is held out to the army in general. These admirable Orders conclude thus, forcibly : "His Counrry, the object of his latest folicitude, will rear a monument to his lamented memory; and the Commander in Chief feels he is paying the best tribute to his fame, by thus holding him forth, as an example to the army." P. 226. It is impoffible to avoid giving, in conclufion, an extract from General John Hope's able detail of the battle of Co runna: "To you who are acquainted with the excellent qualities of Lieut. Gen. Sir John Moore, I need not expatiate on the lofs the army and his country has fuftained hy his death. His fall has de. prived me of a valuable friend, to whom long experience of his worth had fincerely attached me. But it is chiefly on public grounds, that I lament the blow. It will be the conversation of every one who loved, or refpected his manly character; that, after conducting the army through an arduous retreat, with confummate firmness, he has terminated a career of diftinguished honour, by a death that has given the enemy additional reason to respect the name of a British foldier. Like the immortal Wolfe, he is fnatched from his country at an early period of a life spent in her fervice; like Wolfe, his latt moments were gilded by the profpect of fuccefs, and cheered by the acclamation of vic. tory; like Wolfe alfo, his memory will ever remain facred in that country, which he fincerely loved, and which he had fo faithfully ferved. It remains for me only to exprefs my hope, that you will fpeedily be reftored to the fervice of your Country, and to lament the unfortunate circumftance that removed you from your ftation in the field, and threw the momentary command into far lefs able hands.' P. 234. That there was nothing to be lamented in our army, during this expedition, nor any thing to difapprove in the conduct of the illuftrious Commander, particularly as to fome of the ftores deftroyed, cannot certainly be asserted; but, amidft fuch merits as he difplayed, minor circum. ftances are loft, and praifes of the highest kind are clearly due to his character and conduct. General Sir David Baird is here meant; an able and gal. lant officer, who had his arm shattered in the action by a mufquet fhot, and was forced to leave the field. Rev. ART. IX. Sketches of the Country, Character, and Coftume in Portugal and Spain, made during the Campaign, and on the Route of the British Army, in 1808 and 1809. Engraved and coloured from the Drawings by the Rev. William Bradford, A. B. of St. John's College, Oxford, and Chaplain of Brigade to the Expedition. With incidental Illustrations, and appropriate Defcriptions of each Subject. Folio. 55 Plates. 71. 7s. Booth. 1810. THE English prefs has teemed, of late years, with publications of this defcription; fplendid delineations of the characters and peculiarities of various nations; but among them we do not recollect to have seen any one altogether fo interefting as that which is here announced. Views of a moft picturefque country, connected with the operations of our army, and reprefentations of national characters, among whom our countrymen are now most actively employed. The fubjects are, with the exception of a few military cha racters at the end, delineated by the Rev. W. Bradford, attached to the expedition in the character of Chaplain of Brigade, and they are highly creditable to the skill and taste of the author. We begin with a view of the "Creek of Maceira," where the troops under Sir H. Burrard came to an anchor, on the 25th of Auguft, 1808. The view is ftriking, and the figures judicioufly introduced. The next plate gives us the detail of the Portuguese car, which had been introduced, on a small scale, in the preceding. We proceed immediately to Torres Vedras, where, among picturefque hills, the British army appears on march. A peafant of that place is next introduced, not very pleasing in appearance, but probably reprefented with accuracy. We now come to Cintra, a perfectly Alpine scene, which cannot be furveyed without delight. "The beauties of the mountain and town of Cintra," fays the author, "gradually unfold themfelves, until at length the traveller afcends a hill by the church of St. Sebaftian, when the varied charms of this grand fcenery open upon the view. The bold outline of the mountain is from this point vifible to a confiderable extent. Its prodigious breaks and cavities, the nume. rous villas built along its declivity, amidft orange and lemon groves, and woods of foreft trees, produce a landscape rarely equalled in picturesque character." To To this character the artist feems to have done full juftice. In the fecond view of Cintra we fee more of the town, but lefs of the fine fcenery. Two views of the noble aqueduct of Alcantara, which fupplies Lifbon with water, give a strong idea of that magnificent work. It is not ancient, having been begun in 1713. As we approach to the confines of Spain, the views are ftill more extraordinary, and the pafs between Nifa and Villa Velha reminds us of the Grand St. Bernard. We proceed at length to Salamanca, of which city a fpirited reprefentation is given; the interior of its fine cathedral foon after furnishes another noble fubject for the artift. Among all thefe views of places are interfperfed figures of the natives, of various ranks, in their refpective habits; but the Spanish lady going to mafs, attended by her duenna, will attract more attention than any other. If fhe is to be confidered as a correct reprefentative of her country women they muft rank very highly among the belles of Europe. To avoid the famenefs of fuch a detail, we forbear to enumerate many other ftriking views in this collection, the whole of which will amply gratify the tafte as well as the curiofity of the purchaser. The descriptions are short, but fufficient for the purpose, each occupying the page oppofite to the view or figure introduced. There is little in thefe brief defcriptions which can be brought forward by way of a literary fpecimen. One of the most curious is the account of the Spanish dancers, at p. 20. "Notwithftandiug the general gravity of the Spanish cha. racter, the dances peculiar to this nation are remarkable for the vivacity of their movements, which people of all ages and conditions delight to indulge in. "To the ear of a ftranger there is nothing in the melody or measure of the music which is calculated to raise such exuberance of action; but to a Spaniard, fo irrefiftible is its effect, though not joining in the dance, as to impart an electric influence, which fets the whole body in motion. "Thefe airs are adapted to the guitar and tambourine, to which the dancers keep time with caftanets. "The Fandango and Borelas, each performed by one couple, are the favourite dances. There is alfo a third, called the Seguedillas, danced by eight perfons, fomething like a Cotillion, but partaking of the graces of the Fandango. "When the Fandango is exhibited on the ftage, the performers are dreffed in the Andalufian habit; but this Sketch (p. 20.) represents a Madrilenian and a Leonefe." P. 20. Fifteen plates of Portuguese and Spanish military coftume, from various defigns, conclude a work of no fimall merit and attraction. 4s. ART. X. Intimations and Evidences of a future State, by th 176 pp. THIS excellent little work has been fo long before the public, and fo long known to, and admired by us, that we feem to have little inducement to regard it as arew publication. It appeared, firft, in a thin 8vo, in the year 1792, twelve months before our critical labours began; but, though it is not our custom to notice republications, we had always determined, on the fcore of merit, to make this an exception to our general rule. Republications, however, not being fo much in the way of our refearch as new books, it appears that this has now been nearly two years circulated, in its new form, before we were aware of its re-appearance, Another work by the fame author, entitled, "Popular Evidences of Natural Religion and Christianity," has alfo appeared, and been defervedly admired; we remember to have read it with much approbation and pleasure, and our perfuafion has long been, that we had actually expreffed thofe feelings to the public, though upon examining our indexes, it appears that we had omitted it. Mr. Watfon's ftyle is fo good, his arguments fo clear, and the fubjects which he handles of fuch univerfal importance, that his works will inevitably make. their way, even without the aid of public criticifm. We do not mean, however, that our teftimony to their merit fhould be wanting; and therefore we proceed, without further delay, to give an account of the prefent republication. In this little Treatife upon a Future State, Mr. Watson confiders, firft, the evidences of fuch a flate, deducible from reafon and natural religion; and, fecondly, thofe that we derive immediately from revelation. In the former part he treats of the nature and degree of evidence to be expected for a future flate; of the general confent of mankind; of the defire thereof implanted in men's minds; the powers and faculties and reflefs nature of man: his dread of death, and the precarious nature of his life, &c. &c.-taking up twelve chapters in all; and in the fecond part fix more are added, on fome of the most important and interefting circunftances of our Saviour's miniftry, doctrine, and character; finishing with fome general conclufions from the whole, in proof That "Infidelity is nnreasonable.” That "The doctrine of a future ftate reconciles us to many of the appearances of this world." That That it is "The beft foundation of morality," And, laftly, "That it is the beft fupport under afflictions, on the approach of death, and on the lofs of friends." As a fpecimen of Mr. Watfon's ftyle, for the benefit of fuch readers as are yet unacquainted with his very interefting works, we thall felect the following remarks, from the fourth chapter of the first part, on the reillefs nature, noble powers, and faculties of man: ་ "According to the wife appointment of our Creator, to the other animals no more powers are given, than a proper share of fuch faculties as may beft fuit them for their ftations; and to enable then to provide for themselves, and propagate their kind, Every thing is duly proportioned to their flares, and under the di rection of thefe faculties, they never tranfgrefs the limits, appointed to them by nature. To fome are given strength, to others fwiftnefs, to a third cunning: fome protect themselves by their ferocity and courage, and others avoid danger by their natural timidity. Nothing appears fuperfluous, nothing in vain they live in perfect obedience to their proper nature, they know nothing, they care for nothing further. Down from the fagacions elephant to the meanest infect, fuch a degree of knowledge is fhared out, that each is always in its proper ftation, following exactly its proper instinct. One feeks one food, and another feeks another; one partakes of one pleafare, and another is in fearch of a different and each confined to its narrow fphere looks for nothing beyond: all feem happy, all in their place, The birds flit along in the pure air, the fifhes occupy their watery habitation, and the ox grazes in his rich pafture: they know of no greater happiness: they envy not the fumptuous banquets, or the rich palaces of man. So far as we are capable of judging, they have no forebodings of mifery, no ftings of confcience, no longings after another exift ence, and no apprehenfions, and no fears of death. They enjoy the prefent, without any anxiety or difquietude about what is to come. But man is never content, he is never at reft. There are no limits to his knowledge, to his pleafures, to his curiofity, or to his enjoyments. Give him all that he can with for, all that be can crave, he is never fatisfied; ftill ftretching forward to fomething not yet attained; he is ever reftlefs, ever full of wishes and defires, and pufhed onwards by an infatiable ambition. "And this diffatisfaction is not peculiar to mean and to selfish tempers, but is ever feen the ftrongeft in the nobleft minds, only purfuing it in a different channel and direction. While the grovelling fpirit is eagerly following this bent of nature, in the fearch of wealth and fenfual gratification, the purer foul is grafping after more knowledge, more mental enjoyments, and rifing above this earth, is opening its little arms to embrace the uni |