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dant incod, pike, plaice and various other 
fh. 
© A Treatife onthe Fundions and Du- 
ties of a Conjiable; caniaining Details aud 
Obfervaitns interefiing to ibe Public, as 
they relate to the Corrupticn af Morals and 
‘the ProteGion of the Peaceful Subjeé agaiaft 
Penal and Crimtaal Offences. By ?. COu- 
QUHOUN, Eiq. Lal. Dd. Ge... Weare 
happy to remark that this very vigilant 
magiitrate perfeveres in his efforts to a- 
waken the public toa fenfe of the necef-. 
fity of improving the p lice, not. merely 
of the metropolis but of the country at 
large. The prefent treatile affords to the 
inferior police-officer, a biief and accurate 
explanation of the nature of his office and 
the bounds of his power. The arrange- 
ment is particularly convenient for contul- 
tation on the quickeft emergencies. 
<< 4 Letter addreffed to the Citizens of 
London and Wiftminficr, fuggefiing. im. 
provements in the Police :. congenial with 
ihe principles of Freedom and ihe Cou/it- 
tufion.. By F. COLPITTS.” 
The plaii of Mr. Colpitts is to difmifs 
the prefent race of police officers, or run- 
ners, as they are called, and to place the 
police in the hands of the citizens at large ; 
all the refpe€tabie inhabitants being obliged 
to take the ating part by rotation, and to 
extend a vigilant eye to the conduct of 
every individual, in every diftrit, by vilit- 
ins each houle as foon as indued ‘into 
effice! We have heard it withed that every 
citizen fhouid be a foldier, as well as every 
foldier a citizen; but the idea is quite new 
of making every citizen a confiasle! Mr. 
Colpitts adviles aifo that pawnbrokers 
fhould be required by law to deliver to the 
police-oficer of the diftrict, once a week, 
triplicaies of every article taken in piedge 
by them; and he would alfo oblige coal- 
dealers to carry with them, on the delivery 
of coals, a legal meafure, properly itamped. 
Such hints are worthy of attention. 
“© An Enguiry into the Caufes and Ef- 
fecis of Emizration from the Highlands 
and Weflera Ilands of Scotland, with Ob- 
Cee 6a the meaus to be extplayed for 
Preyenting it, by ALEXANDER IRVINE, 
Minifier of Rawvock.” 
This is a well intentioned pampilet, 
and the fubieét to which tt calls our atten- 
tion is doubtlefs an important one; but 
there is fucti a fingular inconfifency in the 
fiatements of Mr. Irvine, that we [carcely 
difcern the objeét he has in view. 
ferts in one place that there are fome parts 
of the Higilands where population has di- 
minifned cne-fourth within thefe ten or 
twelve years, and where this depopulation 
He a- | 
Retrofpeet of Doméftic Literaiure.— Politics, ec. ec. 
is feverely felt: it is faid that, laft year, 
upwards of five thoufand people emi rated. 
to America, and that this year (1802) four. 
thoufand, or more, are about to follows 
This is ‘extremely alarming: but in ano- , 
ther part of his pamphlet Mr. Irvine af- 
ferts *¢ that the Highlands are more popu- 
Jous now than they were a hundred years 
ago, and are /till rapidly increafing! Xt is 
alfo hintec that emigration may partly be. 
the caufe of this rapid increafe. That a 
fudden and numerous emigration, fhould- 
produce an increafed populoufnefs ia the 
coun'ry from. which the tide is ebbed is” 
very conceivable. Emigratien, by diminishe 
ing the confumpticn of provifions, increafes, 
the quantity of them ; and abundance of 
provifions promotes population: but as. 
this 1s one of thofe cafes in which the effe& 
continues after the caufe has ceafed ta. 
operate, population will for a time proceed - 
from the momentum, as it were, of the fir 
impulte, alchough the quantity of provi-_ 
fions is infufficient for its proper fupporte 
But how should ©‘ this depopulation be fe-> 
verely felt,” if the Highlands are more po- 
pulous now than they were a nundred years - 
ago, and are {till rapidly increafing? Mr. ~ 
Irvine does not ftop here: he proceeds to. 
ftate that ** no country upon the face of 
the earth has rifen fo rapidly in the fcale. 
of improvement, nor attained eminence 
through fuch difficulties. In the fpace of 
fifty years, the value of property bas rifen 
to a pitch unexampled in the hiftory of any 
mountainous country. The price of la-, 
bour has kept pace with it. Money has 
increa‘ed In proportion, and, comparatively 
fpeaking, affluence fhines now, where for- _ 
merly penury and forrow hung their heads 
in darknels.”” This isa very fidgular and 
unaccountable reafon for alarm! and why 
Mr. Irvine is defirous of preventing a de-_ 
population. which makes that moft favour- - 
ed province, as he calls the Highlands, . 
moire populous ; which makes affluence 
fhine now where formerly penury and for- , 
tow hung their heads in darknefs; and 
whictr has made it rife more rapidly in the- 
feale of improvement than any country- 
upon the face of the earth, we are utterly 
ata lofs fo imagine. ; 
“< Review of Public Affairs fince the 
commencement of the prefent Century. 
The object of the author is to vindicate 
minifiers in concluding peace with France. _ 
There can be no doubt as to the wildom 
of the meafure: ‘* So fhaken as we weres 
fo wan with care,” repoie was neceflarys 
and to objeét again the terms of the treaty _ 
of Amiens, as infufficientsand deregatorys 
thews a queruloufnefs of temper which it, 
i would 
