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His third Memorial , written in the close of 179-5 , attacks the mode in ¦ which the war had been carried on , and censures the allied powers for not explicitly declaring that their ' s was a war against J . icobinism , and for the ree _ tab ! ishment of order , religion and virtue . He intimates that the object of the ...-. veral allied powers , from their conduit , was manifestl y private aggrandizement , more than the support of legitimate government against Jacobinism . He is vehement in his censure of the several powers for not lead to

giving a greater what he here calls the Christian royalists : and here and elsewhere the Moral France , viz . the emigrant princes , & c . Of the internal state of France he gives a very glowing picture , from Which we should make quotations , if it were not similar in scope and tenour to many passages to be found in his writings on French affairs , especially in his Thoughts on a Regicide Peace . These Memorials , like every thino- that Mr . Burke wrotedisplay extraordinary geniusand the most extensive

, very , knowledge . As Memorials on French Affairs , at periods now passed , and in circumstances now changed , we do not think their publication was necessary But whatever Burke wrote , even should it have no great use as to its protested object , contains many observations of the most expanded general wisdom . ° _ -

~ ' F * X" Lcttm ° " t , le CondMt of our Domestic Parties , ivith regard to French Politics ; including ' Observations on tbe Conduct af the Minority , in the Session of 1793 . ' By tbe late Ri ght Honourable Edmund Burke . $ < vo . 3 s . Rivingtons . THE first of these Letters is published ns the genuine edition of tha :, of which a surreptitious copy was given to the public last spring and afterwards , by an injunction of Chancery , prohibited to be sold . In the preface written by the editors there is alerter from Mr . Burke , dated'from Bath , expressing his displeasure and regret that the Letter had been published , but avowing the sentiments it contained .

it is an attack upon the political conduct of Mr . Fox , principally ; next to him , Mr . Sheridan ; and also of the leading men of the party . " The charges against Mr .. Fox resolve themselves into three general heads ist Sending an ambassador to Russia . ,. dly , Not shewing , sufficient deference ' tor the opinions of the Duke of Portland , Lord FitzwiUiam , and other noblemen , whom Burke calls the heads of tlie party . 3 dly , Approviii" - of the French revolution , and of societies in England desirous of a reform ' ia parliamentand of the with

, disapproving war France . These charges have nothing new in them . The first was often repeated in the ministerial newspapers , but never supported by proof As to the second , neither the Duke of Portland nor Lord FitzwiUiam could be the heads of anyparty of which Mr . Fox was a member ; and if they had , such deference could not be requisite from ( to use Mr . Burke ' s own words ) < freemen mid gentlemen' to leadersas to impl complete sacrifice of inion

any , y a op . As to the 3 d , Mr . Fox ' s speeches , and the whole tenour of his conduct , avow ins opinion that the French revolution was in the first instance ri ° hr that war with France was wrong , and that a reform is necessary . Whether the sentiments of Fox on these heads be well or ill founded , is a matter of " political discussion , not of literary criticism . There is certainl y no novelty 111 the charges , as they have been made very often both in aud out of Parliament 5 . and no new arguments are here adduced Indeed respecting

. none of the other members of Opposition is any thing brought forward winch had not been advanced before . The professed object of the Letter is to give a view of the conduct of domestic parties . The reader will find nothing illustrative ot that conduct which he has not seen beforev Relatively , therefore , to the professed object , no new li ght is derived from the publication of

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REFLECTIONS ON THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE YEAR M,DCC,XCVIII. Article 7
AN HISTORICAL ESSAY ON LONGEVITY. Article 10
A RETROSPECTIVE VIEW OF THE LITERATURE OF THE YEAR 1797. Article 13
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COMPARISON BETIVEEN THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS IN SCIENCE AND LITERATURE. Article 19
DESCRIPTION OF CANADA. Article 21
FURTHER MEMOIR OF JOHN WILKES. Article 24
ACCOUNT OF THE GRAND SEIGNOR, SULTAN SELIM III. Article 30
THE COLLECTOR. Article 32
THE FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY. Article 38
SYMBOLIC MASONRY. Article 41
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REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 43
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PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 55
REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Article 58
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His third Memorial , written in the close of 179-5 , attacks the mode in ¦ which the war had been carried on , and censures the allied powers for not explicitly declaring that their ' s was a war against J . icobinism , and for the ree _ tab ! ishment of order , religion and virtue . He intimates that the object of the ...-. veral allied powers , from their conduit , was manifestl y private aggrandizement , more than the support of legitimate government against Jacobinism . He is vehement in his censure of the several powers for not lead to

giving a greater what he here calls the Christian royalists : and here and elsewhere the Moral France , viz . the emigrant princes , & c . Of the internal state of France he gives a very glowing picture , from Which we should make quotations , if it were not similar in scope and tenour to many passages to be found in his writings on French affairs , especially in his Thoughts on a Regicide Peace . These Memorials , like every thino- that Mr . Burke wrotedisplay extraordinary geniusand the most extensive

, very , knowledge . As Memorials on French Affairs , at periods now passed , and in circumstances now changed , we do not think their publication was necessary But whatever Burke wrote , even should it have no great use as to its protested object , contains many observations of the most expanded general wisdom . ° _ -

~ ' F * X" Lcttm ° " t , le CondMt of our Domestic Parties , ivith regard to French Politics ; including ' Observations on tbe Conduct af the Minority , in the Session of 1793 . ' By tbe late Ri ght Honourable Edmund Burke . $ < vo . 3 s . Rivingtons . THE first of these Letters is published ns the genuine edition of tha :, of which a surreptitious copy was given to the public last spring and afterwards , by an injunction of Chancery , prohibited to be sold . In the preface written by the editors there is alerter from Mr . Burke , dated'from Bath , expressing his displeasure and regret that the Letter had been published , but avowing the sentiments it contained .

it is an attack upon the political conduct of Mr . Fox , principally ; next to him , Mr . Sheridan ; and also of the leading men of the party . " The charges against Mr .. Fox resolve themselves into three general heads ist Sending an ambassador to Russia . ,. dly , Not shewing , sufficient deference ' tor the opinions of the Duke of Portland , Lord FitzwiUiam , and other noblemen , whom Burke calls the heads of tlie party . 3 dly , Approviii" - of the French revolution , and of societies in England desirous of a reform ' ia parliamentand of the with

, disapproving war France . These charges have nothing new in them . The first was often repeated in the ministerial newspapers , but never supported by proof As to the second , neither the Duke of Portland nor Lord FitzwiUiam could be the heads of anyparty of which Mr . Fox was a member ; and if they had , such deference could not be requisite from ( to use Mr . Burke ' s own words ) < freemen mid gentlemen' to leadersas to impl complete sacrifice of inion

any , y a op . As to the 3 d , Mr . Fox ' s speeches , and the whole tenour of his conduct , avow ins opinion that the French revolution was in the first instance ri ° hr that war with France was wrong , and that a reform is necessary . Whether the sentiments of Fox on these heads be well or ill founded , is a matter of " political discussion , not of literary criticism . There is certainl y no novelty 111 the charges , as they have been made very often both in aud out of Parliament 5 . and no new arguments are here adduced Indeed respecting

. none of the other members of Opposition is any thing brought forward winch had not been advanced before . The professed object of the Letter is to give a view of the conduct of domestic parties . The reader will find nothing illustrative ot that conduct which he has not seen beforev Relatively , therefore , to the professed object , no new li ght is derived from the publication of

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