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compose it ; and notwithstanding the many disadvantages that women labour under , I am not afraid to say , that they have no cause whatever to be ashamed of the comparison . ' Should this Appeal be received with approbation , a second volume is pro . mised , consisting of a chapter on religion , one on politics , one on old maids , a short one of queries , and a recapitulation of the main subject of appeal . Sermons on different Occasionsand on praiTical Duties . Bthe Rev . Samuel
, y Hayes , A . M . formerly Usher of Westminster School . % vo . 5 / . Cadell & Co . MR . HAYES was a man of genius and learning , and his merit entitled him to several distinguished honours in the University of Cambridge . Upon the resignation of Dr . Smith , the late , and the preferment of Di . Vincent , the present Head Master of Westminster School , Mr . Hayes expected to have succeeded the latter in the place of Under Master , according to seniority , in the school of which he was then Head Usher . _ The late Dean ( D . - . Thomas )
raised Mr . since Dr . Wingfield to that situation . Mr . Hayes felt his hopes disappointed . His pride was hurt . He resigned in disgust , and withdrew from the school to Hammersmith , where he opened a private seminary . . Many of the sermons under consideration the writer of this article heard from the pulp it . They are written in an unaffected style , and upon practical topics . They are capable of exciting edification where it is dormant , and at once address the understanding and warm the heart . They were collected for the benefit of the Author ' s relict , and encouraged by the patronage of a few public and private friends .
J Raiid View of . the Overthrow of Switzerland . By an Eyi-Ifitness . Translated from the French , zs . 67 / . Rivington . FRENCH artifice and villainy are , in this pamphlet , fully depicted ; and the means by which the revolution in Switzerland was effected are laid open with force and perspicuity . < With Bern , ' says the intelligent writer , « Switzerland has fallen ; and ,
in the short space of a week , the perfidious machinations of the Directory have completed the ruin of " a peaceful and quiet nation , the happiness of which was the interesting result of the wisdom of many generations and ages . '
Remonstrance , addressed to the Executive Direfiory of the French Republic , against the Invasion of Switzerland . By John Casper Lavater , Reilor of ' lurid :. ivo . is . 6 d . Debrett . THE invasion of Switzerland by the French was an ait of injustice that admits of no palliation . If they are justified in revolutionizing governments which openly declared themselves against a system of aggrandizement , upon which the Republic has acted ; admitting even this ( b y far too much to be
admitted in favour of men who have abandoned every principle of good government and public faith ) , what can the French or their adherents alledge in extenuation of their profligate conduct towards the Swiss Cantons' ? Strict neutrality was no protection against the harpy grasp of French power , and 1 peop le who had accustomed themselves to the utmost violations of justice felt no reluctance in disturbing a community , whose happiness they first undermined , and then , at one stroke , superseded it altogether , by the introduction of misery . The name of Lavater is too well known to be dwelt upon . Of his character , as drawn by travellers in Switzerland , we have the most amiable
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Review Of New Publications .
compose it ; and notwithstanding the many disadvantages that women labour under , I am not afraid to say , that they have no cause whatever to be ashamed of the comparison . ' Should this Appeal be received with approbation , a second volume is pro . mised , consisting of a chapter on religion , one on politics , one on old maids , a short one of queries , and a recapitulation of the main subject of appeal . Sermons on different Occasionsand on praiTical Duties . Bthe Rev . Samuel
, y Hayes , A . M . formerly Usher of Westminster School . % vo . 5 / . Cadell & Co . MR . HAYES was a man of genius and learning , and his merit entitled him to several distinguished honours in the University of Cambridge . Upon the resignation of Dr . Smith , the late , and the preferment of Di . Vincent , the present Head Master of Westminster School , Mr . Hayes expected to have succeeded the latter in the place of Under Master , according to seniority , in the school of which he was then Head Usher . _ The late Dean ( D . - . Thomas )
raised Mr . since Dr . Wingfield to that situation . Mr . Hayes felt his hopes disappointed . His pride was hurt . He resigned in disgust , and withdrew from the school to Hammersmith , where he opened a private seminary . . Many of the sermons under consideration the writer of this article heard from the pulp it . They are written in an unaffected style , and upon practical topics . They are capable of exciting edification where it is dormant , and at once address the understanding and warm the heart . They were collected for the benefit of the Author ' s relict , and encouraged by the patronage of a few public and private friends .
J Raiid View of . the Overthrow of Switzerland . By an Eyi-Ifitness . Translated from the French , zs . 67 / . Rivington . FRENCH artifice and villainy are , in this pamphlet , fully depicted ; and the means by which the revolution in Switzerland was effected are laid open with force and perspicuity . < With Bern , ' says the intelligent writer , « Switzerland has fallen ; and ,
in the short space of a week , the perfidious machinations of the Directory have completed the ruin of " a peaceful and quiet nation , the happiness of which was the interesting result of the wisdom of many generations and ages . '
Remonstrance , addressed to the Executive Direfiory of the French Republic , against the Invasion of Switzerland . By John Casper Lavater , Reilor of ' lurid :. ivo . is . 6 d . Debrett . THE invasion of Switzerland by the French was an ait of injustice that admits of no palliation . If they are justified in revolutionizing governments which openly declared themselves against a system of aggrandizement , upon which the Republic has acted ; admitting even this ( b y far too much to be
admitted in favour of men who have abandoned every principle of good government and public faith ) , what can the French or their adherents alledge in extenuation of their profligate conduct towards the Swiss Cantons' ? Strict neutrality was no protection against the harpy grasp of French power , and 1 peop le who had accustomed themselves to the utmost violations of justice felt no reluctance in disturbing a community , whose happiness they first undermined , and then , at one stroke , superseded it altogether , by the introduction of misery . The name of Lavater is too well known to be dwelt upon . Of his character , as drawn by travellers in Switzerland , we have the most amiable