PAGE.

the Union. With an Index. By Sir HENRY PAR-

NELL, Bart. M. P. [New Edition, corrected for the

Pamphleteer exclusively.].....

185

VI. Observations on the present State of the Police of

the METROPOLIS. By GEORGE B. MAINWARING,

Esq. Second Edition, printed exclusively in the Pame

PALETBER. [Concluded from No. XXXV111.)
(

211

VII. The ELECTOR'S REMEMBRANCER; or, a Guide to

Vores of each MEMBER of the House of Com-

MONS, for the first two Sessions of the present

Parliament. With Observations on the Conduct and

Speeches of various Members.. No l. (To be continued

at the close of every succeeding Session.) .......... 233

CONTENTS OF NO. XXXVIII.

1. Letters of the Emperor Joseph II., written to some of the most dis-

tinguished Characters of his time. [Now first translated from the German,

exclusively for the Pamphleteer.]

II. A Charge delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Llandafi, at the

Primary Visitation in August, 1821. By William, Lord Bishop of Llandaff.

III. Anticipation : containing the substance of His Majesty's Speech to

both Houses of Parliament, on the approaching Session; together with a

full

and authentic account of the Debate which will take place in the House

of Commons, on the motion for the Address, and the Amendment. With

Notes. By Richard Tickell, Esq. London: printed 1778.

IV. A Letter of Expostulation to Lord Byron, on his present Pursuits ;

with Animadversions on his Writings, and absence from his Country in the

hour of danger. [Original.]

V. Vindicia Britannicæ.-A Vindication of the People from the charge

of Blasphemy, and a Defence of the Freedom of the Press.

VI. On the tendency of the Education Bill to Degrade Grammar

Schools ; and the importance of preserving the Classical Discipline of their

Founders. By Vicesimus Knox, D. D. [New Edition, with Alterations.)

VII. On the interests of the Church of England. By R. V. Second Edition.

VIII. The Return to Nature; or, a Defence of the Vegetable Regimen:

with some account of an experiment made during three or four years in the
Author's Family. By John Frank Newton, Esq.

IX. Observations on the present State of the Police of the Metropolis.

By George B. Mainwaring, Esq. Second Edition, printed exclusively in the

Pamphleteer.

CONTENTS OF NO. XL.

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I. Thoughts on the Present System of ACADEMIC

EDUCATION in the University of CAMBRIDGE.

By EUBULUS

201

II. A Letter to the Right Reverend John, LORD BISHOP

or Bristol, respecting an ADDITIONAL EXAMI-

NATION of Students in the University of CAM-

BRIDGE, and the different Plans proposed for that

purpose. By PHILOGRANTUS .....

.. 311

III. A Letter to PHILOGRANTUS, by EUBULUS: being

a Sequel to a PAMPALET, entitled Thoughts on the

PRESENT SYSTEM of ACADEMIC EDUCATION

in the University of CAMBRIDGE

• 343

IV. A CHARGE, delivered by the Right Reverend Dr.

JOHN KAYE, LORD BISHOP OF BRISTOL, at

his PRIMARY VISITATION of that Diocese, in Au-

gust, 1821 ....

• 357

V. A LETTER to the Rev. W. L. Bowles, in Reply to

his Letter to Thomas CAMPBELL, Esq. and to

his two Letters to the Right Hon. Lord BYRON;

containing a Vindication of their Defence of the PoE-

TICAL CHARACTER of Pope, and an Inquiry into

the nature of Poetical Images, and of the characteris-

tic qualities that distiuguish Poetry from all other
species of Writing. By M. M'DE'RMOT. [Concluded

from No: 59.] ..

385

VI. The Return to NATURE; or, a Defence of the

VEGETABLE REGIMEN ; with some account of an

experiment made during three or four years in the

Author's Family. By John FRANK Newton, Esq.

(Concluded from No. 39.]

411

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VII. A History of the Penal Laws against the Irish

Catholics; from the Treaty of Limerick to

the Union. With an Index. By Sir HENRY PAR-

Nell, Bart. M. P. [New Edition, corrected for the

Pamphleteer exclusively ]

431

VIII. WHAT ARE Riches! or, An Examination of the

Definitions of this subject given by modern Economists.

By Sir EGERTON BRYDGES, Bart.

479

IX. A PRACTICAL SCHEME for the Reduction of the

PUBLIC Debt and TAXATION, without individual

sacrifice. By JONATHAN Wilks

499

X. XI.& XII. Letters to Mr.T. CAMPBELL, as far as regards

POETICAL CRITICISM, &c. &c., and the ANSWER

to the Writer in the QUARTERLY Review, as far as

they relate to the same subjects. Second Editions.

Together with an Answer to some objections; and

further Illustrations. By the Rev. W. L. Bowles 529

CONTENTS OF NO. XXXIX.

I. ELECTOR'S REMEMBRANCER, or a Guide to the Votes of each
Member of the House of Cominons, in the present Parliament. Giving an
account of the particular conduct of each Member; with general Observa-
tions, &c. &c. A similar work is published in France, and is of great utility.

II. The Exposé of the Present Administration, in a Pamphlet intitled The
State of the Nation in 1822. Under the Four Departments-Finance, Fo-
reign Relations, FIome Department, Colonies, &c.

III. Mainwaring on the State of the Police.

IV. A Defence of the Vegetable Regimen, showing that we were not born
to eat Animal Food, &c.

V. Heathfield on the Debt, Agriculture, &c.

VI. Sir H. Parnell's History of the Penal Laws against the Catholics, to
the Union, [Out of Print.]

VII. On the Controversy between Lord Byron and Mr. Bowles, relative to
Pope and Poetry.

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STATE OF THE NATION,

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The purport of the following observations is to take a general review of the state of public affairs, from the period of the late treaties to the commencement of the

year

1822. The circumstances which compose this review have not, as yet, been produced to the public with sufficient fulness and distinctness. If some of the matters have been touched upon, and even discussed in parliament, in answer to the observations of the opponents of his Majesty's ministers, they have been discussed only as single measures, and without any reference to their coherence with the system of administration of which they formed a part.

The ministers of a free and high-minded country cannot be without a due feeling of the value of public character. They know, that in public station, still more than in private life, a good name is connected with the due and effective performance of duties; that character is influence, and that influence is power; that power from influence will extend its operation, where power from law and positive authority cannot reach ; and that the goodwill of the people towards government, has in all ages proved the readiest means

of an effective administration. Under these considerations, his Majesty's ministers for themselves, and their friends for them, must naturally desire to stand well in public opinion. They desire it for themselves, and they desire it for the country. For themselves, they must feel that they deserve public confidence for a conscientious and effective discharge of their duties: for the country, they must desire, and desire most anxiously, that a general feeling for the public good, and a general persuasion that the