ART, I. The Works of the Right Rev Thomas Newton, D. D. late Lord Bishop of Brifol, and Dean of St. Paul's, London-With some Account of his Life and Anecdo es f feveral of bis Friends, Written by himself, in three Vols. 4to. 31. 155. in Boards.

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HE first volume contains 1. The author's life. 2. A Speech intended for the House of Peers, on the fecond reading of the Diffenters Bill, in 1772. The Sentiments of a moderate Man concerning Toleration. 4. A Letter to the New Parliament. 5. Differtations on the Prophecies. The fecond Volume confifts of Differtations on various important SubjectsSermons on public Occafions-And five Charges on reading the Scriptures-The increafe of Popery, the licentioufness of the Times-The late Attempts against the Church-and a Diffuafive from Schifm. In the third volume are a number of curious learned and useful Differtations, which are clofed with the Bishop's Sentiments on an intermediate State-The refurrection-The general Judgment-And the final State of

man.

With refpect to the first article; an author's writing his own life, in the opinion of fome, may have an appearance of vanity; but the fame has been done by other grave and refpectable writers; and it should be remembered, this was one among Dr. Newton's laft productions, which he conti nued within a very few days before his death; for an account of this great prelate fee our laft Magazine. In his Differtations on the Prophecies the Bishop has difcovered learning, and judgment, with an extensive knowledge of hiftory, and thrown light upon many obfcure paffages of fcripture. In the fecond volume, among a variety of entertaining and inftructive articles, (which the limits prescribed to this department will not permit us to touch upon) we met with his Lordship's conjecture on a very obfcure paffage, concerning Lamech, which we fhall tranfcribe as what we imigine will be highly acceptable to the intelligent part of our readers,

"Of this Lamech, Mofes has thought fit to preferve (Gen. chap. iv. 23, 24,) a fhort fragment, which was handed down by tradition, and appears to have been compofed in metre, to be fung, perhaps, to fame of his fon Jubal's inftruments of mufic. As we knew no: the occafion, we cannot be certain of the meaning of this little sketch of an

cient poetry. But what appears to me the moft probable account of it is, that the family of Cain, having long lived under the apprehenfion of Adam's family coming, and taking revenge for the murder of Abel, and Tubal-Cain having lately invented weapons and inftruments of war, Lamech therefore, proclaims unto his wives, who were more liable to these fears and apprehenfions, that they might now reft in peace and fecurity. What reafon is there for fears and apprehenfions? Have I flain a man that I thould be wounded, and a young man that I fhould be hurt? For, with the Arabic verfion, I would read the fentence interrogatively; which interrogation is equivalent to a negation; and the Chaldee paraphrases it "I have not, &c." If then the murder of Cain, who committed the fact, fhall be amply avenged,-" avenged feven fold"furely the murder of Lamech, of any of his innocent family, fhall be more amply avenged" avenged feventy and fevenfold." Wherefore, be of good courage; I have done no violence, and I fear none.

ART. II. A Sermon preached at the Meating in Monkwell-ftreet, at the Ordination of the Rev. James Lindlay, by the Rev. Henry Hunter, D. D. To which are added the Queft ons propofed by the Rev. Andrew Kippis, D. D. F. R. S. and S. A. together with the Answers to the fame; and the Charge, by the Rev. James Fordyce, D. D. 8vo. Is. 6d.

Should any of our readers be defirous of knowing the form of ordination in use among diffenting minifters, they may, by reading this pamphlet,gratify their curiofity. Dr. Hunter preaches on the grounds and evidences of Chriftianity; Dr. Kippis propofes a series of important questions, which are anfwered by the candidate, who is called to fucceed Dr. Fordyce as minister to the congregation in Monkwell-ftreet; and Dr. Fordyce delivers the charge.

ART. III. Select Poms, and bort Ejays is Profe, from Dr. Watts. 12mo. 35.

The credit of Dr. Watts, who was an eminent diffenting minifter, for his learning, and the moral tendency of his writings, is well known; and we think, this compiler has done justice, in the prefent collection, to that author's benevolence and piety.

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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

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Copenhagen, Sept. 9.

CCOUNTS are received from Iceland, of a violent eruption having taken place in that ifland on the 8th of June. Several villages have been destroyed, and a confiderable tract of country is buried under immenfe depths of lava: the new island alfo continues to emit great quantities of fire, and was still increafing when the last ships came from thence.

Letters from Iceland, of the 24th of July, contain the moft difmal detail of the devaftations occafioned by the courfe of the lava, and affirm, that the eruptions continued even at that date.

Tripoli, (in Syria) July 30. The 20th of this month an earthquake was felt here, which was immediately followed by another, and the two fhocks lafted together about ten feconds. The evening before it had rained very hard, which is uncommon at this feafon. A thick fog for near a month had covered both the earth and fea; the fun was but rarely feen, and when it did appear was always of a bloody colour. These phænomena had been hitherto unknown in Syria !

The earthquake was equally felt in the Liban. An entire village, near Napou loufe, has been deftroyed by the rending of a rock; befides many other disasters, of which we are daily receiving accounts. The Turks are in the greatest confternation.

Brandenbourg, Sept. 30. The obtinacy of the Dantzickers feems daily to increase: they perfift in the firm refolution either to lofe all or preferve all. The animofity of the people hath arifen to fuch a height, that a detachment of Pruffian huffars, who had received orders a few days ago to advance to that city, were received with a fhower of stones. Thefe foldiers, who were without doubt forbidden to fire, retired. It is now much feared that the affair will be treated with more rigour by his Prufian majefty, and the more fo as we learn that feveral regiments are on their march to Dantzick. Since the 24th inft. the city has been more closely blocked up by the king's troops than before.

Hamburgh, Oct. 3. The very ill-timed firmness thewn by the Dantzickers in their differences with the king of Pruffia, feems now to prefage fome alarming confequences, as we find the Pruffian troops have furrounded that place in fuch a manner as to cut off all their trade ou: wards. Every one wonders what motives a fimple city can have

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in fetting a powerful monarch in a matine* at defiance: the Dantzickers must certainly have forgot the old adage, "Might often overcomes right."

Peterburgh, Sept. 19. Within thefe few days an English merchant ship has arrived here, with 50 naval officers of that nation; and we fhortly expect a much greater number, as we are informed our court has engaged 140 in its fervice.

Hague, Oct. 9. We have accounts that the Ruffian fleet of 12 fail of the line, under admiral Tfchitschagoff, has entered the port of Revel, and will foon fail for the Me diterranean.

Hamburgh, Sept. 12. We have accounts from Hanover, that the king of Great Bri tain, defiring to fhew his fatisfaction to the Hanoverian regiments employed in the de fence of Gibraltar, has prefented each man of that corps with a white band, to be worn round the arm as a mark of honour. His majefty has further ordered, that all those of the faid regiment that thall become penfioners fhall receive double what they would otherwife be entitled to. The grenadiers of that corps are to wear a filver plate on their caps, with the word Gibraltar engraved on them in large characters.

Paris, Sept. 30. We hear from Rochelle, that on the 7th of this month, at half paft one at noon, the heavens being ferene, and the atmosphere prefenting nothing par ticular, they were vifited by a fhock of an earthquake, accompanied with a rolling noife; it was felt alfo in the environs of Rochelle.

Florence, Sept. 30. This day a courier arrived from Pifa with an account of the great ducthefs's having been happily deli vered last night of a prince.

GAZETTE INTELLIGENCE.

WPeace and Friendship between Us,

HEREAS a Definitive Treaty of

the Moft Chriftian King, and the King of Spain, hath been concluded at Verfailles on the third day of this inftant September, and the ratifications thereof have been exchanged upon the nineteenth infant in conformity thereunto, we have thought fit hereby to command, that the fame be published throughout all our dominions. And we do declare to all our loving fubjects, our will and pleafure, that the faid treaty of peace and friendship be obferved inviolably, as well by fea as land, and in all places whatfoever;

Strictly

ftrictly charging and commanding all our loving fubjects to take notice hereof, and conform themfelves thereunto accordingly. Given at our Coutt at St. James's, the twenty-fixth day of September, one thoufand feven hundred and eighty-three, in the twenty-third year of our reign.

GOD. fave the KIN G.

St. James's, Oct. 4. One of the king's meffengers, difpatched by his grace the duke of Manchester, arrived here this day with the Ratification, on the parts of the States General of the United Provinces, of the Preliminary Articles figned at Paris on the 2d of September laft, which was exchanged with his Grace against his Majefty's Ratification, on the 29th of last month, at Paris, by the Plenipotentiaries of their High Mightineffes.

Whitehall, Oct. 11. The king has been pleafed to appoint George Philips Towry, Efq. to be one of the commiffioners for victualling his majesty's navy, in the room of Jonas Hanway, Efq. who retires.

IRELAND.

Dublin, September 25.

"HIS day exhibited a fight at which hu

fands of starving and induftrious weavers in the woollen branch made a proceffion through all the principal streets of the capital, with the Golden Fleece, which formerly fed, cloathed, and diffufed happiness among millions, wrapped up in black, truly picturefque of the lamentable fituation to which the fons of industry are now reduced by the deplorable ftate of the manufactures of Ireland. The fleece was carried by feveral of thefe children of want in deep mourning, attended by an innumerable crowd of their brethren in diftrefs, in mourning cloaks, hatbands, and weepers. They had in their hands fhuttles, alas! without even weft! others had banners with mottos : "Protecting Duties, or Ways and Means to live."

They diftributed hand-bills through the city, flating, in a modeft narrative, their prefent fituation, imploring the protection of their countrymen and fellow citizens. In their progrefs through the town they conducted themfelves with propriety, and without any riot or unlucky circumftance taking place; the fureft means of fecuring the countenance and intereft of thofe who with them employment and happiness.

concerning the encloting a part of the country, in the neighbourhood of Chandenagore in the East Indies, is particularly explained fo as to prevent the idea being entertained, that by that article, any fortifications were to be allowed to be erected, nothing farther being thereby meant than a ditch enelo fare filled with water. In the treaty with Spain, the article regarding the cutting of logwood is likewife more particularly explained than it was in the preliminary ar ticles, and the, boundaries where fuch an allowance is granted, accurately and distinctly pointed out by certain rivers. New arrangements with regard to trade are to be agreed upon both with France and Spain, within the fpace of two years, to be computed from the it of January, 1784.

A capital merchant in Paris has tranfmitted to us the following particulars concerning the national bankruptcy that has happened in that metropolis.-In the year 1776, thirteen bankers, the most eminent in France, funded five and twenty millions for the establishment of a Caille d'Efcompte, fiterally a cheft of discount, that is, a difcounting bank, the purport of which was to difcount bills of exchange, part in cash, and part in notes, in imitation of our bank notes, for the purpofe of facilitating trade, and at the fame time fupplying the occafi onal wants of government. This fcheme had the defired effect, and answered the public expectation till the 25th of last month, when an extraordinary and unexpected run of creditors put the directors under the neceffity of ftopping payment. The deficiency is not yet afcertained, but it must be very confiderable, fince they were hardly able to pay feven hundred thousand livres. The event being foon fpread abroad, occafioned an univerfal alarm; upon which the miniftry made ufe of every political meafure to prevent any bad confequence, as in the time of the famous Scotchman, Law. Soon after appeared 4 edicts of the king, which they had the precaution of antedating five, days. The first forbidding all notaries to proteft the notes iffued from the faid Caiffe d'Efcompte, under the penalty of a mulet, befides corporal punishment. The fecond ftopping all the demands on the aforefaid bank till the first of January, 1784. The third enjoining all perfons to receive the above notes in payment, without any sort of difficulty. The fourth laying a very heavy duty on all fpecie exported. In the mean time orders were dispatched to all the mints throughout the kingdom, to enable the bank to continue its payments.

The principal banks in many parts of France, particularly at Bourdeaux, Breft, Port L'Orient, and Marfeilles, have ftopped in confequence of the great blow given to public credit in Paris.

The

The original fund of the Parifian Bank

was

25 Million of livres; but thofe accute financiers iflued notes to the value of 250 Millions of livres! By way of a fop to the public, a lottery is now effablishing in Paris for eight years, to be drawn at eight periods, the tickets of which his mot Chriftian majefty gracioufly allows to be circulated for the notes of his broken bankers.

Had the late war continued a few months longer, it is highly probable Great Britain might have made her own terms with her infidious enemies. France, from her conftant fupplies to the Americans, must have been a bankrupt long before her late failure, as Spain could not, and Holland would not, fupply her with the finews of war. The French know this, and laugh at our pacific negociators.

Letters from Conftantinople mention, that the grand fultan has declared his intention, that if there fhould be a war with the Rumans, he will command the army in perfon, and preparations are making for that purpose, and that he is to be accompanied by fome French engineers, who are to have the chief cominand of the artillery.

Mr. Beckman, member of the Royal Society of Gottingen, has lately made a valuable difcovery with respect to manufactures. He has found from repeated experiments; that the Catharmus, or Saf-flower, etherwife the Baftard-Saffron plant, gives a most beautiful yellow dye to cotton, wool, and even linen yarn.

The grofs ignorance and favage cruelty of the inquifition (fays a correfpondent) may be afcertained from the horrid execution of a beautiful young girl, at Seville, on the 7th of November, 1781. There is no mistake in the date. This horrid fcene was acted no later than the year before laft. For an intrigue with the Devil this beauti ful young creature was burnt alive, though St. Cyprian and St. Auguftine, even in antient times, declared that the thing was impoffible; and now every nation in Europe, but the wretched Spanish Inquifition, know that it is folly and madness, and infanity, to imagine fuch a thing. By a refinement in cruelty, the Inquifition ordered her nose to be cut off two hours before her execution, left the charms of her engaging figure fhould excite compaffion.

A letter from Bofton, by the way of New York, fays that there are great commotions in that town in endeavouring to fettle the form of government, as the inhabitants confift of Churchmen, Quakers, Prefbyterians, &c. all of whom differ in opinion with regard to civil and religious matters, so that there is no probability of any regular form of government being very foon eftablished.

The congrefs has unanimously agreed to srect a ftatue, in bronze, of gen. Washing

ton, which is to be executed by the first artists in Europe, under the direction of the American ambaffador at Paris: they have alfo agreed to fet up the fame at the place which fhall be fixed upon for their refidence,

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By advices from Portfmouth we learn, that Mr. Tracy has written to admiral Montagu a detail of the accidents which have befel him in his attempts to weigh the Royal George within thefe few days. is a certainty that he raised her by the head fix feet, and a-ftern upwards of five feet, and had nearly cleared her of the fand bank which had formed round her, when one of the cables under her broke, occafioned by the roughness of the weather; this acci dent he repaired the next tide,and 2 days after one of the lighters, which was ftationed to float her a-head, funk, occafioned by the weight which was upon her. The Royal William and the other thip of the line which were alfo engaged on this fervice, were fo ftrained as to require caulking in their upper works. This being effected, he made a moft fpirited effort to raife her over the bank, without being able to fucceed foon after this attempt, by the unfavour ableness of the weather, three cables broke and the fhip fell again nearly into her original fituation. Under thefe circumftances Mr. Tracey has written to admiral Montagu and the navy board, that he relinquithes all hopes of fucceeding to float the fhip.

On the 6th inft. the Proclamation of Peace was read at Whitehall, Charing-cross,. at Chancery-lane, at the end of Wood ftreet, and at the Royal Exchange, with the ufual ceremonies. The proceffion was grand. The lord mayor, aldermen, recorder, and fheriffs, attended by the heralds at arms, the guards, drums, trumpets; the chief officers of Westminster, &c.

On Michaelmas -day, Mr. alderman Peckham, (who declined the office last year or account of his ill-ftate of health) was elected lord mayor of this city for the year enfuing.

On the 9th inft, the court of aldermen received information from feveral of the aldermen that they had been ferved with the copy of a rule to fhew cause why a mandamus fhould not be granted, commanding them to reinftate Thomas Wooldridge, Efq, into the office of alderman for the ward of Bridge. Mr. Solicitor was ordered to prepare an answer to the faid rule, &c.

The archbishop of Canterbury is now employed in framing a form of prayer and thanksgiving for the restoration of Peace; and a proclamation for that purpose will fhortly iffue, fixing a day about the middle of next November.

Preparations are making at Cumberlandhoufe for their royal highneffes the duke and duchefs of Cumherland, to go to Italy on a vifit to the duke, and duchess of Gloucefter,

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The 18th inft. at feven in the morning,

Mr. M of the 16th dragoons, and Mr. G. with their feconds, met in a field near Batterfea-bridge, for the purpofe of fettling a difpute which took place a few evenings fince; they took their ground at the distance of about fix yards; they then fired three piftols each, the laft of which wounded Mr. G. in the fide; the feconds interfered, and asked Mr. G. if he was fatisfied, he faid not, unless Mr. M. made him a public apology; that Mr. M. faid he now would not do. Mr. G. replied, "one of them then muft fall." They again took their ground, and fired each two pistols more; one ball grazed Mr. M's knee, and Mr. G- received a fhot which unfortunately proved fatal, the ball entering a little above the groin. He was taken to the Swan at Knightsbridge, and Mr. Tompkins and Mr. Jackfon, of Knightf bridge, immediately attended him.

Mr.

Green is fince dead; and it is faid his antagonift has left the kingdom with his fecond.

It is not more remarkable than true, that the following officers belonging to the parish of St. Bride, Fleet-ftreet, have died within thefe last twelve months, viz. the Reverend Mr. Appleby, Curate; Mr. Bradley, Veftry Clerk; Mr. Clarke, Church-Warden; Dr. Howard, organift; Mr. Turner, collector of tythes; Rutherford, fexton; -Peachy, beadle; John Laughton, staffman; and Mrs. Williams, pew-opener!

The monument of the earl of Chatham, which is to be placed in the North-gate way of Westminster Abbey, is now in a ftate of completion, and will be finished in a few days.

On Tuesday night, the 8th, fome thieves broke into the houfe of Peter Field, Efq. in St. James's-ftreet, and carried off plate and cafh to the amount of 1000l.

Thurfday the 16th was found in the trunk of a hollow tree, by a man belonging to a cow-keeper at Kingfland road, in one of his mafter's fields, the bodies, or rather the remains, of a woman and male child, with their bowels out, and the fkin and flesh entirely dry. By all appearances it is evident they must have remained there a confiderable time.

Newcastle, Oct. 11. A few days ago as the bishop of Chefter was on his journey from London, he obferved, on the road, a perfon who had the appearance of a clergyman, carrying a small bundle on his shoulder. The bishop ordered his carriage to flop, and enquired of the ftranger who and what he

was.

He acquainted his lordship that he was a clergyman, who had been obliged to abandon his living in America, after fuffering a variety of perfecutions, &c. The bithop immediately took him into his carriage, heard all the particulars of his flory,

brought him down to Chefter, and has now placed him in the church, with an income of gol. per annum.

Chelmsford, Oct. 10. At our quarter feffions, this week, a man was convicted for felling adulterated flour, and ordered to ftand in the pillory, in the market-place, at Ongar, next Saturday, from twelve till one o'clock, with an infcription on his head denoting his offence, and to pay a fine of 51. He was alfo convicted on another profecution, and fined 51. more, and ordered to be continued in gaol till both fines are paid. It appeared in evidence, that two poor fa milies had, among others, caten bread made of flour bought at his hop, the one fix, and the other three days, during which general fymptoms of grofs alkaline effects appeared through badnefs of digeftion, heat of ftomach, &c. among all of them; at first only half a bufhel of flour was bought, which did not produce violent effects; but the next purchace being more adulterated, either with chalk or lime, as was evident by the lumps in the famples produced in court, was, when made into bread, very near producing fatal effects.

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Mayfield, Derbyshire, Sept. 24. A farmer's boy, near Dovedale, in this county, be ing fent to fetch his master's bull to one of his neighbour's cows, the boy having nothing but a fwitch ftick in his hand, he could not eafily make the bull go with him. running him feveral times acrofs the field, he exafperated the beaft to fuch a degree, that he ran at him with the greatest fury; the poor lad immediately betook himself to his heels, but being clofely purfued by the irritated animal, had not time to make his efcape, but was overtaken at the bottom of the pafture, against a wall which stood on the brink of a tremendous precipice, when, after toffing him a furprifing height into the air, he threw him over the wall down the fatal defcent (nearly 20 yards perpendicu lar). This horrid fight was feen by two men who were at work in an adjacent field; they ran with the greatest fpeed poffible, to release the diftreffed object, but arrived too late to prevent his death. The poor victim was found with his back, one leg, and both arms broken, and his head nearly fevered from his body, his brains beaten out, and his body otherwise mangled in a most shocking manner.