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Of fuch genuine and exalted genius is 
Mr. Commiffary LE “Mesurier, that, 
in feveral inftances, he has fpurned with 
becoming indignity at the rules of 
grammar, and has. frequently deviated 
from the dry and vulgar precifion of 
hiftorical truth, with a ipirit of manly 
and laudable independence. Lord AucK- 
LAND is the reputed author of a pam- 
phlet in two parts, intitled, * Confidera- 
tions upon the State of public Affairs at the 
Beginning of the Year 1798.” ‘The ityle 
is a ranting imitation of Mr. Burke’s 
philippics againft France : what reliance 
is to be placed on the conjecture or the 
affertions of a writer, who has the ridi- 
culous hardihood to fay, that “ the French 
are, and have been ever fince the revolu- 
tion, poltroons and daftards??? What 
babies muft have been the innumerable 
legions whom they \ have difcomfitted ! 
whom thefe poltroons and daftards have 
humbled to the very duft? A duodecimo 
{quib of three and twenty pages, called 
“* Unite or Fall,” is faid to be the pro- 
duétion of the Earl of CarLisLe; but 
we give not eafy credit to futh flanderous 
reports: it is fcarcely poffible that his” 
lordfhip, an intelligent ftatefman, fhould 
have committed himfelf fo rafhly as to, 
write fuch a flimfy and unlaboured pam- 
phlet. From thefe bagatelles, we tura 
to a work of more celebrity. M. Du- 
MOURIEZ, °° Fable Speculatif de P Eu- 
rope,” has been tranflated into Eng- 
lith. The general, in this fpeculative 
view of Europe, evinces confijerable ta- 
lents and extenfive information: in dif- 
ferent chapters, the political fituation is 
confidered of Auftria, Pruffia, the Ger- 
man empire, Switzerland, Utaly, Turkey, 
Ruflia, Sweden, Denmark, and England. 
The proje& of invading this ifland, Du- 
MOURIEZ thinks, is not to be regarded 
as chimericali; and, in order “‘ not to 
conquer, but to force France to return 
to its conftitutional principle,” a new 
coalition, he fays, ought to be formed 
by all the powers of Europe. ‘ ‘This 
coniederacy fhould annul every thing that 
has been achieved at Raftadt ; it fhould 
abloiutely oppofe the defcent on Eng- 
land, cither by aCtual interpofiticn, or by 
war: it fhould impole on the belligerent 
powers a rigorous armiftice, and attack 
the party that refufes compliance.’’ ‘The 
tranflation has appeared of a letter from 
the original of M. Maturr pu Pan, 
dated ¢ Frontiers of Switzerland, March 
20, 1798, giving * A fort Account of the 
Invahon of that Country.” It is writ- 
ten very intemperately; but, with Mat- 
fTalf-yearly Retrofpedét of Domeftic Literature. 
7 
LET Du Pan’s feelings, intemperance 
is fomewhat excufable. We were not 
more furprifed that private letters from 
one individual to another, found on 
board a prize fhip, fhould be publifhed, 
apparently by authority, than that the 
fentiments of thofe letters fhould be made 
ground of accufation againft the perfor 
to whom they were written, and againft 
all thofe whofe names were cafually in- 
troduced by the writer. ‘The pamphlet 
entitled * Copies of Letters, recently vorit- 
ten by Mr. Stone at Paris, to Dr. Priefiley 
im America, taken on board a neutral vef- 
fei,” has, however, in its illiberal and in- 
flammatory preface, aicribed all the fen- 
timents of Mir. Srone to Dr. Priest- 
LEY, and not only'to Dr. P: but to all 
his friends, and to the friends of reform 
generally in Great Britain! It would 
be an idle wafte of paper to add any re- 
marks on fuch a pofition. Mr. STONE’s 
fentiments at Paris, neither Dr. PRIEST- 
LEY in America, nor the friends of peace 
and reform here, had it in their power to 
controul; and arguing from the known: 
benevolence of Dr. PRIESTLEY’s cha- 
racter, we believe he will never rejoice 
that the calamities of a revolution fhould 
befal his native country, becaufe his ad- 
vice to reform the abufes of its civil 
and ecclefiaftical eftablifhments was not 
followed. Mr. GIFFORD, a _ gen- 
tleman of fome notoriety, has tranf- 
lated CAMILLE JORDAN’s “ Addrefs to 
his Conftituents on the Revolution of the 4ib 
of September, 1797, with the addition of 
a Preface and Notes. CAMILLE JOR- 
DAN, it is very well known, was one of 
thofe unfortunate members of the legif- 
lative body who were denounced as con- 
{pirators for the re-eftablifhment of roy-», 
alty, and banifhed from their country. 
The pretent addrefs is written in an ani- 
mated though declamatery fivies)) > he, 
tranflation-is moft likely faithful, and is 
executed with confiderable fpirit. Mr. 
GirFrorp has alfo publithed, *t 4 /hort 
Addrefs to the Members of the Royal Ajjo- 
ciations on ihe prefent State of Affairs.” 
He afferts, that he has received frem 
France three lifts of perfons whe are to 
be chofen-as direGtors fer England, Scot- 
land, and Ireland: the names of thefe 
perfons are publithed at full length. We 
make no obfervations on this cireum- 
ftance, becaufe we underftand that one 
of the perfons nominated (the Earl of | 
LAUDERDALE) has openly declared his 
intention of commencing a profecution 
again Mr. GirFrorpb for a libel. “ The 
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