520 Retrolped? of Domeftic Literature....Topography and Antiquities. 
Sunday the gth of December, 1798, on 
the fubje& of the union : after a long and 
animated difcuffion it was refolved by avery 
great majority, ‘‘ That the meafure of a 
legiflative union of this kingdom (Ireland) 
and Great Britain is aa innovation, which. 
it would be highly dangerous and impro- 
per to propofe at the prefent junéture to 
the country.” 
But our readers will, perhaps, think 
that we have dwelt on Irifh politics long 
enough : it may be fo; but we have not 
enumerated half the pamphlets which 
have been written on them; we are not 
aware, however, that any have efcaped 
us, which, for acutenefs of argument or 
excellency of compofition, might be enti- 
tled to re{pect. ; 
Mr SPENCER’s Thoughts on an Union 
fhould be mentioned, however, as worthy 
of perufal: Mr. S. is of opinion that the 
profperity of Scotland, which is vaunted 
to have been the confequence of her union 
with England, is,rather to be attributed 
to the progrefs of national improvement 
throughout Europe, and to the tnduftry 
of her people. This opinion is not to be 
defpifed. ; 
TOPOGRAPHY AND ANTIQUITIES. 
The Rev. Mr. SHaw has publifned 
the firft volume of the Hiffory and Anti- 
guities of Stafordfbire, compiled from the 
manufcripts of Hurlback, Loxdale, Bi- 
fhop Lyttleton, &c. &c. The prefent 
volume of this very curious and valuable 
work contains the ancient and modern 
hiftory of twenty parifhes in the hundred 
of Offlow, arranged geographically, with 
an appendix of the moft curious charters, 
&e. It has a copious index, and is illuf- 
trated with fixty-two copper-plates. 
_Mr. Davip MacPHeErRson has now 
-€ firft publifhed,’ with notes, a gloffary, 
&c. De Oryginale Cronykil of Scotland, be 
Andrew of Wyntown, Priowr of Sand Serfis 
ynche Loch Levyne. Winton’s Chronicle 
will certainly be an ufeful addition to the 
library of the hiftorian, the lawyer, and 
the antiquarian. Mr. Macpherfon will 
receive their thanks: but his pedantry in 
making ‘ confufion worfe confounded,” 
and ob{curity more obfcure, by the affeét- 
ed introduétion of Saxon letters into the 
text, will expofe him to juft derifion, as 
will his plagiarifm from Mr, Pinkerton 
to equally juf reprehenfion. 
Mr. HINDERWELL’s Hiffory and An- 
ziquiites of Scarborough and its Vicinity, in 
addition to its intrinfic worth, is a valuva- 
ble work, as being the only hiftory that 
we recolleét of this fafhionable place : the 
views and plans are neat and well exe- 
cuted, and, both as to fiyle, and the are 
rangement of materials, the work is ex- 
tremely ref{peétable. 
The Rev. Dr. MILNER’s Differtation 
on the modern Style of altering Cathedrals, 
as exemplified in the Cathedral of Salifoury, 
is written with more warmth than feemed — 
neceffary for the occafion. Mr. WyatTT’s 
alterations in the cathedral of Salifoury 
have been the fubjeé& of very eager con- 
troverfy ; the admirers of that gentleman 
{peaking concerning them in terms of al- 
moft rapturous encomium, and the oppo- 
fite party treating them with a degree of 
_afperity and contempt no lefs extravagant. 
The chief accufation adduced in the pre- 
fent inftance is the defacement of the mo- 
nument of bifhop Poore, the founder of 
the church; a neat engraving of which 
monument is given in the tract. Such a 
violation does feem an aét almoft of un- 
hallowed rathnefs. 
Mr. DyDE has publifheda fecond edi- 
tion, with confiderable additions and cor-~ 
rections, of The Hiffory and Antiquities of 
Tewkefbury: to this inru@ive and enter- 
taining work are now given fome addie 
tional engravings of very refpeétable exe- 
cution. 
, Of the foliowing work, the title page 
is fo ample, that the tranfcription of it is 
fufficient. 
Specimens and Parts, containing a Hif- 
tory of the County of Keut, and a Differia- 
tion on the Laws from the Reign of Edward 
the Confeffor to Edward the Firft; of a To-— 
pographical, Cominercial, Civil, and Nau- 
tical Hiftory of South Britain, with its gra= 
dual and comparative Progrefs in Trade, 
Arts, Population, and Shipping, from authen= 
tic Documents, by Samuel Henfhal, Clerk, 
M.A. &c. It is with the greateft plea- 
fure that we affure our readers they will 
not be difappointed in their expedtation 
of a work which evinces the moft labo- 
rious refearch, and a very uncommon ac- 
quaintance with the early hiftory of our 
laws and policy. 
Mr. Moore, a fellow of the Anti- 
quarian Society, has publithed A Lif of 
the principai Caftles and Mouafteries in 
Great Britain. The counties are placed 
in alphabetical order; and fuch buildings as 
Mr. M. efteems to be particularly worth 
notice he has diftinguifhed by an afterifk. © 
Our author, from iketches of his own, has 
given two beautiful vignettes, one of Lin- 
disfarne cathedral, and one of Cawdor 
caftle: thefe fketches are executed with 
fo much elegance and fpirit, that we are 
forry Mr. Moore was not tempted to en<_ 
large the number of them. 
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