Gentleman. By James Stewart. 8vo. is. 6d. Bew. Mr. Stewart, whofe name is prefixed to this pamphlet, is, it feems, the author of another Letter lately published on the fame fubject *. He continues in the prefent, as in the former Letter, to enforce the arguments against Dr. Price with the aid of ridicule, and we believe it will be admitted that he has now fully effected his purpose. See Crit. Rev. vol. xli. p. 320. F 4 1 Obfervas Obfervations on fome of the probable Effects of Mr. Gilbert's Bill to which are added, Remarks deduced from Dr. Price's Account of the National Debt. By the reverend Mr. Brand. 8vo. Robfon and Co. 25. To what has been advanced by other writers relative to the fyftem of poor laws, Mr. Brand has added fome fupplemental obfervations tending to confirm the opinion that the establishment of houfes of industry would be attended with public advantage. The author has been led to the remarks on Dr. Price's Account of the National Debt, from obferving that the data which he had collected for afcertaining the augmentation of the poor rate, and the principles laid down to determine it, were equally applicable to the other enquiry. Mr. Brand's remarks on this fubject are copious, and will, we doubt not, be found to be accurate by thofe who have leifure to examine the algebraical calculations on which he proceeds. Licenticufness Unmasked; or Liberty Explained. 8vo. 1s. Bew. We formerly remarked, that on a fubject which has been fo much agitated as the difpute with America, we should readily excufe a writer for mentioning arguments that cannot now have any title to novelty. But the indulgence of criticifm ought ne ver to extend to that perfon, who prefents the public with a pamphlet, as new, which he has, in various parts, compofed of whole paffages extracted from preceding publications. If this Unmasker will turn over to pages 4, and 52 of the production, he will be convinced that we do him no injuftice by impeaching him with fuch an act of delinquency. Confidérations fur les Principes Politiques de mon Siecle, & fur la Néceffité indifpenfable d'une Morali-Politique. 8vo. 8s. Grant. Political oeconomy is a subject of so abftract a nature, and in many cafes fo much connected with the private interest of individuals, that univerfal concurrence of fentiment is never to be expected concerning it. Whether the author of thefe Confide rations is biaffed by any partial motives, we will not take upon us to determine; but we cannot help being of opinion, from the general tenor of his remarks, that he is under the influence of prejudice. He appears to be rather captious, fatirical, and lively, than candid, inquifitive, or penetrating; and his arguments, when to fuch he has reccurfe, are seldom both just and decifive. Effai fur les Principes Politiques de l'Economie Publique. Par M.D. Browne Dignan. Smal 8vo. 35. Hooper. This Effay contains a clear and judicious abftract of the principles of political oeconomy. The author has developed the fubject in a methodical manner, and conducted his illuftration by the most obvious and apparent circumstances which influ ence the profperity and civil regulations of a state. POETRY. POETRY. America. An Ode to the Prople of England. 6d. Almon. We can hardly expect much fublimity or noble enthufiafm in the efforts of an author, who would proftitute any genius which he poffeffed in oppofition to the intereft and animating glory of his country. The generous Mufes difclaim the base idea, and have fpurned at the invocation of every poetical parricide, who has attempted to blaft the British honour in the present war with America. Euphrofyne: or, Amusements on the Road of Life. 8v. 35. Jerved. Dodley. This volume contains a collection of poetical pieces, partly original, written by different authors, and ranged under the following heads, viz. On various Subjects, Sarc. ttic, Encomiaftic, Paraphraftic, Amorous, Humourous, and Moral. In general, the compofitions bear the marks of accuracy, and many of them are diftinguished by more confpicuous fignatures of poetical merit. Sylvæ; or a Collection of Poems on feveral Occafions, by a young Gentleman of Chichefter. 8vo. 2s. 6d. wed. Hawes, Clarke, and Collins. It appears from the Preface, that these poems are the production of a very young author. The first, which is a description of Spring, was written in the year 1772, when he was fcarcely fourteen; and the others are all of a later date. This circumftance, no doubt, might ferve as an apology for many faults: but it would be unjust in us not to acknowledge, that independently of any personal confideration, the collection with which we are here prefented is entitled to a greater degree of applause than is commonly the fortune of very juvenile productions to obtain. Garrick's Looking-Glafs; or, the Art of Rfing on the Stage. 4to. 2s. 6d. T Evans, Paternoster Row. A poetical effufion on Mr. Garrick's quitting the stage; the title of which alludes to a method of improvement recommend. ed to theatrical performers, of practifing address before a mir ror. The Spleen or the Offspring of Folly. A Lvri-Comi Tragic Tale. In Four Cantos. Cum Notis Variorum. Dedicated to George Colman, Eq. 4to. Is. ba. Bew This fantastic production feems to be intended as a fatire against a writer of eminence in the comic department of the drama. The author, it must be acknowledged, has a genius for compofitions of the ludicrous kind; but he ought to have referved his ridicule for those who are proper objects of fcorn, and not have mifapplied it to the ungenerous purpose of expofing, by a caricatura, a gentleman of diftinguished merit both in public and private life, Omiah's |