Art.  41.   Impariial  Obfervations  wi  the  Reigns  rf  the  Kings  (£
Grekt  Britain^    ef  the  illuftrimts  Houje  of  Hanover*      fVith  tie
Behawour  of  the  Englijh  in  each  Reign.    Svo«     6  d.    Jones  in  the  ,
Strand. '

frhis  Obferver  fpeaks  of  the  miibehaviour  of  our  couiitrymen  to
didr  princes  of  the  Hanover-family,  from  his  memory,  having,  he
jTays,  '  lived  in  five  reigns.*  It  does  not  appear  what  cpuncrymaa
opr  Author  himfelf  is ;  but  it  is  evident  that  he  is  no  way  difpofed
to  judge  tiDo  ^vonrably  of  the  £ngliih,.  whom  he  repreients  a»  a
^^d^us  difcontented  people,  ever  difiatisfied  with  thofe  whd  bear
rule  over  them.  But  it  is  no  wonder  that  be  deems  thus  feverely  of
this  nation  in  paiticalar,  fince  he  does  not  feem  to  entertain  a  more
favourable  omnion  of  the  human  nature  in  generaL  Foi',  fpeaking
4if  the  late  Duke  of  Cumberland  (who,  he  fays,  was,  at  his  firft
jp>ihgflD'refi4c  atWindfor,  '  looked  upon  there  with  derifion  and
eentemftt  till  they  found,  by  experience,  his  natural,  hufnane,  fod
Wfibvolent  difpo&tioa,  i^en  he  became  as  it  were  their. idolOr-—
*  This  fliews,  fays  our  notable  Fhilanthropift^  a  depravity  of  human

Jiature,  in  nfufin^'  to  think  well  of  another  [ijuho  or  tjohai  /^j  till  it
C  lA  impoiibk  to  think  otherwife.'— So  here  is  a  writer  abufing  a
jpeMle  m  lioc  thinking  or' (peaking  too  well  of  their  governors,
whur  he  is,  haxaUii\  aodocine  the  whole  rational  creation  I


Art.
490  MohTHty  CataLocue,  •

Art.  42.  Th€  Diftruffion  of  Trade^  and  Ssan  of  the  Metropjifiu
prognojiicated  from  a  total  Inattention  to  the  Confervancy  of  the  RJ<ofr
Thames.     AddrciTcd    to    thfe    Maftcr,    Wardens,    AffiftaTits,    ftc
lilder  Brethren  of  the  Trinity,    by  their   affectionate    Brother
Mercator.     4t6.     i  s.     Newbery.
