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ations on the African Institution and Edinburgh Review, and upon the Speeches of Messrs. Wilberforce and Brougham, delivered in the House of Commons, July 7, 1817. Also, a Plan submitted for civilizing Africa, and introducing Free Labourers into our Colonies in the West Indies. By Robert Thorpe, Esq. LL.D. late Chief Justice of Sierra Leone, &c. 8vo. 5s. 6d.

The Rights of Property Vindicated, against the Claims of Universal Suffrage, with an Analysis of the Principle of Property, and new Views of Constitutional Interest and General Policy. By Robert Fellowes, A.M. Oxon. 8vo.

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Case of the Salt Duties; with Proofs and Illustrations. By Sir Thomas Bernard, Bart. 12mo. 7s. 6d.

Considerations on the Poor Laws. By John Davison, M. A. Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. 8vo. 4s.

Population of the British Empire in 1817, specifying the Number of Inhabitants in Six Hundred and Sixty Towns of Great Britain, with the Distances from their Metropolis; to which is added the Population and Extent of the English Counties, and the Number of Europeans, Natives, and Negro Slaves in the British Islands, Colonies, and Dependencies.

An Address to the Honourable Committee for the Relief of Distressed Seamen, containing the Outline of an effectual Plan for that Purpose; pointing out Defects in the Payment of Wages, and in the Manner of taking Apprentices, which is highly Prejudicial to the Merchants' Service. To which are added, a few Remarks on, and a List of the Errors in the Nautical Almanacks; also Directions for the Use of the Sea or Marine Barometer and Thermometer, including a curious Table for the Use of those who are in Possession of Mountain Barometers; and another showing the probable Length of the Passage to and from the principal Ports in India. By the Merchant Seamen's Friend.

The Sacred and Indefeasible Rights of the Clergy examined, recognized, and vindicated; the Origin, Moral Obligation, and Policy of the Law of Tithes, as far as regards this Country, inquired into; with a safe, simple, and effectual Plan for relieving the People from the obnoxious Burthens imposed upon them by the Church, without serious Injury, or Inconvenience to any Individual. By a Gentleman, sometime an Inmate of the Inner Temple. 8vo. 3s. 6d.

Substance of a Speech, on the best Means of counteracting the existing Monopoly in the supplying of Beer; exemplifying the Evil, and tracing its Source to the System of Arbitrary Licensing of Victualling Houses, peculiar to Great Britain; delivered at a Public Meeting, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, January 26th, 1818. By J. T. Barber Beaumont, Esq. F. A. S. &c.; with the Resolutions entered into at the Meeting. 8vo. 1s. 6d.

An Inquiry whether Crime and Misery are produced or prevented by our present System of Prison Discipline; illustrated by Descriptions of the Borough Compter; Tothill Fields; the Jails at St. Albans and Guildford; the Jail at Bury; the Maison de Force, at Ghent; the Philadelphia Prison; the Penitentiary, at Milbank; and the Proceedings of the Ladies' Committee, at Newgate. By Thomas Fowel Buxton. 8vo. 5s.

A Letter to the Lord Bishop of London, upon the "Society for Promoting the Enlargement and Building of Churches and Chapels." By a Clergyman of the Church of England. 8vo. 1s.

Attwood's Observations on Currency, Population, and Pauperism, in Two Letters to Arthur Young, Esq. 8vo. 5s.

Remarks on the Reports of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on the Poor Laws, in which the proposed Alteration of the Laws of Settlement, and Pauperism, its Causes, Consequences, and Remedies, are distinctly considered. By a Monmouthshire Magistrate. 8vo. 28.

Observations upon the Report from the Secret Committee of the House of Commons on the Poor Laws, with a Demonstration of the Injustice of the present Laws of Taxation, and the Remedy suggested. 8vo. 2s. 6d.

Collections relative to the Systematic Relief of the Poor at different Periods, and in different Countries, with Observations on Charity, its proper Objects and Conduct, and its Influence on the Welfare of Nations. 8vo. 9s.

THEOLOGY, SERMONS, &C.

A Sermon preached at the Unitarian Chapel, in Norfolk Street, Sheffield, on the Day of the Interment of her late Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte. By Nathaniel Phillips, D. D.

A Sermon preached in the Parish Church of Allhallows, Dec. 21st, 1817, for the Benelit of the City of London National Schools. By the Rev. T. J. Walmsley, B. D. Secretary to the National Society for the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church. In the above Sermon are introduced some Reflections upon the late afflicting Event in the Royal Family.

8vo. 1s.

Economy, a Duty of Natural and Revealed Religion, with Thoughts on Friendly Societies, and Savings' Banks, a Sermon, preached Jan. 5, 1818. By the Rev. Charles Thorpe, M. A. &c. to which is added, an Appendix, containing Regulations for Friendly Societies and Savings' Banks, with Forms and Tables annexed. 8vo. 1s. 6d.

A Sermon preached in the Parish Church of Ripley, Yorkshire, Nov. 23, 1817. By the Rev. Howell W. Powell, Curate of Ripley. 8vo. 1s.

A Sermon preached during the Season of Advent, A.D. 1817, for the unclothed Children of the Clerkenwell Parochial Charity Schools. By Joseph Holden Pott, Archdeacon of London. 8vo. 1s.

"The Damsel is not Dead but Sleepeth:" a Sermon preached at Ashford, Kent, November 16, 1817, and repeated, by the Desire of the Parishioners, on the Day of the Interment of the Princess Charlotte. By the Rev. John Nance, D.D. Rector of Old Romney, &c. 8vo. 1s.

A Sermon preached at St. Mary's, Oxford, before the University, May 26, 1817. By Herbert Randolph, M.A. Student of Christ Church. 8vo. 55.

God's Dealings equal to All: a Sermon preached at Haughton le Skerne, Durham, on Occasion of the Death of the Princess Charlotte. By the Rev. Thomas Le Mesurier, B.D. Rector of Haughton le Skerne. 8vo. 1s. 6d.

A Sermon preached at Newbury, Berks, on the Occasion of the lamented Death of the Princess Charlotte. By the Rev. Samuel Slocock, Rector of Wasing, &c. &c. 8vo. 1s.

The Church her own Apologist, proving her Moderation from her Constitution, Appointments, and Practice; and the Mean she preserves between the two Extremes of Popery and Enthusiasm; altered from Puller. By the Rev. Daniel Campbell, late of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. 8vo. 8s.

Sermons on the Commandments. By Robert Jones, D.D. late Senior Chaplain at the Cape of Good Hope. 8vo. 6s.

The Will of God; a Mystery, proved to be Eternal, Immutable, and Absolute; Sin and the Fall, with all other Events, demonstrated to be fixed from all Eternity, coming to pass, and happening no otherwise than according to God's Will, yet he is not the Author of Sin. By Joseph Francis Burrell, a Servant of

Jesus Christ.

A Sermon, preached at Trinity College, Cambridge, December 16, 1817, being the Day appointed for the Commemoration of Benefactors of that Society. By the Rev. James Henry Monk, M.A. &c. 8vo. 1s.

The Accuracy of the Rev. Charles Simeon's True Test of Religion in the Soul questioned; and Practical Christianity Delineated, with some Shades of Difference. By a Member of the Church of England. 8vo. 1s.

A Sermon on the Advances in Knowledge, Freedom, and Morals, from the Reformation to the present Times. Preached to Young People, at the Meeting House in Monkwell Street, Jan. 4, 1818. By James Lindsay, D.D. 8vo. 2s. A Letter to a Friend. By the Author of Remarks on Two Particulars of a Refutation of Calvinism. 8vo. 1s.

Observations on the late Protest of the Rev. the Archdeacon of Bath, and the Defence of the Church Missionary Society, by the Rev. Daniel Wilson, M.A. By the Rev. William Gordon Plees. 8vo. 1s.

The Church of England Vindicated.-Remarks on a "Brief Account of the

Reasons which have induced the Rev. T. C. Cowan to secede from the Established Church." By a Layman. 8vo. 1s. 6d.

An Inquiry concerning some of the Doctrines maintained by the Church of Rome, in Answer to the Charge of Intolerance, brought by Members of that Church against Members of the Church of England. By Arthur H. Kenney, D.D. Dean of Achonry, &c. 8vo. 5s.

A Sermon preached before the Committee of the City of London National Schools, at St. Giles, Cripplegate, February 15, 1818. By the Rev. Josiah Thomas, M.A. Archdeacon of Bath. 8vo. 1s.

A Sermon preached at Newbury, Berks, January 18, 1818, in Recommendation of the Bank for Savings, established in that Place. By the Rev. Samuel Slocock, Rector of Waring, &c. 8vo. 1s.

Observations on Mr. Daniel Wilson's Defence of the Church Missionary Society, against the Objections of the Rev. Josiah Thomas, Archdeacon of Bath. 1s.

Protestant Nonconformity, &c.-Two Discourses delivered September 10, 1817, at the Annual Double Lecture, at Oldbury. The former by James Scott, and the latter by John Kenrick, M.A. 8vo. 1s. 6d.

A Letter to the Rev. Daniel Wilson, M. A. in Reply to his Defence of the Church Missionary Society. By the Rev. J. B. S. Carwithen, M. A. 8vo. 1s. 6d.

A general Collection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, for Camp Meetings and Revivals.

The familiar Discourses of Dr. Martin Luther, which he held with various learned Men at his Table, &c. on the Important Doctrines of Religion. 8vo. 12s. 6d.

A Reply to Mr. Wilson's Defence of the Church Missionary Society. 8vo. 2s. Bible Exercises, or, Sunday Recreations; designed for the use of Schools, and calculated to give a full and clear Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures. By the Rev. Daniel Williams, M.A. 18mo.

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The Testimony of Natural Theology to Christianity. By Thomas Gisborne, M.A. 12mo. 5s.

VOYAGES, TRAVELS, AND TOPOGRAPHY.

The Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent, during 1799, 1804. By Alexander De Humboldt, with Maps, Plans, &c. Translated from the French by Helen Maria Williams, under the immediate Inspection of the Author. Vol. III. 8vo. 1. 1s.

Observations, Moral, Literary, and Antiquarian, made during a Tour through the Pyrenees, South of France, Switzerland, the Whole of Italy, and the Netherlands, in 1814 and 1815. By John Milford, Jun. late of St. John's College, Cambridge. 2 vols. 8vo. 17. 1s.

Leigh's New Picture of London, or a View of the Political, Religious, Medical, Literary, Municipal, Commercial, and Moral State of the British Metropolis, presenting a brief and luminous Guide to the Stranger, on all Subjects connected with general Information, Business, or Amusement. Embellished with upwards of One Hundred elegant Engravings of Royal Palaces, and Public Buildings of all Descriptions, in London and its Environs; also a correct Plan of London. 18mo. 9s.

Magna Britannia, being a concise Topographical Account of the several Counties of Great Britain. By the Rev. Daniel Lysons, A. M. F. R. S. F. A. and L. S. Rector of Rodmarton in Gloucestershire, and Samuel Lysons, Esq. F. R. S. and F. A. S. Keeper of his Majesty's Records in the Tower of London. Vol. V. containing Derbyshire. 4to. 3. 10s.

Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea and the Great

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Loo-choo Island, with an Appendix, containing Charts, and various Hydrographical and Scientific Notices. By Captain Basil Hall, R. N. &c. &c. and Vocabulary of the Loo-choo Language, by H. J. Clifford, Esq. Lieut. R. N. 4to. 21. 2s.

Jonrnal of the Proceedings of the late Embassy to China, comprising a correct Narrative of the Public Transactions of the Embassy, of the Voyage to and from China, and of the Journey from the Mouth of the Pei-ho to the Return to Canton; interspersed with Observations upon the Face of the Country, the Polity, Moral Character, and Manners of the Chinese Nation; the whole illustrated by Maps and Drawings. By Henry Ellis, Third Commissioner of the Embassy. 4to. 21. 2s.

Voyage of His Majesty's Ship Alceste, along the Coast of Corea to the Island of Lewchew; with an Account of her subsequent Shipwreck. By John M'Leod, Surgeon of the Alceste. 8vo. 12s.

Narrative of an Expedition to explore the River Zaire, usually called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816, under the Direction of Captain J. K. Tuckey, R. N. to which is added the Journal of Professor Smith, some General Observations on the Country and its Inhabitants, and an Appendix containing the Natural History of that Part of the Kingdom of Congo through which the Zaire flows, published by Permission of the Lords of the Admiralty. 4to. 21. 2s. Travels through some Parts of Germany, Poland, Moldavia, and Turkey. By Adam Neale, M. D. late Physician to the British Embassy at Constantinople, and Physician to the Forces. 4to. 21. 2s.

Part I. of Delineations of the City of Pompeii. Engraved by W. B. Cooke, from accurate Drawings made in the Year 1817, by Major Cockburn, of the Royal Artillery.

A Walk through Switzerland, in September, 1816. 12mo. 8s.

La Scava, or some Account of an Excavation of a Roman Town on the Hill of Chatelet, in Champagne, between St. Dizier and Joinville, discovered in the Year 1772; to which is added, a Journey to the Simplon by Lausanne, and to Mont Blanc, through Geneva. By the Author of "Two Tours," &c. &c. in 1817. 8vo. 6s.

Topography Illustrative of the Battle of Platea. By John Spencer Stanhope, F.R.S. and R. Instit. Paris, &c. With Engravings. 8vo. 17. 8s.

INDEX

TO THE

ELLVENTH VOLUME OF THE BRITISH REVIEW.

ADAMS (Rob.), Narrative of his Ship-
wreck and Slavery in Africa, 416,
440.
Africa, Discoveries in, 417-remarks

on the maps of, 418-the Niger and
its course, 422-Kong mountains, 424
-lakes of Wangara, 425, 427-jour-
ney from Tombuctoo to Wassanah,
429-country of Congo, 432-Romish
convents in, 433, 436-proper mode
of civilizing, 436-new nation on the
northern border of the desert, 442—
embassy to the Ashantees, 443-bu-
man sacrifices, 444-Dahomans, 445
-southern part of, 447-difficulties
in the way of missions there, 480, 490,
494 helps to the study of its lan-
guages, 481, 482.

America (North), state of religion in, 33--
progress of democracy in, 317-Lord
Selkirk's remarks on its legislatures,
320-Englishmen charged with illi-
berality toward, 381-consequence of
the want of a dominant religion, 397-
different governments previous to the
revolution, 398-progress of the re-
volution in, 409.

Animal food, argument for the use of,
386.

Antinomianism considered, 351.
Archimedes, his planetarium, 182-bis

arenarius, 182-his mode of measur-
ing the apparent diameter of the sun,
183-property on which logarithms
were founded known to him, 184.
Argyle (Marq. of), iniquitous proceed-
ings toward him, 255-remarks on his
character, 274.
Arminianism, 338.

Ashantees, account of the, 443.

Asia Minor, supposed too narrow by
the ancients, and by D'Anville,
133.
Astronomy, ancient, history of, 173-

different writers of the history of,
174-what may be called the science
of, 176-state of, previous to the
Alexandrian school, 177-system of

Pythagoras, 178-school of Alexan-
dria, 181-first catalogue of the stars
attempted by Hipparchus, 185-orbit
and satellites of Uranus known to the
Japanese, 240.

Aurora borealis, theory of, 414.

Bacon, his remarks on custom and inno-
vation, 285.

Bailly, his History of Astronomy, 174.
Ballot, necessary to secure freedom of
election, 319.

Baptism, its effects considered, 342, 347,
349.

Batavian society of arts and sciences,
63 note.

Bede, his merits as a man of science,

187-the first who began to translate
the Bible into English, 187.
Benson (Rev. C.), his Sermons preached
before the University of Cambridge,
333, 342, 347.

Bentham (Jeremy), his Plan of Parlia
mentary Reform, 285, 315.

Beppo, a Venetian Story, 327-ascribed
to Lord Byron, 329.

Biddulph (Rev. T.) Strictures on his Let-
ter to the Rev. F. Elwin, 451.
Biography, advantages of, over history,
38.

Boa constrictor, account of one brought
from Borneo, 170.
Board of trade, 506.

Bowdler (J. jun.), Select Pieces in Verse

and Prose, 87-account of him, 88.
Boyd, massacre of the crew of the, 358.
Buonaparte, interview with him, 172,
Burney (Miss), remarks on, 45.
Byron (Lord), burlesque imitation of,

328.

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