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tnents of stone , crumbled into a sort of coarse earth by the joint action of tbe sun and rain . The Chinese call this plant Cha-whaw , or flower of tea , on account of the resemblance of one to the other ; and because its petals , as well as the entire flowers of Arabian Jessamine , are sometimes mixed among the teas , in order to increase their fragrance . This plant , the Cha-whaw , is the Camellia-sesanqua of the botanists , and yields a nut , from whence is expressed an esculent oil , equal to the best which comes from Florence . It is

cultivated on this account in vast abundance ; and is particularly valuable from tlie facility of its culture , in situations fit for little else . ' The Chinese agriculture engaged a very close attention , and is fully and ingeniously described . "What surprises us most in this relation , is the prodig ious statement of the populousness of China . All the accounts hitherto g iven of this wonderful empire agree in describing it as crowded with people . But no former traveller has come up to the declaration of the present ,

Yet the authority from whence it comes is unquestionable . According to the statement of Chow-ta-zbin , we find that the number of inhabitants in the fifteen provinces was 333 , 000 , 000 . One of the most curious articles in this multifarious work is the learned and ingenious disquisition on the Chinese language . We do not remember to have seen this profound and pleasing subject treated with so much perspi ; puity before .

V / e could have multiplied quotations from these interesting volumes ; but being apprehensive that such a length of review must be tedious , added to the consideration , that the work itself ought to be read , to form any clear idea of its merits , we shall here close our report .

An Address lo the People of Great Britain , by R . Watson , Bishop ofLandaff . Faulder . Price is . THE very general circulation of this pamphlet renders an analysis of it superfluous . We shall therefore only mention the principal heads and arguments . The author takes it for granted that peace is totally unattainable ; that the

French are resolved to use every effort to reduce , and even ruin , this country . On this assumption , in which most people , tho' not all , concur , he founds his reasoning and his exhortations . In the same plain , manly arguments he points out the designs of French ambition , and the necessity of vigorous efforts to oppose them , as he had formerly shewn the mischiefs of French infidelity , and the expediency of opposing its influence . Like Demosthenes , —while he demonstrates the danger , torouse our exertions , —he shews our resources , to

encourage our hopes of success from vigorous conduct . Our resources he classes under two general heads -. —the property of the country and the spirit of the people . He approves of the assessments that have been lately made , and recommends much greater contributions . He gives a short summary of

the different constituents of property , and proves that it will bear great additional imposts . His p lan of paying off the national debt in a few years is the p lan of at least a bold mind , disregarding half measures and temporary expedients . At the same time , we doubt the practicability , or principles of justice , of some of the means which he proposes for giving it effect . ' I consider ( he says ) the property of men united in society so far fo belong to the statethat portion of it may be justlcalled for by the legislature ,

, any y for the promotion of the common good ; and it is then most equitably called for , when all individuals , possessing property of any kind , contribute in proportion to their possessions . ' To this principle ( the same indeed as that of Johnson in his ' Taxation no Tyranny' ) , that the supreme legislature of a country has a rig ht to the disposal of the property of its subjects , we cannot

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WISDOM AND FOLLY: A VISION. Article 12
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COMPARISON BETWEEN THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS IN SCIENCE AND LITERATURE. Article 30
A COLLECTION OF CHINESE PROVERBS AND APOTHEGMS, Article 36
AN HISTORICAL ESSAY ON LONGEVITY. Article 41
COLONEL TITUS's LETTER TO OLIVER CROMWELL. Article 43
THE COLLECTOR. Article 45
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS: Article 50
POETRY. Article 58
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MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 66
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Review Of New Publications:

tnents of stone , crumbled into a sort of coarse earth by the joint action of tbe sun and rain . The Chinese call this plant Cha-whaw , or flower of tea , on account of the resemblance of one to the other ; and because its petals , as well as the entire flowers of Arabian Jessamine , are sometimes mixed among the teas , in order to increase their fragrance . This plant , the Cha-whaw , is the Camellia-sesanqua of the botanists , and yields a nut , from whence is expressed an esculent oil , equal to the best which comes from Florence . It is

cultivated on this account in vast abundance ; and is particularly valuable from tlie facility of its culture , in situations fit for little else . ' The Chinese agriculture engaged a very close attention , and is fully and ingeniously described . "What surprises us most in this relation , is the prodig ious statement of the populousness of China . All the accounts hitherto g iven of this wonderful empire agree in describing it as crowded with people . But no former traveller has come up to the declaration of the present ,

Yet the authority from whence it comes is unquestionable . According to the statement of Chow-ta-zbin , we find that the number of inhabitants in the fifteen provinces was 333 , 000 , 000 . One of the most curious articles in this multifarious work is the learned and ingenious disquisition on the Chinese language . We do not remember to have seen this profound and pleasing subject treated with so much perspi ; puity before .

V / e could have multiplied quotations from these interesting volumes ; but being apprehensive that such a length of review must be tedious , added to the consideration , that the work itself ought to be read , to form any clear idea of its merits , we shall here close our report .

An Address lo the People of Great Britain , by R . Watson , Bishop ofLandaff . Faulder . Price is . THE very general circulation of this pamphlet renders an analysis of it superfluous . We shall therefore only mention the principal heads and arguments . The author takes it for granted that peace is totally unattainable ; that the

French are resolved to use every effort to reduce , and even ruin , this country . On this assumption , in which most people , tho' not all , concur , he founds his reasoning and his exhortations . In the same plain , manly arguments he points out the designs of French ambition , and the necessity of vigorous efforts to oppose them , as he had formerly shewn the mischiefs of French infidelity , and the expediency of opposing its influence . Like Demosthenes , —while he demonstrates the danger , torouse our exertions , —he shews our resources , to

encourage our hopes of success from vigorous conduct . Our resources he classes under two general heads -. —the property of the country and the spirit of the people . He approves of the assessments that have been lately made , and recommends much greater contributions . He gives a short summary of

the different constituents of property , and proves that it will bear great additional imposts . His p lan of paying off the national debt in a few years is the p lan of at least a bold mind , disregarding half measures and temporary expedients . At the same time , we doubt the practicability , or principles of justice , of some of the means which he proposes for giving it effect . ' I consider ( he says ) the property of men united in society so far fo belong to the statethat portion of it may be justlcalled for by the legislature ,

, any y for the promotion of the common good ; and it is then most equitably called for , when all individuals , possessing property of any kind , contribute in proportion to their possessions . ' To this principle ( the same indeed as that of Johnson in his ' Taxation no Tyranny' ) , that the supreme legislature of a country has a rig ht to the disposal of the property of its subjects , we cannot

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