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• fubftantial Inhabitants thereof; that the fame fhould be ASSESSED by the RENTS of HOUSES, LANDS, &c. and that each Person's QUOTA fhould be determined by a Pound-Rate upon the full annual Rent or Value of his or her Houfe, Land, &c.

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• Second---That every POOR PERSON who fhall want RELIEF, fhould be EQUALLY INTITLED thereto, inany City, Town, Parish, or extraparochial Place in England or Wales; without regarding where fuch Perfon was • BORN, or had LIVED.

• Many Objections will probably be made against this PROPOSITION, but every Perfon will be fure to find out the EQUITY of TT, by bringing the MATTER HOME to HIMSELF; for Hunger, Sicknefs, and Infirmity, are great HELPS to the Understanding in thefe Cafes, and make MEN competent Judges of what is FITTING TO BE DONE for OTHER

PEOPLE in the like Circumstances.

Third---In order to univerfally and effectually provide fuch. RELIEF, it is neceflary that there be established in every • COUNTY, a competent Number of HOUSES of MAINTENANCE and EMPLOYMENT, for the Reception of all POOR PEOPLE within each County refpectively.

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Fourth--That the POOR who are maintained by their Parifhes, or otherwife, and thofe PEOPLE who shall become C POOR, fhould be all removed into fuch Houses of Maintenance and Employment, there to be maintained and employed fo long as they fhall want Relief. Fifth---That all DISTRESSED PERSONS, whether Natives or Foreigners, who fhall apply to be received into any HOUSE of Maintenance and Employment, fhould be immediately admitted, and hofpitably treated therein, fo long as they behaved well, without Warrant, Direction, or Recommendation, from any Magiftrate, Officer, or other Perfen whatever; but that no fuch Perfon fhould be permitted to leave any HOUSE of Maintenance er Employment, without an Order in writing from the principal Officer therein. Sixth-That fuch of the faid POOR PEOPLE as fhall at the Time be capable of WORKING, fhould be chiefly ← EMPLOYED in jouing, reaping, dreifing, &c. of HEMP or FLAX, or in pinning that or other Hemp or Flax into Juch jo ts of YARN, or in manufacturing the fame into fuch forts of LINEN CLOTH, as are, or fhall at the Time be imported into GREAT BRITAIN, from fome

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• Countries or Country which do not belong to the BRITISH CROWN:-and that whenever there fhall be a Want of People in the Neighbourhood of any HOUSE of • Maintenance and Employment, to perform occafional Work, and efpecially Harvest-work, fuch of the aforefaid poor • People as fhall be capable of doing the fame, and shall be applied for to affift therein, fhould be hired, or permitted to hire themselves, at the customary or reasonable wages, for the times they fhall be fo wanted.

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• Seventh---That to each House of Maintenance and Employment • there should be appointed a proper Officer, to take Charge of, govern, and punifh, if neceflary, all idle, or refractory Perfons therein maintained; and likewife to take Charge, &c. of all Beggars, who fhall be brought there against their wills; as alfo of thofe perfons who fhall with good • reafon be fufpected of having committed Robberies, or other punishable Crimes, fo as to make the Confinement of them juftifiable and neceflary :---and that a proper HOUSE of Confinement and Correction, &c. fhould be erected near unto each House of Maintenance and Employment, for the fafekeeping, &c. of all fuch idle, refractory, or fufpected • perfons.

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Eighth---That all Perfons who BEG fhould be immediately, or as foon as may be, conveyed by Conftables, or other proper Officers, to the neareft HOUSES of Maintenance and Employment within the Counties where fuch begging fhall be; that if any of thofe perfons fhall refufe to be to conveyed, or fhall run away from the Officers who have the charge of them, they fhould, if retaken, be carried there by force, and be committed to the keeping of thofe Officers who take charge of idle, refractory, and suspected perfons; and that if any fuch perfon be not retaken, an Advertisement defcribing his or her Perfon, &c. fhould be inferted in fome of the London Evening News-papers.

Ninth---That two or more of the fubflantial Houfholders in
each Parifh fhould be annually appointed COLLECTORS
OF THE POOR's-RATES, in the fame Manner as OVER-
SEERS of the Poor are now appointed; and that fuch Col
• lectors thould receive, pay, and account for the MONIES
Raifed toward maintaining and otherwife providing for the
Poor, according to Allefiments, Orders, and Forms,
which fhall be made, given, or prefcribed, by proper Au-
thority; but that they fhould not OVERSEE the Poor,
have any Power to direct in what manner poor People are to
be maintained or employed.

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Tenth---That neither Parish Officers nor Juftices of the • Peace, fhould have Power to REMOVE any POOR • PERSON, whether Native or Foreigner, farther than to the next, or to fome other HOUSE of Maintenance and Employment within the fame County, without exprefs Direction for that purpofe, from proper Authority ---because the Fuftices of Peace in one County cannot tell what PROPOR<TIONS of POOR PEOPLE there are in other Counties, and therefore they ought not to REMOVE them at RANDOM *?

Of thefe Propofitions it will be fufficient for us to observe, that if they are not all practicable or advifeable, they neverthelefs afford ample materials with which to furnish the work of reformation: the miferable condition of the Poor in this wealthy city being really deplorable.

It is with the utmoft pleafure, that we hear of a fcheme now. in agitation, by which, in order to prevent the bufinefs of a Juftice of Peace from being made a trade for the future, it is propofed to put the liberty of Weftminster under regulations fomewhat fimilar to thofe now purfued in London, with fo much honour to the Magiftrates, and fuch advantage to the Community.

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Forms of Devotion for the Use of Families: with a Preface, recommending the practice of family-religion. 8vo. 2s. Johnfton, &c.

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T will readily be granted, by every one that has a ferious fenfe of religion, that prayer is an excellent means of cherifhing and ftrengthening every pious and virtuous difpofition in the human breaft, of purifying the foul from every irregular and corrupt affection, of raifing the mind above the pleasures and enjoyments of the prefent life, and one of the best prefervatives against the fnares and temptations of the world amongst the various reafons that may be affigned for that coldnefs and indifference in religious matters, which is but too vifible in the prefent age, the general neglect of family prayer is, we are perfuaded, one of the principal. To recommend and promote the practice of this important duty, is the defign of the performance now before us; and it gives us pleasure to obferve, that it is extremely well calculated to answer the end intended. There is great judgment and propriety, both in regard to fentiment and ftile in the Forms of Devotion, into which

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nothing is introduced, but what every Chriftian may easily underftand, with a little attention, and join in, without the leaft fcruple or hesitation. The Author, or Authors*, seem carefully to have ftudied a plainnefs and fimplicity of manner throughout, and to have preferred a happy medium between a cold and languid, and a bold and figurative ftile. They have likewife carefully avoided introducing doubtful and disputable opinions into their Prayers, as is but too common a practice in works of this kind; fo that the whole is clear, eafy, and intelligible.

In the Preface, the nature and defign of Prayer is briefly confidered; the obligations to, and advantages of, FamilyReligion, are fhewn in a plain and easy manner; and the principal excufes and apologies with which fome are apt to fatisfy themselves in the habitual neglect of it, answered. We shall only obferve further, that the work itself appears to us to be one of the most rational, judicious, and useful performances of the kind we remember to have seen.

The celebrated Dr. Leland, Author of the View of Deistical Writers, &c. Dr. Duchal, and other reverend and learned gentlemen of Dublin,--as toe are informed.

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A fhort Explanation of the End and Defign of the Lord's Supper. With Juitable Meditations and Prayers, and a Preface recom mending a due Attendance on that facred Inflitution. To which is added, a Poftfcript, concerning Self-examination, with a few forms of prayer, for the ufe of those who need or defire fuch heps. 8vo. 1 s. Johnfton, &c.

HE title-page of this little piece fufficiently explains the

T defign of it, all that is neceliary to be added farther, is,

that it is written in a very plain, eafy, and judicious manner; breathes an air of ferious and rational piety, and feems very well calculated to promote the purposes of practical religion. In treating of felf-examination, the Author confiders the rule by which we fhould examine ourselves; the feveral particulars concerning which we fhould make enquiry; in what manner the enquiry fhould be made; what are the proper featons for doing it; and concludes with reprefenting briefly the advantages of frequent felf-examination. What he has advanced en this fubject, though extremely plain and obvious, well deferves the ferious attention of every one who is defirous of bringing his paffions under proper difcipline, of rectifying the irregu

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larities of his temper, and of making continual advances towards the perfection of his rational nature. The Forms of Prayer are partly new, and partly taken from other Writers.

N. B. This tract is ufually bound up with the Forms of Devotion, mentioned in the preceding article; but is alfo advertifed to be had feparately. Its Author is the Reverend Mr. Meares, of Dublin.

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To the AUTHORS of the MONTHLY REVIEW.

Gentlemen,

Have read your Correfpondent's letter on CARACATURAS, at the clofe of your Review for September laft; wherein I obferve a species of criticifm, which, although by no means unfrequent, or unpleasant, is yet no valuable part of a Review.

It often happens, that a Writer, who has totally miftaken his fubject, is criticifed by another, who fcarcely knows more of the matter than himfelf:-fomething like this is the cafe before us.

One gentleman has, it feems, favoured the Public with his opinion on the meaning of the words Character, CARACATURA and outré; he has thought it neceffary nicely to diftinguish their difference, and exactly fix the ideas he chufes they fhould convey and for this he might have very good reafons. I fhould likewife obferve, that he differs from the common opinion on each of these heads.

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Another gentleman (your correfpondent) with great fubmiffion to the above-mentioned Definer, endeavours to fhew, that his definition of CARACATURA is entirely wrong: feems really to ftand a good chance of being himself right, as he abandons not his opinion to the giddy direction of caprice, or the affectation of being fingular;-but rather follows the furer guidance of the common fenfe and general acceptation, of the word.-There feems, however, to have been one miftake in common to both thefe gentlemen; they having certainly, from their skill in etymology, been led to fufpect fome affinity between Character and CARACATURA. Characters are tokens or marks, expreffing fome fpecific meaning, or conveying fome particular notions or idea. There are characters expreffing founds; and the alphabet of every nation is generally fuppofed to fupply a complete fet of thele characters. There are characters

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