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Tiuo Letters addressed to a Member of the present Parliament on the Proposals for Peace ivith the Regicide Direclory of Prance . By the Right Honourable Edmund Burke . 8 < _ J _ . pages i 83 . Price y . ( yd . Rivingtons . *~ TO attempt a regular Review of the contents of these Letters would be an impossible task , unless our iimits would allow us to make our comments at the same length with the . Letters themselves . The genius of Mr . Burke , which by some has been thought to have long since set , has now blazed

forth with redoubled splendour . Every sentence , in our opinion , is forcible and elegant ; and eveiy paragragh , a paragraph of argument and reason , well deserving the attention of every friend to his country , or the human race . In some of our eloquent Author ' s former productions , we have observed bis sensibility and imagination hurrying him into declamation ill suited to the dignity of the subject he had to discuss ; but here , he appeals only to our reason ; and , though be sometimes does it through the medium ,

of our feelings , it is only to give his arguments increased effect . After these short observations , we shall proceed to give from the first Letter an extract , which contains a brief analysis of its contents . ' Lamenting as I do , that the matter has not had so full and free-a discussion as it requires , I mean to omit none of the points which seem to me necessary for consideration , previous to an arrangement which is for ever tp decide the form and the fate of Europe . In the course , therefore , of what I

shall have the honour , to address to you , I propose the following questions to your serious , thoughts , i . Whether the present system , which stands for a governmenment in France , be such as in peace and war affects the nei ghbouring States in a manner different from the internal government that formerly prevailed in that country ? 2 . Whether that system , supposing its views hostile to other nations , possesses any means of being hurtful to thcrn peculiar to itself ? 3 . Whether there has been latelsuch a change in

y France , as to alter the nature of its system , or its effect upon other Powers ? 4 . Whether any public declarations or engagemements exist , on the part of the allied Powers , which stand in the way of a treaty of peace , which supposes the right , and confirms the power , of the Regicide faction in France ? 5 . What the state of the other Powers of Europe will be with respect to each other , and their colonies , on the conclusion of a Regicide Peace ? 6 . Whether we are driven to the absolute necessity of making that ldncl of

peace ?' In the second Letter , after a variety of comments on the conduct of Ministers during the war , Mr . Burke still further enforces his arguments against a Peace with the Republic of France ; and we think the following extract affords a summary of his reasonings . ' Material resources never have supplied , nor . ever can supply , the want of unity in design and constancy in pursuit . But unity in . design , and perseveranceand boldness in pursuithave never wanted resourcesand never

, , , will . We have not considered as we ought the dreadful energy of a State , in which the property has nothing to do with the Government . Reflect , my dear Sir , reflect again and again on a Government , in which the property is in complete subjection , and where nothing rules but the mind of desperate men . The condition of a commonwealth not governed by its property was a combination of things , which the learned and ingenious speculator Havvingtonwho was tossed about society r . ito all formsnsvar

, , could imagine to be possible ^ We have seen it ; the world has felt it ; and if the world will shut their eyes to this state of things , they Avill feel it more . , The rulers there have found their resources in crimes . The disco - very is dreadful : the mine . exhaustless . ¦ They have every thiry- to gain , and they have nothing to lose . [ TO BE CONCH : VIED IS OUR NEXT . ]

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TO READERS , CORRESPONDENTS , &c. Article 2
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, AND CABINET OF UNIVERSAL LITERATURE, Article 3
EXTRACT FROM THE RECORDS OF THE SWAN LODGE. Article 6
ACCOUNT OF THE PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA. Article 7
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CEREMONY OF OPENING WEARMOUTH BRIDGE; Article 10
HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF WILLIAM OF WYKEHAM. Article 21
ON THE CHARACTER AND VIRTUES OF THE FAIR SEX. Article 25
THE GENIUS OF LIBERTY. Article 28
SINGULAR ACCOUNT OF THE DEVIL's PEAK AND ELDEN HOLE, IN DERBYSHIRE. Article 30
CURIOUS ACCOUNT OF THE CHARACTERS, CUSTOMS, AND MANNERS, OF THE SAVAGES OF CAPE BRETON. Article 31
EXCERPTS ET COLLECTANEA. Article 34
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 38
LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 47
POETRY. Article 48
TRANSLATION Article 49
ALONZO THE BRAVE, AND FAIR IMOGINE. Article 50
TO HARMONY. Article 52
THE FAREWEL TO SUMMER. Article 53
REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Article 54
HOUSE OF COMMONS. Article 57
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 60
OBITUARY. Article 69
LIST OF BANKRUPTS. Article 73
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Review Of New Publications.

Tiuo Letters addressed to a Member of the present Parliament on the Proposals for Peace ivith the Regicide Direclory of Prance . By the Right Honourable Edmund Burke . 8 < _ J _ . pages i 83 . Price y . ( yd . Rivingtons . *~ TO attempt a regular Review of the contents of these Letters would be an impossible task , unless our iimits would allow us to make our comments at the same length with the . Letters themselves . The genius of Mr . Burke , which by some has been thought to have long since set , has now blazed

forth with redoubled splendour . Every sentence , in our opinion , is forcible and elegant ; and eveiy paragragh , a paragraph of argument and reason , well deserving the attention of every friend to his country , or the human race . In some of our eloquent Author ' s former productions , we have observed bis sensibility and imagination hurrying him into declamation ill suited to the dignity of the subject he had to discuss ; but here , he appeals only to our reason ; and , though be sometimes does it through the medium ,

of our feelings , it is only to give his arguments increased effect . After these short observations , we shall proceed to give from the first Letter an extract , which contains a brief analysis of its contents . ' Lamenting as I do , that the matter has not had so full and free-a discussion as it requires , I mean to omit none of the points which seem to me necessary for consideration , previous to an arrangement which is for ever tp decide the form and the fate of Europe . In the course , therefore , of what I

shall have the honour , to address to you , I propose the following questions to your serious , thoughts , i . Whether the present system , which stands for a governmenment in France , be such as in peace and war affects the nei ghbouring States in a manner different from the internal government that formerly prevailed in that country ? 2 . Whether that system , supposing its views hostile to other nations , possesses any means of being hurtful to thcrn peculiar to itself ? 3 . Whether there has been latelsuch a change in

y France , as to alter the nature of its system , or its effect upon other Powers ? 4 . Whether any public declarations or engagemements exist , on the part of the allied Powers , which stand in the way of a treaty of peace , which supposes the right , and confirms the power , of the Regicide faction in France ? 5 . What the state of the other Powers of Europe will be with respect to each other , and their colonies , on the conclusion of a Regicide Peace ? 6 . Whether we are driven to the absolute necessity of making that ldncl of

peace ?' In the second Letter , after a variety of comments on the conduct of Ministers during the war , Mr . Burke still further enforces his arguments against a Peace with the Republic of France ; and we think the following extract affords a summary of his reasonings . ' Material resources never have supplied , nor . ever can supply , the want of unity in design and constancy in pursuit . But unity in . design , and perseveranceand boldness in pursuithave never wanted resourcesand never

, , , will . We have not considered as we ought the dreadful energy of a State , in which the property has nothing to do with the Government . Reflect , my dear Sir , reflect again and again on a Government , in which the property is in complete subjection , and where nothing rules but the mind of desperate men . The condition of a commonwealth not governed by its property was a combination of things , which the learned and ingenious speculator Havvingtonwho was tossed about society r . ito all formsnsvar

, , could imagine to be possible ^ We have seen it ; the world has felt it ; and if the world will shut their eyes to this state of things , they Avill feel it more . , The rulers there have found their resources in crimes . The disco - very is dreadful : the mine . exhaustless . ¦ They have every thiry- to gain , and they have nothing to lose . [ TO BE CONCH : VIED IS OUR NEXT . ]

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