Becoming foon popular, he was enabled to procure the establishment of a difpenfary, for the relief of the poor at their own habitations, to which he was appointed phyfician. In the year 1788, on the death of Dr. Brown, he was elected Physician to the Infirmary, at Newcastle. Finding the hofpital unprovided with conveniences, both for the fick and the medical attendants, and the regulations for its government defective, he printed an Addrefs to the Governors, ftating the alterations he conceived to be neceffary, both in the building and management. Among other improvements, he recommended enlarging the hofpital, and appropriating certain of the wards for the reception of perfons. affected with fever. These plans involved him in altercation with feveral of his medical brethren, but he had the pleasure of feeing them at length, (viz. in the year 1803) carried into effect. He did not long, however, furvive his good fortune, earned by a contention of many years, for the nervous affections, which had never quitted him, becoming more intense and violent, put a period to his exiftence in April, 1805.

Having conducted the Doctor to the laft ftage of his life, our author gives a fhort account of his works, on which his charac ter, as a medical philofopher, is hereafter to depend. These are Obfervations on the Difeafes which prevail in long Voyages to Hot Climates, 8vo, 1773, collected during his Voyages to the Eaft Indies. They have always been valued as faithful delineations of the Difeafes. His practice was bold, and, in general, we are told, fuccefsful. In dyfentery, in acute rheumatism, and in remittent fever, when joined with, or dependent on, vifceral obftruction, he gave calomel with great advantage. In the year 1780, he published his Obfervations on Fevers, which his attendance on the poor at Newcastle, as Phyfician to the Dif penfary, had enabled him to collect. "His principal view," our author fays, p. 12, in this publication, "was to prove, that all the different denominations of fever are effentially the fame difeafe, and only varieties of one genus; and to recommend the bark, as the only remedy on which we can rely in continued, as well as intermittent fever." In this opinion, which experience has fhown to be erroneous, he had been preceded by his predeceffor at Kelfo, Dr. John Millar, who taught a fimilar doctrine, in his Treatife of the Difcafes of Great Britain, publifhed in 1778. If a fecond edition of his Obfervations on Fevers had been called for, it is probable that Dr. Clark would have retracted his opinion, as he appeared, in the latter part of his life, his biographer fays, to be much lefs free in the exhibition of the bark in fever than formerly. From the view we have given of this little production, our readers will fee that the merit of Dr. Clark was fuch as to entitle him to the attention here paid to his memory, and that Dr. Fenwick has executed the office of biographer with fufficient diligence and ingenuity.

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ART. 22. A Sermon, preached at Rochdale, April 13, 1806, on Occafion of the Death of the Rev. Thomas Threlkeld, Minifter of a Diffenting Congregation in that Place. To which is added an Appendix, containing fome Account of the Life and Character of Mr. Threlkeld; and particularly of the Powers of Memory, and of the Treajures of Knowledge, poffeffed by him. 8vo. 56 PPIs. 6d. Ruffell, Manchefter. 1806.

An affectionate tribute to the memory of an old friend; who with many valuable qualities joined a retentiveness of memory almost unexampled in hiftory.

ART. 23. Jewish Prophecy, the fole Criterion to distinguish be-. tween genuine and Spurious Chriftian Scripture; or an humble Attempt to remove the grand Obstacles to the Conversion of Jews and Deifts to the Chriftian Faith, affectionately submitted to their ferious Confideration. A Difcourfe preached before the Rev. Dr. Wm. Gretton, Archdeacon of Effex, at his Vifitation at Danbury, on Tuesday, the 8th of July, 1806. By Francis Stone, M. A. F. S. A. Rector of Cold Norton, Effex; Author of "A Call to the Jervs." Second Edition. For the Benefit of the Widows and Orphaus of the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Effex. 8vo. 48 pp. Is. 6d. Johnson. 1806.

The unparalleled and unfeeling impudence of preaching a Socinian Sermon before an Archdeacon, and a diftrict of the Clergy of the Church of England, has here raifed a very foolish compofition into fome degree of importance. Both the author's general topic, and the matters which he elicits from it, are abfurd. That Jewish Prophecy is one criterion for diftinguishing the genuinenefs of Chriftian Scripture is true, but that it fhould be the SOLE criterion is perfect nonfenfe. What then would become of all thofe parts of the New Teftament, and very numerous they must be, of which no intimation can be found in the ancient prophecies? What of thofe concerning which the original prophecies are obfcure, and liable to dispute. The limitation is abfurd, and would leave us almost without a New Teftament.

By this arbitrary rule, the Rector of Cold Norton would fain prove the two firft chapters of St. Matthew to be fpurious; but his proofs are as falfe as his principle is inadmiffible. But in some way, as wife and as folid, he doubtless difpofes of all that very large portion of the New Teftament which oppofes his fcanty faith. We are the lefs inclined to follow this irreverend preacher through his trifling fophiftries, as we have a tract before us, and daily expect another, in which they are profeffedly detected.

Had this very vain old man, (for he talks of his "advanced period of life," p. 21.) though deftitute of all proper feeling for

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himself, been able to feel at all for others, he would not have fubjected the worthy Archdeacon of Effex to the mortification of hearing what must be fo offenfive to him; and perhaps, among thofe who know him not, to the obloquy of having purpofely appointed fuch a preacher. He would not have affronted the affembled Clergy of his neighbourhood, by telling them that they were fupporters of "old wives fables, and vain babblings, accumulating abfurdity on abfurdity, in an endless progreffion, for this is the decent language he thought proper to hold. Of the honefty of Mr. Francis Stone, in holding his ftation in the Church of England, though a decided enemy to her faith, we leave thofe to judge who admired Mr. Lindsey for refigning the Vicarage of Catterick; an act for which we alfo think he deferved admiration; though at that fingle point our approbation ftops.

MISCELLANIES.

ART. 24. The Beauties of England and Wales, or Delineations Topographical, Hiftorical, and Defcriptive of each County: Embellished with Engravings. By Edward Wedlake Brayley and John Britten. Vol. VI, 8vo. Price 11. 2s. 6d. Longman. 1805

Of this very elegant and interefting work, by fome accident, the intermediate four volumes have efcaped our notice, We fpoke of the firft as it merited, and the fixth volume is con ducted with equal fpirit, and embellished with equal taste and ef. fect. The counties here defcribed are Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, and Herefordshire, and there are thirty-two engravings of the more diftinguifhed objects in each of thefe places; neither are thefe engravings of the ordinary kind, but executed with remarkable force and elegance. The topographical accounts are neatly drawn up from the most authentic fources, the volume is beautifully printed, and the whole, when completed, will form a handfome, elegant, and cheap illuftration of Great Biitain,

ART. 25. The Comforts of Human Life, or Smiles and Laughter of Charles Chearful and Moper Merryfellow, In Seven Dia, logues. 12mo. 5s. Oddy. 1807,

This is a grave but very dull attempt to controvert the "Axioms of Mifery" detailed and exemplified in the humourous publication, called the "Miferies of Human Life," which, from its originality, and its humour, excited much of the public at, tention. Inftead of the miseries of the Country and London, we have here the comforts of both, the comforts of travelling, &c, But the bolt was already fhot, and fo much more are the miferies of life in tune with the popular feeling than the comforts, that the former has been multiplied into feven editions, while

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the comforts, we fear, as in the moral order of things, will be overlooked and neglected. These comforts fomewhat refemble a fire of straw, there is much fmoke, but little warmth.

ART. 26. Letters from a Mother to her Daughter, on Religious and Moral Subje&s. By M. S. 8vo. 308 pp. Rivingtons. 1806.

4s. 6d.

"The affectionate author of thefe admonitory epiftles, was under the neceffity of leaving the object of her tendernefs under a relation's care, whilft fhe undertook a voyage to the Weft Indies, for the purpose of eftablishing her right to fome difputed eftates; and these letters were written during a feparation, which called forth every anxious feeling of her heart." The fubjects of this volume, are; "an Incitement to public and private Prayer; the Danger of Diffipation; Religion the Infpirer of Moral Duties; on Friendship; on Intercourfe with the World; Obfervations antecedent to Marriage; on the Marriage-State; on Amusements." A few short extracts will speak ftrongly in favour of this, work. "That cloud of feverity, which fo.ne perfons think effential to religion, is merely the effect of a gloomy mind; for Chriftianity may be confidered as the promoter of cheerfulness, and whatever tends to the comfort and happiness of mankind." P. 15.-" Do not conceive, my beloved girl, that whilft I am anxious to infpire you with the true fpirit of devo.. tion, I am wishing to check the natural cheerfulness of youth; or fuppofe, that religion requires you to become dead to thofe pleafures, which, when partaken of in moderation, are the Tweetners of life." P. 19. "Though the arrangement of an eftablishment feldom depends upon a female, yet the conduciing it with propriety is entirely her concern." P. 243. "Although your fortune may enable you to have a houfekeeper, yet it will be your bufinefs to obferve, that the faithfully fulfils her truft; and not only regulariy difcharge the family expences, but examine the price of every article that is placed in the account. This (you may fuppofej would appear like doubting her probity: but it is a duty which you owe both to your husband and yourself; for every miftrefs of a family ought to be as well acquainted with the price of domeftic articles, as fhe is with those which compofe her drefs." P. 243. "Pleasure and diffipation are fometimes confidered as terms which are fynonymous; yet no two words ought to be more differently applied. Pleasure fhould occafionally be reforted to, as a folace for the numberless afflictions attached to human life. But diffipation, like a whirlpool, fwallows up every duty; and deftroys every focial and every kindred claim; it is an eternal foe to domeftic felicity; and the altar on which many young women have facrificed both their peace and their fame." P. 271.-To thofe who are pleased with thefe fpecimens, we recommend the purchafing of this little

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volume; which, however, we are forry to find eked out by very numerous, and long extracts from other writers; although thofe writers be, Dr. Blair, Dr. Gregory, Mr. Gisborne, Mrs. H. More, and Mrs. Chapone.

MONTHLY LIST OF PUBLICATIONS.

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An Abridgment of the Light of Nature purfucd, in 7 Vols. 8vo. being the Work of Abraham Tucker, Efq. originally. published under the Name of Edward Search, Efq. 8vo. 155.

Lectures delivered in the Parish Church of Wakefield, in the Year 1802, on that Part of the Liturgy of the Church of England contained in the Morning Prayer. Vols. III. and IV.

Sermons by Edward Evanson, A. M. To which is prefixed a Memoir of his Life, Religious Opinions, and Writings. 2 Vols. 8vo. Il. Is.

A Charge, delivered to the Clergy of the Diocefe of Durham, at the ordinary Vifitation of that Diocese in the Year 1806. By Shute, Lord Bishop of Durham.

A Sermon preached at Durham, July 17, 1806, at the Vifitation of the Honourable and Right Reverend Father in God, Shute, Lord Bishop of Durham. By Henry Phillpotts, M. A. Rector of Stainton-le-Street, Vicar of Bishop-Middleham, in the County of Durham, and one of his Lordship's domeftic Chaplains. Is. 6d.

The Glory of the Heavens. By the Rev. T. Bafely, A. M. 3s. 6d.

A Summary View of the Evidence and Practical Importance of the Christian Religion. In a Series of Difcourfes, addreffed to Young Perfons. By Thomas Belsham. 8vo.

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A Defence of the Chriftian Doctrine of the Society of Friends, against the Charge of Socinianifm. By John Bevans, jun. 5s. 6d. Cafe of the Bishop of Oxford against the Parish of Piddington, in a Caufe of Simony. Extracted from "Eaft's Reports for Eafter and Trinity Terms, 1806." With an Appendix, containing Endowments of Ambrofden and Piddington.

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A Catechifm, compiled from the Book of Common Prayer, in which the Questions are formed from the Articles of the Church of England; and the Answers are given in the very Words of fome one or other of her venerable Services. By William

Buckle,