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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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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