April 18 The lady of Wm. Wright, efq. of Watford, of a son.

The lady of Henry Peele, efq. of Dover, of a daughter.

26. The lady of Charles Cotton, efq. of New Burlington-ftreet, of a daughter.

28. The hon. Mrs. Magens Dorries, of Cavendish-fquare, of a daughter. 30. The lady of John Richardfon, efq. of Wimpole-ftreet, Cavendish-fquare, of a fon.

Mrs. Baillie, of Bedford-fquare, of a

fon.

MARRIAGES.

April 17. Thomas Rice, efq. of the horle-guards, to mifs Lowe, of Hampton Wick, Middlefex.

Charles Fry, efq. of Lincoln's Inn, to mifs Elrington.

James Lucas, efq. of Honiton, to mifs Smith.

William Elliott, efq. of Stobbs, North Britain, to mifs Ruffell.

Gilbert Jackfon, A. M. of Magdalen College, Oxford, to mifs Maria Pilford, of Effingham, Surrey.

Henry Grimes, efq. of Saffron Walden, to mifs Knight,

Charles Doyle, efq. of Bristol, to mifs Peltier.

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Charles Nafh, efq. of the Surrey. road, to mifs Beal.

Mr. Whinfield, rector of Battlefden, Bedfordshire, to miss Wrey.

Robert Prefton, efq. of Woodford, member for Dover, to mifs Brown, of Stockton.

Thomas Riddell, efq. of Swinburn Caftle, Northumberland, to mifs Salvin, of Croxdale, Durham.

24. The rev. archdeacon Verf choyle, to miss Walsh.

The rev. Arthur Lord, of Clonhelly, Ireland, to mifs Wolfe.

Robert Beatfon, efq. of Kilrie, to mifs Jean Campbell, of Roffend, Fifeshire. Thomas Harris, efq. of Maidenhead, to mifs Townley.

William Bridges, efq. of Southamp ton, to mifs Hopkins.

May 4 The rev. Ruffell Scott, of Portfmouth, to mifs Hawes of Buryftreet, St. Mary Axe.

The rev. R. Huntley, of Boxwell, Gloucestershire, to mifs Webfter.

George M. Macaulay, efq. of this city, to mifs Thud, of Blackheath.

5. Henry Harding Parker, efq. of Corke, to mifs Skottowę.

The hon. Henry Dillon, to mifs Trant.

William Peters, chaplain to the Pr. of Wales, to mifs Knowfley, of Thirsk, Yorkshire.

John Saufe, efq. of Liverpool, to mifs Alice Willock.

Mr. Hitch, rector of Wefterfield, Suffolk, to mifs Baker, of Brooke's Hall, near Ipfwich.

William Pritchard, efq. of Piccadilly, to mifs Wells.

Captain Fortefcue, of the Scotch Greys, to mifs Mounfey.

The rev. Rich Codrington, of Bathcafton-court, Somerfetfhire, to mifs J. Webber.

Thomas Major, efq. of Halifax, to mifs Stone.

Andrew Corbett, efq. of High Hatton, Cheshire, to mifs Taylor, of Lymme. Deane, efq. of Southampton, to Mifs Deane, of Reading.

George Thacker, efq. of Taunton, to mifs Proyle.

Edward

April 17. William Kilfon, efq. of Shephey, Devonshire. Nathaniel Forfter, D. D. rector of All Saints, Colcheter.

The lady of the late Thomas Leigh, efq. of Iver.

Mrs. Pingo, of Gray's-Inn-lane. Mifs Evelyn, of Felbridge, Surrey. Mifs Maria Bouverie, daughter of the hon. Bartholomew Bouverie.

Capt. Wm. Hamilton, of the navy. Lewis the Ninth, reigning landgrave of Hefle Darmstadt.

Lieut. col. Samuel Browne, of the 4th regiment of dragoons.

Benjamin Haultain, efq. of Weybridge, Surrey.

George Prescott, efq. of Theobald's Park, Herts.

Alexander Dean, efq. of Ipfwich. Mr. Corfield Clare, rector of Maddresfield and Alvechurch, Worcellerfhire.

Abraham Alves Correa, efq, of Bevis Marks.

David Bayford, of Hill-freet, Berkeley-fquare, M. D. and F. R. S.

James Leflie, efq. of Parliament

ftreet.

Mrs. Garnault, of Whitechapel. H. Pitt Sutton, efq. of Plymouth. Clack, efq. of Plymouth. efq. of Treay, county of Armagh. The lady of the late Jonathan Seavre,

David Stewart Moncrieffe, efq. a baron of the exchequer, in Scotland. Henry Leefon, efq. of Chesterfield. 25. James Montagu, efq. a master in chancery.

26. William Mitchell, efq. of Beaconsfield, Berks.

William Henry Benge, efq. of Lewes, Suffex.

Liverpool. May 2.

William Greaves, efq. of

6. Capt. Patrick Mouat, of the

navy.

efq. of Boyton-hall, Effex. The lady of Thacker Nightingale,

The rev. Martin Madan, of Epfora. William Cecil, efq. of Garden-court, Temple.

Mrs. Dunne, of Hatfield, Herts. Francis Maddifon, efq. of Higham Ferrers.

Mrs. Bentham, of Oxford.
Mrs. Hafkins, of Effenden, Herts.
Mifs Selina Thiftlethwaite, of Bromp-

ton.

dred, Bucks.

Major Taylor, fecond fon of the earl

of Bective.

James Darcy, efq. of Rockvale, in

THA

:

HAT there is nothing new under the fun, is an opinion which will, perhaps, be readily taken up by all who are deeply converfant with ancient history and by fuch, a conclufion will be drawn, that the prefent age has but few pretences to originality; that every virtue and every vice now exifting, may be traced in the earliest records of human manners, and that where we think ourselves moft juftified in the claim of original merit, we are but licking into fhape that which exifted from the beginning of the world, or polishing the diamond that has lain in the earth "fince the mountains were brought forth." But without examining too narrow ly into these opinions, which it was my prefent defign only to advert to, it feems at least fair to conclude, that if Solomon, who flourished in the thirtieth century of the world, were now alive in the eighteenth of the Chriftian æra, he would have the fame occafion to offer the obfervation which I have prefixed to this paper, as he had then. The "many

books" of his time, indeed, have been loft in the wreck of ages. Mcritorious as they may have been, they were trod under foot during that long night of intellectual darknefs that overfpread his nation and kingdom.

"Of making many books there is no end." How fit a motto for the prefent ftate of literature, when the prefs groans with voluminous labours, and bookfellers are adding warehoufe to warehouse to contain them! At no time, and in no country, do we find fo great a torrent of writings overflowing a nation as at prefent. Literary fame fills the breast with irresistible ardour, and we may fafely fay, that negligence is only in fault if " any flower now be born to blush unfeen, or waste its sweetness in the defert air." In every species of literature our books are increafing fo greatly, as to produce a degree of confufion from which a young pupil knows not how to extricate himself, or how to make a proper choice. For amidst fuch a number of books as are publifhed, can it be wondered if there are fome bad? Nay I am afraid that the number of good ones bears but a fmall proportion to thofe which are either intrinsically bad, or useless, or trifling.

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which