our Remarker fays, is Naturalism, or the belief of a Creator and phyfical Preferver, but not moral Governor. Of the truth of this every Reader of the Effay must be left to judge for himself.

Art. 32. The Temple of Virtue. A Dream. Published from an original Manufcript. By James Fordyce, Minifter at Alloa. 12mo. Is. 6d. Field.

This inftructive and entertaining little piece, which is written in a very elegant manner, is introduced with a fhort account of the method which the Author purfued in the education of a young Nobleman entrusted to his care. The youth had lively parts, a large fhare of imagination, and was peculiarly fond of tales, novels, romances, and the fprightlier kinds of poetry. He had an averfion to the fober and fevere productions of philofophy, and could not endure the precepts of morality, unless they were conveyed in fome agreeable vehiclc, borrowed from the flores of Fancy: he was fond of pleasure; his paffions were naturally ftrong; and unhappily for him, his parents had, by a cruel indulgence, added greatly to their strength.

What method was proper for correcting the irregularities of fuch a wanton imagination, and weakening thote paffions which every thing had contributed to ftrengthen? Grave admonitions would have revolted fuch a gay and giddy fpirit at once: dry arguments would have been equally difagreeable to a mind never accustomed to argue: and airs of authority would have proved fill more difguftful to a youth fo indulged. Here then our Tutor fhewed his judgment, and how well qualified he was for the difcharge of the import truft affigned him. The method he purfued, was to turn his Pupils paffions, as it were, against them felves, by leading him to virtue in the road of entertainment; to infinuate a tale for learning, and the love of goodnefs, by exhibiting thofe venerable forms in lighs the most familiar and inviting; in fhort, by arraying wiftom in the robes of fancy, and fhewing her in all her fweeteil fmiles, to captivate his heart at unawares, and thus to make that very faculty which till now had been a handmaid of folly, fevant to her divine antagon ft. Such was the plan on which he proceeded: he gives a pretty full account of the judicious and agreeable manner in which he conducted it, which it would give us pleasure to infert, but we must content ourselves with recommending it to the perufal of our Readers, thofe, cfpecially, who are concerned in the moft important of all employments, that of education.

In order to inspire his Pupil with a tale for the fubftantial joys of virtue, and to point out the folly and wretchednefs of thofe who deviating from her path, wander into the purlieus of forbidden pleasure, where all is falfe and frgitive, and where a tranfcient gleam of flashy gratifications is fucceeded by a long winter of fo'id mifery -our worthy Tutor tells us, that he read to him the Dream concerning Pleafure, in the fecond volume of Dialogues on Education. He was fenfibly touched by it; and when his Tutor had done reading, asked why the Writer had not published fach another Dream concerning

Virtue,

Virtue, which, he faid, would have been as inftructive, and vaftly more delightful.

This the Tutor looked upon as no unreasonable thought, and has accordingly given us fuch another Dream, which like that concerning Pleafure, is pregnant with the most useful inftruction. To give a particular account of it, would certainly be deemed unneceffary; all we fhall fay therefore concerning it is, that an elegance and fimplicity of manner appears through the whole compofition; with a neatnefs and purity of language that muft recommend it to every Reader of taffe.

ERRATA in the Reviews for May, June, and July laft; exclufive of those mentioned at the end of the Review for June, viz. In May Review.-P. 434, 1. 9. for employ, read imply.

In June Review.-P. 521, 1. 2. for Malachi, iv. 1—16. r. Mal. iv. 5. Ibid. 1. 28, 29. for Job xix. 27. r. Job xix. 25-27. P. 525, the catch-word at the bottom, for Diefkaw, r. Wraxal. P. 550, 1. 29. dele fome. P. 556. in the beginning of the last paragraph, the references to Dr. Hunter's paper on aneurisms are wrong; and the words treated with great contempt have been justly objected to, as they were too hastily put down, and really imply more than the Reviewer meant; please to correct the four first lines of the faid paragraph thus, We are not a little furprized, that in remark the fourth the Doctor hath, as it fhould feem, contemptuously paffed over two Writers of the moft diftinguished abilities;-and yet in another, numb. 23, hath adopted a very great ⚫ improvement made by one of thofe gentlemen, &c. P. 558. 1. 13. dele to. P. 565. in the fourth line of the title of article 6, for inclufive, r. inconclufive. P. 567. 1. 3. of the title of article 8. dele and. dele on. P. 579. 1. 36. after you, P. 580, 1. 3. for your by, r. by your. P. 586, 1. 8. of the account of article 22, for poffed. r. poffeffed.

In the Appendix.-P. 579, l. 16. dele alone. Ibid. 1. 36. after motive, the particle of is wanting. P. 580, 1. 8, from the bottom, for faving, r. Jaying. P. 603, 1.5, of the account of article 23, for course, r. coarfe. P. 607. the catch-word at the bottom, for man, T. properly..

In July Review.-P. 7. 1. ult. for two, r. too. P. 29. 1.1. of the Taft paragraph, dele and. P. 32. 1. 14. for muft, read might. P. 36. 1. 10. for congious, r. contagious. P. 80. l. 11. dele it. P. 85. 1.6. for take, r. taken.

N. B. As we have very little time for revifing and correcting our articles, it is impoffible but many errors, and fome miflakes, muft happen; we fhall therefore be truly thankful to any of our Readers who will be fo kind as to intimate whatever defects of that fort may fall under their notice, by a line left with our Publisher: due acknowlegement of fuch favours will always be made, and the faults rectified in the next publication.

THE

MONTHLY REVIEW,

For SEPTEMBER, 1757.

The British Cuftoms: containing an historical and practical account of each branch of that revenue; the rates of merchandize, as fettled by the 12th of Car. II. cap. 4, and 11. Geo. I. cap. 7, c. with the nett duties payable in all circumftances of goods imported, exported, or brought coaftwife, and the nett drawbacks to be repaid on due exportation: as alfo the bounties payable out of customs. With an index to the whole; in which all the laws now in force relating to the cuftoms, to the 29th of George II. inclufive, are abridged and digefted under proper heads alphabetically. Continued by appendix to the end of the feffion of the 30th of Geo. II. By Henry Saxby, of the Customhouse, London. 8vo. 7s. 6d. Nourse.

S commercial fubjects cannot but be fuppofed peculiarly

A interefting to a trading nation, fo this elaborate perfor

mance must be highly acceptable to the British merchant; as it afcertains the impofitions on our feveral exports and imports, in the most comprehensive manner an undertaking fo diffuse in its nature, feems to admit of; and ferves to fhew at the fame time, the various articles of our extensive traffic to all parts of the habitable world, and the great emolument thereby accruing to the government.

This work (confifting chiefly of tables, enumerating the commodities imported or exported, their duties, drawbacks, &c.) is not of a nature to admit of either abridgment or extract; fo that the most we can do will be to present the mercantile Reader VOL. XVII.

with

with fuch a view of the general heads into which it is divided, as may enable the negotiator, and collector of cuftoms, to form a competent idea of the method used in executing a design requiring fo much affiduity and precision.

6

Chap. I.

• The feveral branches of customs, fubfidies, &c. on goods imported, exported, or brought coastwife, describeð and explained under their respective heads and titles.

Of the ufe of the marginal letters inferted in the rates; with • the table thereof, lift of branches, and an explanation of the whole by examples.

Chap. II.

The rates of merchandize inwards, by 12 Car. II. cap. 4. and 11 Geo. I. cap. 7. or any fubfequent acts, with the amounts of the nett duties and drawbacks on each article or fpecies.

The fubfidy of tonnage on wines imported into London, and other parts of Great Britain, with the nett duties payable in the various circumftances of importation, and the London C duty to be paid on wines brought from the out-ports, together with the refpective drawbacks.

The rates of merchandize outwards, as by 12 Car. II. cap. 4. with the nett duties payable on each species; the fubfidy on woollen-cloths exported; and the subsidy of fixpence in the pound to be paid on dying goods exported, &c.

The total nett duties on goods brought coaftwife, and drawbacks on exportation.

The rules, orders, directions, &c. for regulating as well the merchants as the officers, in making due entries, &c. referred to by 12 Car. II, and 11 Geo. I.

Chap. III.

Inftructions for computation of the feveral branches of cuftoms, &c. in their various circumftances, with examples.

The feveral allowances and bounties payable out of cuftoms, with the bounties and drawbacks on British excifcable goods exported, and the premium on naval-ftores.

Chap. IV.

The feveral ports of Great Britain, with their members

The

The names of the lawful keys and wharfs, &c. in the port ⚫ of London.

Fees payable to the officers of the cuftoms of the port of • London.

The grant to the city of London of scavage, package, &c. • The tables of scavage, package, balliage, portage.

Chap. V.

The index, containing abstracts of all the laws now in force relating to the customs.

• The several laws of customs (now in force) granted only for times limited, with their respective continuations.

The Appendix.

Containing fuch alterations and additions as have been 'made in regard to the cuftoms, by the 30th of Geo. II.

The introduction prefixed gives us to understand, that what ⚫ first gave birth to the prefent work, was a zeal to vindicate the authority and character of Mr. Crouch, from the wrong done him by a book, under the title of the fifth edition of his Complete View, &c. publifhed by a bookfeller, which was fo negligently, as well as ignorantly executed, that it was no fooner feen than it was by the common voice condemned.'The form and plan of this work is the fame as was taken by Mr. Crouch, for the invention of which we are indebted to the ingenuity of Mr. Edgar, Infpector of the customs in Scotland; for he, obferving the great difficulty which occurred in • endeavouring to acquire any tolerable notion of the system of the customs, while the branches (which in his time were to the number of twenty-fix) were no where to be met with, but as they were difperfed in the ftatute-books, firft arranged them (in his Vectigalium Syftema) and under their respective heads has given a fhort defcription of the particular conftruc tion of each branch, with the regulations refpecting its management; and the relation between these branches and the • various fpecies of goods and merchandize in the book of rates, is conducted by a thort table of references, the usefulness and elegance of which cannot be enough valued and admired.'

It is almost fuperfluous to mention, that, after acknowleging whence he derived the plan of his work, Mr. Saxby, like moftother Compilers and Calculators, aims at prepoffeffing his Readers in his favour, by fpecifying the omiffions and errors of his predeceffors. The rectifying the defects of Meff. Edgar, Carkess,

O 2

and