to military, hydraulic, and civil architecture, either under the direction of an extended department of the Royal Academy or otherwise, would meet that attention its importance deserves, is highly necessary, and that the present time, when his Royal Highness the Prince Regent has so graciously displayed his love for the fine arts in general, and architecture in particular, is the best calculated to obtain that important end;

That the new institution, of whatever nature it may be, should devote its whole attention to architecture, while the Royal Academy should continue to preside over all the arts;

That lectures on the mathematics, such branches of natural philosophy and practical science as are connected with architecture, are highly necessary, and that such lectures have never yet been delivered in any institution devoted to the fine arts; therefore such professorships should be provided for;

That a good library of books, on all subjects connected with the art, to be free, and easy of access, is much wanted;

That proper rooms and repositories may easily be formed so as to be contiguous to, and connected with, the Royal Academy, if necessary, in the centre of the vaults in Somerset Place, according to the plan projected by the late Professor Barry for a similar purpose;

That a good taste in architecture is of more consequence to the fame of a nation, than even in the other important arts of painting and sculpture; the architecture of Egypt, Greece, and Rome, being still in existence, attesting their greatness as nations, and showing both the excellence and decadence of art; but the works of their painters exist only in the page of the historian and poet. So that, if their ar

chitectural remains did not prove their ascendancy in one art, we could not have such reason to infer their superiority in the other;

That even since the year 1768, it has been customary for the Royal Academy to give annually a silver medal to the student in architecture, who should produce the best and most accurate delineation, with the dimensions placed thereon, of some given public building, but these drawings have always been returned to the students and a valuable collection of examples, as subjects of reference to the practical Architect, has thereby been lost. This objection may be removed for the future by adopting the contrary mode of carefully preserving them for reference;

That the appointment of professors of the three higher branches of the fine arts in the various universities of the united kingdoms would tend to diffuse a knowledge of and love for the fine arts among that higher branch of the community, who, from their rank and station in life, are most likely hereafter to become patrons of the fine arts.

I have thus, Sir, to the best of my abilities, thrown out a few hints towards the improvement of the national taste in architecture, which, I hope, as far as they extend, will generally meet your approbation, although in particular instances it may not be so fortunate.

I can only add, Sir, that in zeal for my profession, I will yield to no man, and shall feel abundantly gratified and honored in contributing my humble exertions towards the great end I have in view, in any way that may most conduce to its advancement.

Review

OF

FIRST PRINCIPLES

OF

Bishop Berkeley, Dr. Reid, and Professor Stewart.

WITH

AN INDICATION OF OTHER PRINCIPLES.

BY

JOHN FEARN, ESQ.
Author of an Essay on Consciousness.

VOL. III.

Pam.

1813.

No. VI.

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PREFACE.

THE following investigation, it is presumed, will not be subject to the imputation of being hypothetical. On the contrary, it looks for approbation and support, to all who acknowledge induction the only road to the subject now treated.

One consideration of the very highest importance probably attaches, which is, that if such a foundation be established as the facts herein appear to sustain, the Philosophy of the Mind must undergo a mighty change from both its former and its present aspect; and a superstructure may then be reared, simple, strong, and unassailable.

The bare mention of these vast consequences is here no assumption that their foundation is proved to exist. Such a conclusion can follow only the general voice, which is now appealed to that it may decide, as to whether the facts, here to be produced, afford an induction sufficiently