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Review of New Puhlkathns,
[Nov.
Ettle book as a vaJc mecum for the ufc
of the vifitors of Hafod, than for ge-
Rcral reading ; iince his experence
muft have made him f'enfii>U of the
jittle power which lai}e:u2ge has to
convey diTiinil images of :he complex
obje£ls which enter into the compoli-
t:on of a landfcape. It is probable
that thefe warm encomiums, given by
one apparently ib well qualified to
jadge of the charms of romantic na-
ture, will induce many, who had not
before heard of the place, to take Ha-
fod Jnto the circuit of a WelTa taur ;
and to all fcch we heartily recomrnend
this elegant work as a guide and com-
panion.
fiX. /i Leitef defer! ptivs of ths different
Settlement in the Pmvince of Upper Canada.
THIS anonymous wiiier dates froni
l^ew-York, Nov. 20, 1794. He de-
fcribes his tour through the above-
laentioned provincs, and gives a very
advatitageous> account of the country,
and of the fettlers there, l'ubje6ls to
the liritilh government j together with
ibme particulars relative t(> the Ab-
crjjines, or American Indian natives,
perhaps this detail may excite a de-
fire in fome of thofe perfons of roving
riifpofuions, who may entertain thoughts
of emigration to the Weftein world,
so prefer this part of NoYth America,
with a Biitife conllitucion of govern-
ment, to Kentucky, or any other di-
vifion of the United States; and, pof-
fibly, the preient publication has been
made with fome view to the produc-
sion of that ertctf..
»32. An Injreiry into the Corn-laiO! and
Corn-trade «// Great Britain, and their In-
fumceon the Projfciily of the Kingdom;
loith Suggeflions on the Improvement ,f
the Co-n-Lws. By the late Alexander
rirom, Ef^. ef Muirefk, in the County
e/" Aberdeen. To luhichis added, a Sup-
flement, ly Mr. William Mackey, of
Ormifton, in Eaft Lothian, bringing down
the Confideration of the Subjc6i to tleie pre-
■ fant Time ; invefigating the Caufes of the
frefe/it Scarcity ; and fuggefiing Meafkies
for promoting the Cultivation if the IVaftc"
■ ijands, a'td for rendering the Produc.e equal
to the iticrenfing Confumption of the Kingdom.
WE cannot give a better idea of the
fcore of the woik than in the words
•fihe editor*, in a fliort and well-writ-
ten preface to the volume.
** The great obje<5l which the author
appears to havs had in contemplation, was
to exhibit fuch a view of the principles
and effedts of the corn-laws, enaifted at
different periods in Great Britain, as might
fhew that the corn -trade, both as an ar-
ticle of manufaftnre and of commerce, is»
of all others, the firft in importance to
the profperity of the kingdom. His {^ate-
ments, founded ui>on fadts, tend to prove,
that nbundancc of ;; am at home, and at 3
moderate price, ra:inot be obtained by im-
portation from abroad, and can only he
fecured by giving fuch liber:.! encourage-
ment to exportation a^; m.iv render agri-
culture, or the raifing of corn, the favourite
objeft of induftry in the kingdom. Thu?,
inftead of pnrchafmg a confiderable part
of our fubfiftence from foreign countries,
we may, by falutary regulations in the
corn-laws, be enaiiled, not only to fup-
pfy ourfdvfcs, bat lo rc.ider our country
one of the principal granaries of Europe."
If it fh.^ll appear that onr author
has been warranted in thefc conclufipns,
it ought to prove vv^ry con(olatory la
the inhabitants of this country ; who
have, for feme time paft, been threat-
ened with a deficitncy of corn, for the
immediate fupplv of which no reafon-
able profjaei^ has appeared, nor any
hopes been afforded that (imilar diftrefs
in future can be eafily prevented.
Mr. Dirom, who, weaie told, "de-
voted a confiderable part of his time
to the (ludy and praftice of africul-
ture, and who, to a piofelFional know-
ledge of the law, added exttnfive lite-
rary acquirements, afluated by a ftrong
z;al for the public good, undertook
this inveP.igation, wliich," we agree
wiih the editor in thinking, " will ap-.
pear to have bten a work of much re-
fle6\ion and refearch,"
The original performance is divided
into five chapters. The firft treats of
the general ftate of nations, with re-
fpeft to the alimentary lupport of man-
kind j and paiticularly that of Great
Britain.
II. Of the caufes and effe£ls of the
feveral cr^rn-laws of Great Britain
prior to the revolution in 16S0.
III. Of ditto fubfequent to the re-
volution.
IV. Recapitulation of the principal
heads of the corn-laws of Great Bri-
tain, and a dcdudlion of principles from
their ef}'e£is. .
♦ Lieut. Col. Dirom, fon of the author; who, on his' return from the Eaft IndieSj^
in 1792, fou.id it among his father's papers^ and dedicated it to Mr. Uaadas,
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