they have of late, as fire is from water, and that for the good and peace of most men. The Middlesex petition was delivered (on which the fuccefs of all the other petitions depends) on Wednesday, May 24, 1769, at one o'clock in the afternoon, and the lord-mayor delivered the petition of the livery of London on the 5th of July following, the pofition of the Heavens at that time being very fignificant. Nor am I without hope but that the month of February will afford the freeholders of England fome relief, fo that they may enjoy their antient rights of election, because Mercury, when the petition was delivered, wanted ten degrees of the body of Venus, which gives ten months in time from that time; for Mercury, who reprefents the freeholders of Middlefex, as likewife the fupporters of the bill of rights, is powerful, and very strong.' Aye! aye! let us, by all means, have The Middlefex Almanac. NOVEL S. Art. 23. The Fool of Quality: or, The Hiftory of Henry Earl of Moreland. By Mr. Brooke. Vol. IV. 12mo. 3s. Johafton. 1769. We have already given our fentiments in relation to this very fingular novel; and have only now to add, that the work is not yet compleated, nor the hero yet conducted quite up to manhood. The following advertisement appears at the end of the prefent volume :It was originally propofed, fays the Author, to have comprized this grown fo upon the Writer, work in four volumes; but the matter has that he finds himself under a neceflity of taking more room.-As to what remains, though it relates almost entirely to the hero of the tale, it is hoped, that the excefs will not be unacceptable; and that the circumstances of his fettlement in life will be found as interesting as thofe of his entrance into it.' • See Review, vol. xxxv. p. 145, 286, 346, and vol. xxxix. p. 410 POETICA L. Art. 24. Songs, Choruffes, &c. which are introduced in the new Entertainment of The Jubilee, at the Theatre Royal, in Drury-Lane. 8vo. 6 d. Becket. Ufeful at the play-house, to those who wish to know what the fingers are faying. Art. 25. The Ode on dedicating a Building, and erecting a Statue to Le Juftice to the merit of an humorous parody obliges us to make this acknowledgment, although we do not hold Mr. Garrick's per formance formance in fuch light estimation as his ingenious Ridiculer feems to do: and, moreover, with Lord Shaftesbury's good leave, ridicule is not always the test of truth. DRAMATIC. Art, 26. Love and Innocence, a paftoral Serenata. As performed at Marybone Gardens. Set to Mufic by Mr. Hook. 8vo. 1 s. Becket. Very well, indeed, for Marybone Gardens! Art. 27. The Patriot: a Tragedy. By W. Harrod. 8vo. 2 s. Bingley, &c. A very difmal tragedy indeed !—It has been objected that this W. Harrod cannot write even common English-May be fo, Gentlemen ; but he can' gun, drum, trumpet, blunderbus, and thunder' with the best of ye. 8vo. 6 d. Art. 28. The Political Conteft; being a Continuation of Junius's Letters, from the 6th of July, to the present Time. Newbery. This fecond part was published at the close of the laft month, (September) and includes Dr. B-n's poftfcript on Mr. Wilkes's expulfion, with the reply of Junius; alfo Sir William Draper's letter, occafioned by the publication of the first part of this collection, and Junius's anfwer. • See Review for July last, p. 79. Art. 29. A Collection of the Letters of Atticus, Lucius, Junius, and others. With Observations and Notes. 8vo. 2s. 6d. Almon. 1769. This Collection commences with the first Letter of Atticus, on the Situation of Public Affairs, dated August 1768; and ends with that of Junius, to the Duke of B, Sept. 18, 1769. Luckily for the reputation of the laft-named ingenious writer, it does not extend to his unfortunate letter, of a fubfequent date, on the affair of General Ganfel. Art. 30. A Mirror for the Maltitude; or, Wilkes no Patriot. 8vo. The Author's view is to correct and restrain the exceffes of popular prejudice and frenzy. He is very fevere on the character and conduct, both public and private, of Mr. Wilkes; whom he confiders as, in every respect, one of the moft worthlefs of human beings. He has many juft fentiments of patriotifm, national unanimity, and public order; but he is not an elegant writer. Art. 31. Art. 31. Dr. Mufgrave's Reply to a Letter published in the News-papers by the Chevalier D'Eon: 8vo. I S. Wilkie. This controverfy properly belongs to the Chronicles of news and the Evening Posts, in which it took its rife. We fhall, therefore, only obferve, that although Dr. Mufgrave acquits himself well, as a man of letters, yet he does not appear to be a very deep politician. His propofal for refcinding the vote of the late house of commons, in favour of the peace, is an extraordinary one, indeed! Art. 32. We have here authentic documents from whence to form a competent judgment of the late difputes between the governor on the one part, and the council of the province on the other, in regard to the providing quarters for the king's troops, fent to Bofton, to protect the officers of the revenue.-In our opinion, the gentlemen of the council have greatly the advantage over the governor and the general, with refpect to the folidity and force of the arguments ufed by them, in the courfe of the controverfy; and have completely vindicated themselves from the charges brought against them by the officers of the crown, in their letters to Lord Hillsborough, This pamphlet was first published, by authority, at Boston, and has been reprinted in London, as above. EAST-INDIES. Art. 33. A Letter to the Proprietors of Eaft-India Stock, containing a brief Relation of the Negociations with Government, from the Year 1767, to the prefent Time, refpecting the Company's Acquifitions in India: together with fome Confiderations on the principal Plans for adjusting the Matters in Difpute which have been difcuffed in the general Court of Proprietors. 8vo. I S. White. Many fenfible and pertinent remarks are to be found in this tract; the Author of which is particularly fevere on the impatience of the partizans for dividend. SERM O N. The Univerfal Character of Departed Saints,-occasioned by the Death of Mrs. Rebecca Cox, who departed this Life, September 19, 1769; and of others, lately deceased. By Benjamin Wallin. Buckland, &c. THE MONTHLY REVIEW, For NOVEMBER, 1769. Obfervations on the Correspondence between Poetry and Mufic. By the Author of An Enquiry into the Beauties of Painting. Small 8vo. 3s. Dodley, &c. 1769. R. Webb, the ingenious Author of this work, obferves, MR very generally felt and acknowledged, yet we find ourselves em- To folve this difficulty, the Author fuppofes, that both paffion and found act by fucceffive impreffions. As we have,' fays he, no direct nor immediate knowledge of the mechanical operations of the paffions, we endeavour to form fome conception of them from the manner in which we find ourselves affected by them: thus we fay, that love foftens, melts, infinuates; anger quickens, ftimulates, inflames; pride expands, exalts; forrow dejects, relaxes: of all which ideas we are to obferve, that they are different modifications of motion, fo applied, as beft to correfpond with our feelings of each particular paffion. From whence, as well as from their known and vifible effects, there is just reason to prefume, that the paffions, according to their feveral natures, do produce certain proper and diftinctive motions in the most refined and fubtle parts of the human body. What these parts are, where placed, or how fitted to receive and propagate thefe motions, are points which I fhall not inquire into. It is fufficient for my purpose to have it admitted, that fome fuch parts muft exift in the human machine: however, as in our pursuits after knowledge, it is dif couraging to be reminded every moment of our ignorance, I fhall take advantage of the received opinion touching this matter, and affign the functions in queftion to the nerves and fpirits. We are then to take it for granted, that the mind, under VOL. XLI. particular Y particular affections, excites certain vibrations in the nerves, and impreffes certain movements on the animal spirits. . I fhall fuppofe, that it is in the nature of music to excite fimilar vibrations, to communicate fimilar movements to the nerves and fpirits. For, if mufic owes its being to motion, and, if paffion cannot well be conceived to exift without it, we have a right to conclude, that the agreement of mufic with paffion can have no other origin than a coincidence of movements.' So that when mufical founds produce the fame fenfations with particular paffions, the Author fuppofes them to excite fimilar vibrations in the nerves, and imprefs fimilar movements on the animal fpirits; and in that cafe, he fays, the mufic is in unifon with the paffion. But as mufic produces effects fimilar to those of paffion merely by exalting, dilating, or depreffing the fpirits, it cannot of itfelf fpecify any particular paffion: the movements of each clafs must be in accord with all the paffions of that clafs; the tender melting tones, which may exprefs the paffion of love, will be equally in unifon with the collateral feelings of benevolence, friendship, and pity; but if eloquence co-operates with mufic, the impreffion common to a class is referred to a particular pasfion, and the mind is moved by two forces at once, correfponding movements being produced by the co-operation of found and fentiment. Poetry thus combines eloquence and mufic; verfe, confidered as mere found, operates like mufic, and, in a degree, dilates, fublimes, and depreffes; confidered as fentiment, it refers general impreffions to a particular paffion: tender tones, that are common to love, friendship, and pity, it refers exclufively to either. It seems to me,' fays the Author, that the pleasure which we receive from great and fublime images arifes from their being productive of fenfations fimilar to thofe which are excited by pride. Whether the fenfation fprings from a confcioufnefs of fuperiority in ourselves, or from the contemplation of greatness in external objects, we feel the fame enlargement of heart; our emotions are congenial, and their accords confonant.' This pofition, however, may well be queftioned; the pleafure which we receive from great and fublime images is frequently mixed with fear, humility, and awe; fenfations wholly diffimilar to thofe excited by pride. The Author obferves, that our paffions in general being derived from anger, pride, forrow and love, we may, by various combinations of the primary correfponding movements, exprefs almost every paffion: Thus,' fays he, pity will find its accord in an union of the movements of forrow and love, for there cannot be pity without benevolence, and benevolence di reЯted |