county to exasperate the rage of party, and darken the fufpicions of ignorance, it is the duty of men like you, who have leifure for enquiry, to lead back the people to their honeft labour; to tell them, that fubmiflion is the duty of the ignorant, and content the virtue of the poor; that they have no fkill in the art of government, nor any intereft in the diffentions of the great; and when you meet with any, as fome there are, whofe understandings are capable of conviction, it will become you to allay this foaming ebullition, by fhewing them that they have as much happiness as the condition of life will eafily receive, and that a government, of which an erroneous or unjust reprefentation of Middlefex is the greatest crime that intereft can dif cover, or malice can upbraid, is a government approaching nearer to perfection, than any that experience has known, or history related."

The drudges of fedition wish to change their ground, they hear him with fullen filence, feel conviction without repentance, and are confounded but not abashed; they go forward to another door, and find a kinder reception from a man enraged against the government, because he has just been paying the tax upon his windows.'

After all, however, that ingenuity itfelf may find to urge in behalf of the measures of adminiftration, and the power, wifdom, and juftice of parliaments, ought not fome regard to be had to the plain commonfenfe of the people, who, as an acute writer obferves, feel that the right of election, that great foundation and beft fecurity of all their other rights, has been violently taken from them, by the fole. authority of thofe, who were chofen for their defence,' Art. 21. An Address to Junius, upon the Subject of his Letter in the Public Advertiser, Dec. 19, 1769. Svo. 6d. Dedfley.

Points at Mr. Wilkes as the Author of the famous news-paper letters figned JUNIUS; animadverts with particular feverity on the laft of thefe letters, fuppofed to be addreffed to a crowned head; and calls loudly for legal vengeance on the writer of fo daring and fedi

tious a libel.

Art. 22. An Impartial Anfwer to the Doctrine delivered in a Letter, which appeared in the Public Advertifer, on the 19th of Dec. 1769, under the Signature of JUNIUS. By Charles Fearne t, of the Inner Temple. 8vo. 1 s. Murray.

* Effay on the Middlefex Election, 2d Edit.

If Charles Fearne be a fictitious name, we can only fay that the author bath certainly as good a right to his choice of the 24 letters as the perfon who hath compofed from them the name of Junius; but if the Impartial Anfwerer (who is manifeftly, and not moderately, on the court fide) hath affixed his real name, the world will be at no lols to aflign his poffible motives for fuch apparent oftentation on an occasion of fo much delicacy.-But is not this iffaing forth to the combat, backed with the fecurity under which they, of courfe, are heltered, who prudently take the right fide, fomewhat like an armed champion's attacking a naked man? And will not the knowing ones be apt to furmife that he hath respect to the recompence of reward?

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Well done, little Cur!-bark away!-at him again!-t'other fnap!-don't be afraid.-You fee the mastiff is muzzled.

Art. 23. A First Letter to the Duke of Grafton. 8vo. is. 6d.

Fell.

All perfonal invective, and party abufe.-The writer is fuppofed to be the celebrated patriot, whofe pen is fill at liberty, though his perfon is confined; and to whom, alfo, is generally attributed the letter to Mr. G. Grenville, from which a bouquet of thofe flowers lately tranfplanted from their native rank foil of Billingsgate, into St. George's Fields, was culled for our last month's collection; vid. Art. 14th of the Catalogue.-This outrageous treatment of perfons in office- and, efpecially, this dirty raking in the fink of private vices, is indeed, a moft fcandalous abufe of the freedom of the prefs. -But Mr. W. perhaps, ought to have a peculiar indulgence in this refpect; for lofers have always leave to rail.

Art. 24. An Earnest Addrefs to all the Great and Rich within the British Dominions. Particularly to the Merchants and Proprietors of Stocks of every Kind. 4to. 6d. Noteman.

The meaning of this difmal addrefs is, to fhew that this nation is got into a state of confufion, from which the most melancholy and ruinous confequences are to be apprehended; and that nothing can fave us from deftruction but a general union among people of rank and property; who are exhorted to lay afide their animofities; to confider that their ALL is at ftake; to fupport their king, and the dignity of both Houses of Parliament, against licentious faction; and never to oppose minifters because they are fo, which has too often been practifed with fuccefs,&c. &c. He concludes this wife exhortation with reminding the worthy Lords and Gentlemen whom he is addreffing, that many of them have plenty of their own; that they ought to be thankful that they can enjoy it peaceably; and that they fhould take care not to lofe their own, and other peoples, by fquabbling for more.'-This fage counsellor might, however, as well have held his peace; for how could he think of quieting the clamour of contending parties, by bawling out fo violently as he has done, on one fide only, and outrageously beknaving and abusing the other?

COLONIES.

Art. 25. A Letter to the Right honourable the Earl of Hillsborough, bis Majefty's Secretary of State for the Colonies, on the prefent Situation of Affairs in the land of Grenada. 8vo. I S. Wilkie, 1770. In our Review for January 1769, p. 92. We mentioned a pamph let entitled, The Grenada Planter, in which Governor Melvile was accused of having treated his Majesty's French Roman Catholic fubjects of the islands under that government, in an arbitrary and oppreffive manner. The tables it appears have been totally turned fince Mr. M's voyage to England; fo that, under the administration of Mr. F-m-ce, (lieutenant governor) the Roman Catholic gen-. tlemen have gained the afcendant, and have been violently brought into office, in both the council and affembly:-in direct oppofition, as this complainant fets forth, to his My's inftructions, and the conftitution of government established in thefe new ceded iflands,now become a part of the British dominions, and claiming a full en.

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joyment of the benefit of the laws of England, under fuch regulations and reftrictions as are ufed in the other colonies.-And this in virtue of (and in full dependance on) his Majesty's proclamation of C&. 7. 1763.

From the reprefentations contained in this pamphlet, there appears but too much room to fufpect that Lieut. G. F. hath been countenanced in the arbitrary proceedings here alledged against him; and if so, it is to be feared that a complaint addreffed to gentlemen in office on this fide the Atlantic, may not prove the readieft way to procure a redress of their grievances;-at least, if a judgment may be formed from a late REPORT made by the board of trade: of which more in the next enfuing article.-At this distance, however, and with only the lights afforded us by pamphlets, and news-paper paragraphs, of doubtful authority, we are, perhaps, but ill qualified to judge of the merits of a caufe like this. Yet one thing appears with but too much of the air of certainty-and it is with fincere concern we fee it, that the intereft of the Protestant religion in Grenada and the Grenadines, is in great danger from the prefent prevalence of the Popih party. But, furely, we need be under no doubt that this important circumitance will be ftriatly enquired into at home, and a timely, effectual remedy † be applied to an evil, which is of a nature fo juttly alarming to every true friend of religious and civil liberty Art. 26. Obfervations upon the Report made by the Board of Trade against the Grenada Lars. 8vo. I s. 6d. Flexney, 1770.

The fenfible and spirited writer of these obfervations fets out with remarking, that the entangling the rights of the crown with those of the people, and pretending infringements of the one upon every common exercife or claim of the other, is a piece of minifterial fallacy, that, though ftale in practice, and what ought to have been exploded at the Revolution, is yet ever attended with equal fuccefs. A minifter, who is not poffeffed of the qualities neceflary to constitute the character of a ftatefman, always grows pertinaciously zealous in the fupport (or rather extension) of prerogative rights; and, without abilities to difcern their ufe and properties, or even knowledge to diftinguish them, will be fatisfied to recommend himself to his master, by an attachment to (what he conceives to be) that single object. zeal for the immunities appendent to the political perfon, feldom fails to attract the regard of the proper perfon; and when a prince thinks he is expreffing his approbation of the faithful fervices of his fervant, he is, unknowingly, cherishing the greatest enemy to himself and his

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Efpecially in fufpending and removing Six Gentlemen from his Majefty's council, on account of their intractibility; particularly their refufing to acquiefce in his attempt to introduce two Roman Catholics as members of that body.-Thus, we fee, how dangerous are expulfive powers, and how liable to be abufed, wherever they are exercifed.

The writer of this letter points out, to the noble Lord to whom it is addreffed, fome means of restoring the tranquility, and fecuring the fafety of the colony; and his advice appears to deserve his Lordfhip's attention.

kingdom;

kingdom; for under the cloak of fuch an ardent attachment is concealed the dagger, which devotes equally to deftruction, the king's honour and country's peace'

He alfo remarks that to complain to a fovereign of the oppreffons of fuch an agent, is certainly not a prudent act or one that promifes relief; for a minister must know very little of the mechanical part of his occupation, to venture upon any acts of outrage against the privileges of his fellow-fubjects, before he has fecured as much of the command of his master's ear, as is requifite to close it entirely against the clamours of the oppreffed, or to perfuade him, that their jult remonftrances are but marks of fedition, and inftances of difaffection and oppofition to his royal perfon and authority.

This is an ordinary policy, and fuch as miniiters in common use; but a minifter for the American department, having greater opportunities of doing injuries, may difcover other means of keeping them from the knowlege of the king He might, at his firft entering into office, refolve not to fuffer any addreffes, remonftrances, or petitions, to be presented to his majefty, which are not tranfmitted through the governor of the colony. By this precaution, he gives the governor an opportunity of fuppreffing them altogether, or fending them accompanied with his own remarks. The governor, knowing his cue, will feldom be fo remifs, as to make it neceffary for the minister to appear in any other than a candid light; to whom nothing more need be left, than to reprefent matters as they are reprefented to him.'

Leaving the intelligenteader to make the proper applications of thefe acute remarks, we now proceed to point out the nature of that report of the board of trade, which is the fubject of the prefent tract.

-In the preceding article we just hinted at the diffentions which have lately happened in Grenada, on account of the alledged partiality of administration there to the Roman Catholic party; who are faid to poffefs about one-third of the property of the island. In this publication it will, perhaps, be feen, what foundation our fellow-fubjects under that government have for their apprehenfions, with refpect, more immediately, to their CIVIL rights; with which thofe of religion are infeparably connected; as both will for ever rife, flourich and fall together.

On the first establishment of his majefty's government over these iflands, Governor Melvile, in purfuance of the royal declaration, and, no doubt, of his first inftructions, called a general affembly; which was foon, on fome mifunderstanding with the governor, diffolved, and another called. This lat, proceeding to bufinefs, framed fuch bills as the ftate of the island, its public peace and wel fare, made moft neceffary to be ordained immediately, and which were all formed, as near as may be, agreeable to the laws of England, and after the usage of the other colonies, where the fame laws had paffed, under fimilar circumitances. Thefe bills, after receiving the concurrence of the council, and affent of the governor, were tranfitted to his majefty, for his royal confirmation; but, being referred by the secretary of state to the board of trade for their opinion, were, upon their report, rejected.'

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ments on the Grenada bills as, we must acknowlege, we are furprized to fee in thefe days, wherein the true principles of British legiflation and British liberty are fo well understood, and are fo ftrictly adhered to, by the real friends of the House of Brunswic, and the Proteftant fucceffion. For the particulars, however, we must refer to the pamphlet, and to the author's very animated obfervations on their Lordthips report,-which proved fo fatal to these (apparently) good and falutary laws.

As foon as this report was made, our Author informs us, the governor in chief was directed to prorogue the general affemblies of the feveral islands within his government, until farther orders; which was accordingly done from time to time for the space of five or fix months, when a new fet of inftructions arrived, with a law, (in the form of a proclamation,) for regulating elections, fixing the number of affembly men, and afcertaining the qualifications of the candidates and voters, under which (the refpective affemblies being then diffolved) new writs were issued for calling new affemblies.

This REPORT,' he adds, now hangs in terror over the heads of his majesty's natural-born fubjects in the new ceded iflands, and is not to be deviated from by either of the legislatures, under the peril of having every bill rejected, which has the leaft repugnancy to it.

"What then is their CONSTITUTION? And how many of the inmunities of British fubjects, which were confirmed (or fuppofing, given) to them by his majesty's PROCLAMATION OF COMPACT, have they now left? The public may judge.'

NOVEL S.

Art. 27. The happy Discovery: or the Hiftory of Mifs Emilia Crefwell. 12mo. 2 Vol. 5 s. fewed. Wilkie, &c.

The difcovery which the Reader will make in these volumes, is that of an improbable tale formed on a plan copied from Richardfon's Clariffa.

Art. 28. Female Friendship: or, the Innocent Sufferer. A Moral Novel. I'mo. 2 Vols. 5 s. fewed. Bell.

When a perfon fits down with a novel in his hand, he knows he is going to read a fiction; but if it be well written, he foon forgets that circumftance, under an agreeable impofition; and becomes interested in the narrative, as a history of real events: others on the contrary, like the above curious compofition, are fo honestly framed, as continually to keep the Reader in mind that they are downright lies throughout.

Art. 29. Lucilla: or the Progrefs of Virtue. Tranflated from the French. 12mo. 3 s.

Lowndes, &c.

The progrefs of virtue is very injudiciously traced in the profeffed abode of vice; whereas in the prefent inftance, its efcape (beyond all credibility) is a matter of meer contingence; and can illuftrate no principle of conduct. But if the reader loves the wonderful, he may divert himfelf with the adventures of Mifs Lucilla, a very young French lady, who, to avoid a forced match, ran away to Paris with her father's clerk; where being difcovered, fhe efcapes into the ftreet, and takes fhelter under the protection of an old bawd. After fix months virtuous refidence, the old lady fells her, as her daughter, to a young rake; a fcheme in which the co-operates ;-and the rake

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