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Supplementary Review of Literature. 
Injustice, however, to Mr. Hibbert, we ing a-variety of  statistical.caleulations;,our: 
must observe, that his toleration of slavery’ redders may, if theyechoose; 
doce not poe full Terieth fadvoeating 
the slave! 
say$"“he}“'F sinéerely Consider’ to! be'as® 
benefitial'to thé safety of the West-Indies © 
as to the’causé of humanity:” But ‘the 
fact is, that it is not’ abolished—(it is only” 
travisfetred) ;nor ean be abolished, without 
the abolition of slavery; which, ‘if effected” 
with’ proper deliberation ‘and precaution, 
would, Wwe have no doubt, even by Mr. 
Hibbert ‘and his ‘brother planters, be ulti- 
matély found much more effectually “ be- 
jeficial to the safety of the West-Indies,” 
than the mockery of the half-measure that 
has been adopted. 
Address to His Most Excellent Majesty, 
and His Royal Highness the Duke of York, 
&c.' &¢:, concerning the Critical Conditions 
of the Navy and Army, proving Necessities 
for timely Remedies, by Parliamentary In- 
alae ; recommended to the Deliberation 
of ‘Mercliants and Ship-Owners, particu- 
rly to the New London Dock Companies, 
Protestant Clergy, Laity, &c. ; compiled 
from Laws of the Land, Official Docu- 
ments, §c. By Joun Burrwcr.—Mr. B., 
whose projects and pamphlets on improved 
bricks and improved architecture we have 
recéntly recommended to public notice, is 
now disposed to try his hand on improving 
armies and navies—commercial matters, 
docks, ship-owners, and a variety of other 
commodities. In the short pamphlet which 
follows this long title-page, he tells the 
King (what, undoubtedly, that august per- 
sonage will listen to with equal satisfaction 
and surprise) that his “‘ Majesty’s Minis- 
ters are generally adored as saviours and 
sazes ;” but then, unfortunately, he sub- 
joins (not quite so satisfactorily), that while 
the said “ministers appear asleep on 
beds ‘of roses,” neglecting his (Mr. B.’s) 
“ humble voice,” he (the said Mr. B.) “ ean- 
not congratiilate his Majesty, or his coun- 
trymen,” on the present condition of Eng- 
Jand’s’ commercial, foreign, or domestic 
relations ;” that the ‘‘ popular and expe- 
rimental, but delusive system” of said 
ministers, “has in a few years produced de- 
plorable and insupportable consequences 
against Britannia,” and that “the system 
must be changed again, or Britannia will 
be ruined beyond redemption, by envious 
and jealous foreign powers :’’—that “ blun- 
ders are striking Britannia’s apparent gi- 
gantie power into atoms ;’’—that ‘* danger 
and-death are knocking at the door to- 
gether’; and “enemies invited to murder 
Britamia, and sing her funeral dirge! Alas! 
Alas!” In shorty that if said Mr. B.’s 
<¢ humble voice” is not better attended to, 
army, navy; constitution, ships, ship-hold- 
ers, commerce, and we know not, how 
many more. of our supposed glorious biess- 
ings and advantages, are going pell-mell to 
the devil inno time ati all. As Mr. B.’s 
pamphlet has, at least, the merit of present- 
’ conelusions. 
and-.thé argumenté»:théy -ate ilinteudellstov: 
ide; the abolition of which,” support; with such information asther dos 
cuments mayvhavessupplied} aud formytheim» 
own estimate >of thervalidityrofvMire Bys 
In the mean ‘time, wercan nO 
moere}:commend: Mr. B.’s .tasté® thane:his!., 
congruity, insubjoining afulsome WoPopiery>' 
address to H.R... the Duke wf! ¥ork;Joh » 
his’ conscientious speecly ‘fin favour of*thes:’ 
British Constitution, established aecoxdings’ 
to the Gospel, in: 1688; + Mr.» B.j however; 
informs’ us, not ‘very necessarilyy *that the’ 
fulsomeness of the’ ’said address*is/by*1n0 * 
means contrary to the customi ‘of worship-"" 
Ping the rising sun. ‘“ I have no fulsome’ 
panegyric to offer at your Royal High- 
ness’s shrine,* contrary to the, custom of . 
worshipping the rising sun.”?, ..No, certainly, 
—not contrary, but in exact accordance.to 
the custom. But what Mr, B- means By, 
a “constitution established according to | 
the Gospel,’’ we profess ourselves ‘utterly’ 
at a loss to conceive : for, in the gospels” 
we are acquainted with, there is not, we. 
believe, one single word about ,constitu-. 
tions, or how they should be constructed, 
or how established! We ‘suspect, the RX: 
fore, that there must be a mistake heré’ of” 
the press—the wrong insertion of a comma i. 
and that it must be some new gospel, “the » 
gospel in 1688,” which Mr. B. has’ dis-’ 
covered and refers to, by which consti- 
tutions in Churéh and State are dictated ; 
revolution in 1688 proceeded. But till we 
have seen the said “gospel of 1688,” and 
satisfied ourselyes of its divine authen- 
ticity, we must take the liberty of doubting 
whether political constitutions and gospel 
revelations have any thing to do. with, 
each other; that the proscription of ea 
tholies can be no inherent part’ ofthe! 
English constitution, because all that dé 
serves that name (if we trace it rot baek, 
indeed, even to the days of ‘Saxon pagan) 
ism) grew up and was established) (how-, 
ever frequently, in those, as in these;days,! 
infringed’ and violated), when no religion 
but that of Catholicism was known inithe 
land. - We should be glad to have pointed 
out to us the clause in’ Magna Charta, for 
example (which the Catholic barons) ob- 
tained for us), which dictates the exclusion 
of Catholics from the rights of citizenship. 
on account of their religion. Asvfor Mr: 
B.’s hypochondriacal appeal to Hi, R.Hés 
judgment, ‘* whether arms have! beemim~ 
prudently placed in the hands of *Catholies; 
and to what extent,” his invocation toa 
merciful God to avert the consequences, of 
our haying admitted Catholies,,, into, the 
army; and his solemn! inguiry, ‘did: | - 
lics ever fight against Catholies ??;..we n 
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