we feldom find in agricultural writings,) that it would not be eafy for us to give an epitome of this work. Inftead of attempt. ing this, we fhall recommend it ftrongly to the public attention, as containing matter of great importance to the agricultural in terefts of this country. LAW. ART. 21. Practical Remarks, and Precedents of Proceedings in Parliament on Private Bills; comprising the ftanding Orders of both Hujes, to the Prorogation of Parliament on the twenty-first day of June, 1810 The fecond Edition, corrected and enlarged. By Charles Thomas Ellis, Parliamentary Agent, of the Inner Temple. 8vo. 364 pp. 1os. 6d. Butterworth, &c. 1810. At p. 440. of our 20th vol. we noticed the first edition of this work, as a very ufeful and (we believe) an accurate publication. The prefent edition will be found fo, in an increafed and high degree; and we strongly recommend it to Members of Parliament, Country Gentlemen, Solicitors, and Managers of eftates. The ftanding orders of both houfes, by which proceedings on pri vate bills are regulated, have lately been materially altered, and this edition comprizes fuch orders relating to all private bills, to the prorogation of parliament on the 21st of June, 1810. It contains alfo," the ftanding orders of the Houfe of Commons relative to bills that refpect trade and religion; concerning applications for public money; tables of fees payable for private bills. and tanding orders and refolutions refpecting fuch fees, an ad. drefs, agreed to by both houfes of parliament, to his majesty, for the fpeedy and general promulgation of the ftatutes of the realm; feveral modes of proceeding upon bills for compounding debts due to the crown upon naturalization bills; the proceedings of the new parliament in 1807, with refpect to private bills depending at the diffolation in that year." In confequence of the ftanding orders made in the laft feßion, several new chapters are added, and the order of fome of the former is varied; but prolixity is care fully avoided. Juftice here demands from us one reflection:every real lover of our country, who perufes this or any work of the fame kind; muft ftrongly admire the vigilance, with which each branch of our legislature has guarded its proceedings: moft carefully providing, that no law to be enacted, whether of a general of a particular concern, fhall contain any wrong. We hope that this uprightnefs and true wifdom will be rewarded by the grate ful refpect of every one, who has the happinefs of being protected by fuch a legiflature. ART. POLITICS. ART. 22. The Faction Detected and Defpifed. Second Edition. 8vo. 31 PP. Is. 6d. J. J. Stockdate. 1810. There is an inaccuracy in the title of this pamphlet, which fhould rather have been "The Faction Detected and Expofed," or fome expreffion that does not confound the author's private, feelings with the object and fcope of his work. The defigns of Were they the faction alluded to are indeed fufficiently obvious. really praife-worthy, they would, we are convinced, be pur fued by very different means; not by loofe declamations and vehement invectives, but by fair argument and temperate difcuffion, by endeavouring to convince men's judgments, not by inflaming their worft paffions; by appeals to fober reafon and conftitutional knowledge, not by addreffes to ignorance and incitements to tur bulence and difaffection. On the main points therefore we agree with the author before us, and alfo in reprobating the alarm attempted to be raifed by a writer in the Edinburgh Review, who represents this country as on the eve of a civil war. The cry at tempted to be raifed by fome contemptible faction has been more loud than general, and like many former popular ferments, (if not already paft) will foon completely die away. The active leaders of faction are defcribed in rather coarfe, Janguage by this author, but of fuch language he has from one of them a conftant example. He then proceeds, on the ufual grounds and authorities, to defend the commitments, of Gale Jones and Sir F. Burdett, and to unmask the mischievous defigns of those who clamour for reform, but whose measures certainly tend to fubver from and anarchy To the clamours against the increased influence of the crown, the inequality in the reprefentation, and the corruption of parliament, this author has oppofed very rational anfwers; though he profeffes not to be an enemy to fober and rational amendment, but to rafh and violent innovations. Upon the whole this tract does credit to the understanding and principles of the author. ART. 23. The Spirit of the Moment candidly confidered: or, an The endeavours fo often made to inflame the paffions, inftead of appealing to the judgment of our countrymen, in order to obtain a political object or diffeminate a favourite doctrine, are juftly reprobated by the author of this tract; as is likewife the too frequent practice of enforcing fuch political doctrines by virulent perfonal abufe, and of treating perfors in authority, and confe X 2 quently quently entitled to refpect, with every fpecies of contumely. On political writers or fpeakers he juftly obferves, "we may lay it down as a rule, that whenfoever we difcover abuse, or the appearance of unneceffary and irrelevant perfonality of any defcription, either prejudice, folly, knavery, or treachery, lie concealed under the fhadow of profeffional patriotifm." * Having premifed this, and other general obfervations, the author adverts to the well-known letter of Sir F. Burdett to his conftituents on the imprisonment of Mr. Gale Jones; in oppofition to which, the author argues for the propriety of allowing fuch a privilege, as a difcretionary power to exift, even under the fuppofition that it is not founded on any right recognizable by the laws of our country. He contends that this power appears fo indif penfably neceffary for the prefervation and fecurity of the very beft interefts of fociety, that it ought not to be objected to, when there is a reasonable caufe for the exercife of it. To prove this, he enlarges much on the mischief that must enfue if we fiffer the Houfe of Commons, the reprefentatives of the nation, to be infulted with impunity. This author therefore condemns the various pub. lications reflecting on the conduct of that houfe, which have iffued from the prefs, and the very disrespectful and indecorous petitions which were prefented on the late occafion, and strongly urges his countrymen to difcountenance fuch proceedings as fubverfive of their own rights, which are involved in those of their reprefenta. tives, and deftructive of all order and government. Such is the fubftance of this well intended publication; in which the "Man of Kent" fhows himself, in our opinion, a true Englishman, in heart and feelings, though not a very artful dif. putant, or elegant writer. ART. 24. The object of this publication is to fhow, that the demagogues of the prefent period, who have revived the clamour for the aboli, tion of finecure places and a reform in parliament, have in effect, the fame views and are actuated by the fame fpirit as the pretended reformers in 1794, moft of whom, it was manifeft, meant not reform, but revolution. The furvivors of that patriotic band are therefore addreffed by a fuppofed quondam affociate; who, encouraged by the "fymptons of the (prefent) times," animates them to new exertions in the "good caufe," fupported with fuch vigour by Sir F. Burdett, Cobbett, and Co. The trial of the Duke of York was, fays the author, the first effay of the faction to bring difgrace on the royal family, and * This must mean professed, but it is probably a misprint. contempt contempt on the monarchy itself. The effects of that trial he ftates to have been, to establish the doctrine,-" that the refolutions of their reprefentatives are not the refolutions of the peoplethat character is no longer effential to credit--and that to be profligate and unprincipled is to be followed, praised, and looked up to.” Thefe effects the Political Regifter of Cobbett tended greatly, in the author's opinion, to promote, "by giving body to the accufa tion, and publicity to the offence." The fuppofed writer of the letter then exults (certainly with great juftice) on the circum ftance that the Duke of York, though acquitted by a majority in parliament, (amongst whom were fome of the moft independent and uncorrupt members,) was condemned by large bodies of the people, who this took upon themfelves to dictate to parliament. The fictitious letter-writer therefore exults in the perfuafion that "conftitutional diftinctions are wearing faft away," and it is to him no fmall triumph that the faction contrived, on that occafion, to draw within its vortex fome of the younger nobility, and feveral members diftinguifhed for their moral and religious characters, who injudicioufly confounded the public corruption (which was not proved) with the moral offence, which could not be denied. The partial failure of the Walcheren expedition fupplies alfo to the fuppofed writer of this letter an admirable topic of exultation. This, he justly obferves, "afforded a favourable pretext for pubblic meetings, for popular harangues, for addreffes to the king and to parliament." The writer then expatiates in praise of the proceedings in the city of London and other places, where "votes of cenfure were paffed on the planners and advifers of the expedition, without hearing (or indeed a poffibility of knowing) the grounds" upon which it was undertaken, and on the officers who commanded, without calling upon them for their defence.". These proceedings, together with the commitment of Sir F. Burdett, (which, he hopes, has committed the Houfe of Commons,) will, he flatters himself, "by debafing the crown, and the dignity and power of parliament, atchieve the great fteps to revolution." In the hope expreffed, in the concluding note, by the editor, we heartily join. It is, "that this short review of public tranfactions will ferve to draw the attention of thofe who love their king, their country, and the conftitution, to the views of those dangerous men whofe doctrines appear to him to be fraught with democracy and innovation-to roufe the well-affected to that vigour which is neceffary to counteract defigns, whose tendency,' in his opinion, threatens the conftitution-and to call upon them for a firm and manly exertion in its defence, by fteady loyalty to the king, and by attention to their public duties, to enforce at due fubmiflion to the laws of our country," ART. 25. Mr. Blake's Speech relative to the Privileges of the Houfe of Commons, delivered at a Meeting of the Freebolders of MiddleJex, on Friday, June 8, 1810. 8vo. 13 pp. 15. J. J. Stockdale. 1810. This fpeech contains a brief but clear and comprehenfive defence of the privilege of the Houfe of Commons, which, on a late occafion, was fo vehemently, and, in our opinion, factiously called in queftion. It was delivered at one of thofe public meetings at which the voice of reafon was feldom listened to; though on this occafion it gained, we believe, fome attention. A very refp table (and, as we have heard the moft numerous) body of real freeholders fupported the opinion of the fpeaker; which, we have no doubt, is the fenfe of a great majority of well in. formed and unprejudiced men throughout the kingdom. ART. 16. The Character of the King, or Royal Jubilee. Interfperfed-with authentic Anecdotes of his prefent Majefty; together with an Admonitory Address to the People of the United Kingdom. 8vo. 42 PP. 2s. 6d. Chapple. 1809. We notice this high-priced tract, as foon as we receive it. Every true partiot will join with the author, in the tribute which he pays to the character of our gracious King; and will wish, that all other kingdoms in Europe had been bleffed, during the last fifty years, with fovereigns of the fame character. More than feven pages might well have been devoted to this part of the work. But the author then defcends to notice fome of the tranfactions of the most worthlefs part of his fubjects." Our readers fhall guess who thefe are; from the witty impoftor, John Wilkes, to the witlefs fuborners of the prefent day. NAVY. ART. 27. A Letter from Lord Viscount Melville to the Right Họa. Spencer Percival, on the Subject of Naval Timber. 8vo. 44 pp. 25. Bagiter. 1810. The object of the noble author of this letter is to draw the attention of the minifter, and indeed of the public, to a fubject of the higheft national importance, namely, the future fupplies of timber for the navy of this kingdom. For this purpofe, he refers to the report of the commiffioners appointed to enquire into the condition of the woods and forefts of the crown, dated 6th Febru ary, 1792; which divided the confumption of timber into three heads, namely, for the internal purposes of the country, for the com mercial shipping, and for ships of war, and ftrongly recommended the adoption of meafures for the prefervation and improvement of the |