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      Art ,. II . —Letters on Capital Punishments ; addressed to the English Judges . By Beccaria Auglicus . 8 vo . pp . 85 Johnson . 2 s . 6 d * 1807 .

      These letters have too long escaped our notice * The subject of them is important * and their execution is masterly . There are but few thinking humane men that are not shocked

      -with the frequency of capital pun ishments in this country . , The best philosopher , the best lawyers , and the best Christians , have long condemned and lamented them ;

      and the present author J ^ as collected the chief arguments and persuasions of Beccaria , Blackstone , and Wakefield * Some of the arguments and illustrations brought forward in these

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      pages ai * e npvel ; particularly ol * the inutility and injustice of the puqi $ bment of death even in cases of murder * Bjeccaria AngUcns writes as * t sincere and zealous Christian ; and has , if we are not mistaken ,

      appeared before us naore than once as the champion of rational reli ~ gion . Truth and mercy are sisters of the same parent , and oijght to be inseparable companions .

      The young amongst our readers will accept our recommendation of this work as a new ~ year ' s gift .

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      Art . Hl—Tke Cfergy of the E ^ t ^ hshment Vindicated . A charge delivered to the Clergy of the diocese of Gloucester \ at the triennial visitation of Mat diocese in the year 180-7 . By George Isaac Huntingford , D . D . F . R . S . Bp . of Gloucester . 8 vo . pp . 34 , CadeBand ' Da vies *

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      Dr . Huntingford is respectable both as a scholar and a . dfrvine * The present charge wilt not add to his literary reputation , but it suf ~ iiciently attests his candour , prudence , and goodsen&e in ecclesiastical matters . He vindicates the clergy from the charges of not preaching the jgospelj , and of bein ^ Methodists ; that is to say , he defends both the oijjtenary and . tK ^ evange lical priaipfaers , and exerts them to iinitwi S ^ 1111011 4 ^ n agains t tbeir **^ in ^|§ hant ^ in 4 Hsnbtle * ad v |^ - saries / ' the real methodists . He Te ^ ommenil j the good old majtim , ' * " In ncccssarite . unites ; in nan

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      nccessariis libertas > in omnibus * ccerifas /* His advice , upon the ? whole , is worthy of the ^ attention of the clergy , and will not , we trusty be disregarded . In a note the hishop enumerates with an allowable pride ^ the clergymen of his diocese , who are known to the public a $ authors . The list contains no great naraes but several that are respectable ; Lysons , Rudge , Fossbrook , Davies Bowles , and others . The anonymous pamphlet , entitled " Con ^ ' - dferations on ihe Alliance betttijpfeiL Christianity and Commerce /^ is , here ascribed to the Rev . Mr-Raikes ,

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1808, page 42, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2388/page/42/