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fyftem of the public boards, and by eftablishing the general courfe of the faid boards by law -How the first principles of the conflitu- ́ tion confist in a renewal of a fyftem of the public boards, we cannot apprehend. Indeed our author's meaning, in many parts of the pamphlet, feems to be a fecret of ftate, which we cannot pretend to explain; but if ever it should be found needful to establish a board of perplexity, he may command all our intereft towards his being elected prefident.

ART. 26. Three Letters relating to the Navy, Gibraltar, and Portmahon. Wrote in the Years 1747 and 1748. But now first publifhed; being very applicable to the prefent Time. If an extraordinary Liberty is affumed in thefe Letters, vouchsafe, Britons, to hear thefe Truths which are mentioned only for your good. DEMOST. 3 Olym. 8vo. Pr. 2s. 6d. BLADON.

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In the preface to this pamphlet, the author takes occafion to ar gue upon the behaviour of Mr. Byng in the Mediterranean, and, with the appearance of a very good heart, fuffers himself to be borne away by the popular clamours against that gentleman. If this is not the cafe, we cannot account for his ftating the following queftion; whether it might not be poffible, if the French fleet was beaten, to throw fome fuccours into the place, which would enable general Blakeney to hold out against a much greater force than the • French had in Minorca? Now it has been proved again and again, and is a decided point, that admiral Byng had no fuccours to throw into Minorca. We can hardly think the author was ignoraut of this circumftance.

In the first letter, written to explain the reasons of the misconduct and miscarriages of the Navy, he propofes, that one or two gentlemen of genius fhould be employed in compofing fongs to celebrate the atchievements of the British Navy; that the failors, by getting them by heart, and finging them occafionally, might be warmed into a nobler fpirit of courage and emulation. We approve of the expedient, and hope that the Lords of the Admiralty will, without lofs of time, appoint a poet, and his crew, for the ufe of the navy. The marine laureat may wear a tiara of feagreen bays; and his mates be diftinguished by cockle-fhells, as the boatfwains drivers are known by their whiftles. He may have a cabin on the poop as the part analagous to a cock-loft, and his women and people may be differently employed in picking fentiments, fplicing fyllables, reeving rhimes, and caulking ftanzas.

The fecond letter of this pamphlet turns upon naval court-martials; and the third on the condition and importance of Gibraltar and Minorca.-fuit Ilium! The reflexions are judicious, though not uncommon; and the work, though a little tedious and diffufe, is well worth perufing.

VOL. II.

I i

COR

TH

CORRESPONDENCE.

HE young gentleman, adorned with every focial virtue, who fent
to the publisher of the CRITICAL REVIEW, a panegyric on his
own poem upon the Robin-hood Society, and afterwards an abufive
letter, fubfcribed W. W. (Witwoud Wifeacre) is defired to take
notice, that he cannot be admitted as a freeman of Parnassus, until
he fhall have served out his clerkship, and given some more un-
doubted fpecimen of his poetical capacity. He will find it easier to
engrofs deeds, than to indite madrigals,

The judicious criticism of W. G. came too late to be inserted in
this number; but the proprietors gladly comply with that gentle-
man's defire, in giving the public to understand, that the New Ver-
fion of Milton is not the work of any perfon belonging to the univer-
fity of Oxford, but the production of one Green, an idle mechanic,
who lately troubled the world with a wretched piece, intitled, The
Parfon's Parlour, a character of which may be seen in No. V. of the
CRITICAL REVIEW.

There is something dark and enigmatical in the letter of T. H.-
He feems to allude to former animadverfions that never were re-
ceived. Mr. are characters which the REVIEWERS cannot
decypher, though they may contain as much energy as the Jewish
Cabala.-The Tale and the Ode he mentions have not yet fallen
into their hands; bat the Connoisseur shall be treated with all due
regard.

P. P. is extremely obliging.-The Anel de Bradamante is curious
and entertaining; the REVIEWERS will be proud of his correfpon-
dence. They dare not hope the fame favour from his fair pupil
Meliffa, whofe approbation, however, will animate their endeavours
for the entertainment of the public. They do not doubt that she
will ftill continue to imitate the conduct of her name-fake, who
In ben di molti adaperò l'anello.

The Letter fign'd Philalethes came to hand.

We are obliged to A. M. for his friendly animadverfions on our
laft.

INDEX.

INDE X.

A.

BILITIES, caufes con-

A tributing to the difplay of

them

215
Abraham, the cafe of his offer-
ing up Ifaac confidered-148
Account of what paffed between
Mr. Thompfon and Dr. Burton

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B.

Bates (Corporal) his life and me-
moirs, fpecimens, and a cha-
racter of that work 139-143

(Julius) his fimilitudes of
the Lord God in the Old Testa-
ment, an account of

on-

256
Blake (Dr.) his fermon before the
Univerfity of Oxford, its cha-
racter and extract from 377
Bower (Mr.) vindicated from the
infinuations of the papifts, an
account of
72-75
B-w-r (A—d) fevere reflections
86
Brander (Guftavus) his account of
an echinus difcovered in An-
tigua
129
Bread, the virtues of a crust of,
by Dr. Robinfon, a character
and specimen of
93
Brekanridge, his letter on the pro-
babilities of life in London 26
Concerning the number of people
in England
126
Britain, the hiftory of, vol. 2d.
by David Hume, Efq; remarks
on and extracts from 385-404
and character of
404
true Syftem, by Malachy
Poftlethwait, Efq; an account
and fpecimen of 432-448
Brockley (Dr.) his letter conerning
fenfibility and irritability 32
Buckhorse, Memoirs of, its charac-

ter

1i2

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275
Buncle

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175

-72
Coal, where most probably to be
found-
-105
Coins (Papal) legends on 415
Conclave, an account of-363-
369
Concubinage inconfiftent with mar-
riage
Conder, his fermon, &c. an ac-
count of, with extracts 381
Candillac (Abbe de) his effay on
human knowledge, plan of 193,
194.-Peculiar opinions of his
195
Conftantinople, curious particulars
concerning it-
14 feveral
earthquakes there
19
Contracts, the nature of, confider-
ed

171, 172

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D.
Damages, reparation of, confider-
ed

178
Davies, Crufoe, Richard, the life
of, a character and account of
351-357
Debt (national) a humorous pro-
ject for paying it, 125.-Public,
the danger of
434
Defence, the right of, confidered,
177. Private, the nature of,
and how far juftifiable 234
Demades, a Grecian orator, fome
account of.
3.
Demofthenes, his orations, the fub-
jects and defign of them, 1. His
character as an orator, 4, 5, as
a ftatesman and citizen, 5. The
fubjects and order of his feveral
orations
5,6

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488 Franklin. See Electrical.

34

French,

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389

James II. remarks on his character
and conduct
Januarius (St.) a remarkable in-
. fcription to
417
Ideas, figns, how given them 199
Jenks, his meditations, a character
and fpecimens of 424-433
Jenty (Nicolas) an account of his

tables
373
Jewish law, its particular end and
defign
117
The filts, or Female Fortune-
-hunters, a character of. -276
Illuftrious men, the lives of, com-
pared, fome account of, with
fpecimens
467
Imagination, the progress of, 196,
graces of, whence borrowed

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198
Inoculation, the grand objection to,
confidered. Account of that,
pamphlet --
278
Infcriptions (Roman) account of
fome
29

Interpretation of promises, -con-
tracts, wills, &c. feveral kinds
of
-242, 243
Job, fome account of that antient
book
116
Johnfon (Sir William) fome ac-
count of, 156-158. Obliga-
tions of the British nation to
him, 158. His great influence
on the Indians, ibid.

K.

160

Keyfler's travels, an account and
character of, with extracts, 363

372-490-508

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