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THE
EDINBURGH REVIEW,
OR
CRITICAL JOURNAL:
FOR
OCTOBER 1808. .....JANUARY 1809.
TO BE CONTINUED QUARTERLY.
JUDEX DAMNATUR CUM NOCENS ABSOLVITUR.
POBLIUS SYRUS.
VOL. XIII.
e affiftee
Edinburgh:
PRINTED BY D. WILLISON, CRAIG's close, FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE & CO. EDINBURGH,
AND
CONSTABLE, HUNTER, PARK, & HUNTER,
LONDON.
CONTENTS OF No. XXV.
P. ]
ART. I. Memoirs of the Life of Col. Hutchinson, Governor
of Nottingham Castle and Town, Representative
of the County of Nottingham in the Long Par-
liament, and of the Town of Nottingham in the
First Parliament of Charles II, &c. ; with Origi-
nal Anecdotes of many of the most distinguished
of his Contemporaries. Written by his Widow,
Lucy, daughter of Sir Allen Apsley, Lieutenant
of the Tower, &c.
II. A Letter to the Rt. Hon. Spencer Perceval, on a
Subject connected with his Bill, now under discus-
sion in Parliament, for improving the situation of
Stipendiary Curatęs
25
III. Essay on the Theory of Money and Exchange. By
Thomas Smith
35
IV. Fowling, a Poem in Five Books, descriptive of
Grouse, Partridge, Pheasant, Woodcock, Duck,
and Snipe Shooting
69
V. History of the Penal Laws against the Irish Catho-
lics, from the Treaty of Limerick to the Union.
By Henry Parnell, esq. M. P.
77
VI. A Journey from Madras, through the Countries of
Mysore, Canara and Malabar, performed for the
express purpose of investigating the state of A.
griculture, Arts and Commerce, and the Reli.
gion, &c. &c. in the Countries acquired by the
Honourable East India Company, in the late and
former Wars, from Tippu Sultan. By Francis
Buchanan, M. D. F. R. S. &c.
82
VII. Observations on the Hypotheses which have been
assumed to account for the Cause of Gravitation
from Mechanical Principles. By the Rev. S. Vince,
A. M. F. R. S. &c.
101
ART.
p. 116
Art. VIII. The Works of John Dryden, now first collected
in Eighteen Volumes. Illustrated with Notes,
&c. and a Life of the Author. By Walter
Scott, esq.
IX. Speeches of the Rt. Hon. Philpot Curran, Mas-
ter of the Rolls in Ireland, on the late very
interesting State Trials, &c.
136
X. The Life of George Washington, Commander in
Chief of the American Forces during the War
which established the Independence of his
Country. By John Marshall, Chief Justice of
the United States, &c. And
The Life of George Washington. By David
Ramsay, M. D. of Charleston, South Caro-
lina, and Author of the History of the Ame-
rican Revolation
148
XI. A Letter to the Livery of London, relative to the
Views of the Writer in executing the Office of
Sheriff. By Sir Richard Phillips, Knight 170
XII. An Historical Survey of the Foreign Affairs of
Great Britain, with a View to explain the
Causes of the Disasters of the late and present
Wars. By G. Francis Leckie, esq.
186
XIII. An Inquiry into the State of National Subsist-
ence, as connected with the Progress of Wealth
and Population. By W. T. Comber
205
XIV. Exposition of the Practices and Machinations which
led to the Usurpation of the Crown of Spain,
and the Means adopted by the Emperor of the
French to carry it into execution. By Don
Pedro Cevallos, First Secretary of State and
Despatches to his Catholic Majesty Ferdinand
VII.
215
Quarterly List of New Publications
234
CONTENTS OF No. XXVI.
p. 249
Art. I. Reliques of Burns, consisting of Original Letters,
Poems, and Critical Observations on Scotish Songs.
Collected and published by R. H. Cromek
II. Lettre aux Espagnols-Americains. Par un de leurs
Compatriotes
277
III. Account of Steam Engines—from a Treatise on Me-
chanics, Theoretical, Practical and Descriptive. By
0. Gregory, A. M.
311
IV. Statement of Proceedings of the Society for the Sup-
pression of Vice, from July 9. to November 12.,
read at their General Meeting, held November 12.
1804. And
An Address to the Public from the Society for the
Suppression of Vice, instituted in London, 1802 333
V. Letters from a late eminent Prelate to one of his
Friends
343
VI. A Grammar of the Sanskrita Language. By C. Wil-
kins, LL.D.
366
VII. The Radical Cause of the present Distresses of the
West India Planters pointed out, &c. &c. By W.
Spence, F.L.S. And
An Inquiry into the Policy and Justice of the Prohibi-
tion of the Use of Grain in the Distilleries, &c. &c.
By Archibald Bell, Esq. Advocate
382
VIII. Partenopex of Blois; a Romance : Freely translated
from the French of M. Le Grand, with Notes. By
W. Stewart Rose
413
IX. Code de la Conscription, ou Recueil Chronologique
des Lois et des Arrêtes du Gouvernement, des Dé-
crets Imperiaux relatives à la Levée des Conscrits 427