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but in truth uncontaminated. Honest men ought to guard so high a family name from such villainous liberties and mischievous designs.

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What may be the fittest remedies for political bydrophobia we leave to our authorized and legitimate State-physicians. Standing unmoved on the rock of our Constitution, we trust that SYLVANUS URBAN will preserve the proud attitude of a Guardian of Truth, Piety, Virtue, and Science. Miserable as it is, to see our lower population dispersed, like wild beasts and birds of prey, in search of plunder: grating as is their harsh croak; we yet hope that the rising of the British Lion in power, in the glory of his might, will compel them to fly for safety to the peaceable regions of security and industry. Upon the productive labours of the Nation now wholly depends its possible well-being: for by what other means is the Revenue to be supported, and the population to be fed? Our infatuated Revolutionists cry out for bread, but will only receive a stone. They would support life by inflammatory speeches, and public meetings, and precarious robbery. Pretending to be in a state of starvation, they look not for the spade, but the sceptre. They pray not to their God; and they insult his Providence, which has been pleased to ordain inequality of station, only that the rich may be bankers for the poor, and disperse among them those comforts, which under no other system they could permanently possess.

Where there is no Literature, there is no Civilization: and wretched would be the support which it would derive from the friends of mere factious oratory. Their matter, to please their hearers, must consist of low crude opinions, and erroneous principles. Can Adam Smith be quoted with success among such hearers as our Northern Republicans? If the Bible be despised, will Blackstone be regarded?

The Friends of Literature are therefore called upon to act, as well as the Friends of Order, lest the Barbarians divert the river of public opinion from its channel, in order to bury Science, as their ancestors the Goths did Alarick, in its hollow bed, and so restore the stream, and bury in eternal oblivion its honourable grave.

Dec. 31, 1819.

THE

GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE:

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Miscellaneous Correspondence.

MINOR CORRESPONDENCE.-Questions, &c. 2
Corresponde of Abp. Newcombe & Bp.Bagot 3
On the Institution of Juries in Rome
Remarks on Dr. E. D. Clarke's Travels...
On Passages in Dr. A. Clarke's Commentaries
Derivation of the words Dandy & Dandy prat ib.
Variation of Flowers.-Cahets in France...
Life and Exploits of Admiral Benbow...... 9
Description of Broadwater Church, Sussex 11
COMPENDIUM OF COUNTY HISTORY.-Derby 12
Remarks on the Signs of Inns; The Goat 15
Account of Bayeux Cathedral.-Horace... 17
Illustrations of Shakspeare, Jonson, &c... 18
Clerical Dress, 20, 30.-Beverley Minster 22
Ely Cathedral School, 23.-Tour in 1797 25
Religion in Bombay, 27.--CollegiateSchools 29
Dyer's Privileges of the Camb. University ib.
Curious Coats of Arms, Crests, &c......... 30
Plan of the Thames, Westward, suggested 32
Remarks on the Subjects of Epic Poems... 33
Chankbury Hill.-Mr. Thomas Hollis.
Newcastle Typographical Society.
On the value attached to ancient Relics... 38
Ryder Family.-Inscription explained 39
Hints on the Poor Rates, 39.-Mungo Park 40

Cumb.2-Doncast. Derb.-Dorchest. Durham Essex

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Sherborne, Sussex

Shrewsbury

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Taunton-Tyne Wakefi.-Warw. Wolverh. Worc.2 York3, IRELAND37 SCOTLAND 24. Jersey 2. Guern. 2 Review of New Publications. King's Political and Literary Anecdotes... 41 Mazeppa, a Poem, by Lord Byron. 43 Tales of the Hall, by the Rev. G. Crabbe 45 Essay on the Soul, by the Rev. R. Polwhele 47 The Works of Charles Lamb. Gamble's Views of Society in Ireland... Translation of Aristotle's Ethics

On the Enjoyments of Youth

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Belsham, on Religious Parties in England 57 Murray's Elements of Chemistry.

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Meteorological Diary 94; Bill of Mortality 95
Prices of the Markets, 95.-The Stocks, &c. 96

Embellished with a Portrait of ADMIRAL BENBOW; and with

a View of the CATHEDRAL of BAYEUX.

By SYLVANUS URBAN, GENT.

Printed by JOHN NICHOLS and SON, at CICERO'S HEAD, Red Lion Passage, Fleet-street, London; where all Letters to the Editor are particularly desired to be addressed, PoST-PAID.

MINOR CORRESPONDENCE.

We have authority to state, that the Hundred of Mere, noticed in our last vol. p. 525, will be described by Sir R. C. H.; and its interesting Church will not be overlooked. It is in great forwardness, and will be the first of the Wiltshire Hundreds published.

A Correspondent states, in answer to an inquiry in Part I. p. 498, that Sir George Hungerford, of Cadenham, co. Wilts, married Frances daughter of Charles Seymour, baron of Trowbridge, who died anno 1664. He was son of Sir Francis Seymour, third son of Edward Lord Beauchamp, who was created baron of Trowbridge, &c.

Mr. Joseph Daire Bassett assures N. R. (p. 498.) "that John Bassett married Eleanora daughter of Sir William Courtenay, of Powderham-castle; that he died some years before his wife, and that she died in Sept. or Oct. 1765; that they had four children; 1. John Montague, who died young: 2. Eustachia, married to Mr. Campbell, of Bangerton in Pembrokeshire: 3. Francis, who died unmarried in 1802 : and 4. Eleanora, who married John Daire of Orleigh in Devonshire, esq. Francis Bassett left his property by will to Joseph, eldest son and heir of John Daire, who now addresses you, and who will be happy to give you any further information it may be in his power, if you will address to him at Watesmouth, near Ilfracumbe."

E. W. is informed, that what he has sent as coats of arms, from the Church of St. Thomas at Salisbury, are Merchants' marks, which are frequently found on our religious edifices, and were probably put up out of respect to particular Tradesmen, who contributed to the expenses of the building, and who no doubt used those marks in their trade,

ANTIQUARIUS (of Newcastle upon Tyne) expresses his surprise, that when the works of Shakspeare, Dryden, Swift, Johnson, &c. &c. are frequently reprinted, no translation has been given to the publick of any of our old English Historians; and he recommends the subject to the learned in Oxford and Cambridge. But he little considers what a small chance there would be of such works paying their expenses, and profit (we fear) is wholly out of the question. On turning to the evidence of Mr. Owen Rees on the Copy-right Acts (p. 450), he will perceive, that the attempt has been actually made. William of Malmesbury has been translated by the Rev. Mr. Sharpe, and published. Matthew Paris has also been translated; but the printing has been abandoned from the want of encouragement, aggravated as it

is by the compulsory delivery of eleven copies to the Universities. It appears that before the passing of the Act of 1814, the Universities were looked up to (and with strict propriety), as Subscribers or Purchasers of such laborious and useful works; whereas now the effect is, that the gratuitous delivery not only destroys the sale of those eleven copies, but interferes with the sale of several copies to persons who would otherwise be purchasers, had they not access to the Public Libraries. For a masterly article, exposing the injustice and impolicy of the Copy-right Acts, see No. XLI. of the Quarterly Review, for May 1819.

V. K. M. wishes particularly to know why Oxford obtained the name of "Rhedycina," as it is used by respectable authors, and in many modern Latin compositions.

"A Constant Reader," would be obliged by being informed if a Work in any way answering to our Army List was published in the time of Charles I. and the Civil Wars; and also to point out the way in which the Regiments were then raised, if by the Colonels, and in the counties to which those Colonels belonged.

"An Enquirer" desires to know who was the author of a very curious and ably written defence of O. Cromwell bearing this title, "A short Critical Review of the political Life of O. Cromwell, Lord Protector, &c. By a Gentleman of the Middle Temple." His copy is of the 4th edition, Glasgow, 1755, 8vo. Is this the work supposed to have been written by Bishop Gibson, of which Mr. Noble speaks in the introduction to his "Memoirs of the Cromwell family?"

LATHBURIENSIS requests some information respecting a book entitled, "The Life of Mrs. Margaret Andrewes of Lathbury, 1680," and who the person therein mentioned was; also of a school there in the time of Queen Elizabeth, of which the master was -- Shepherd; and whether Francis the first Lord Annesley was born at Newport Pagnel, of which place he was created baron.

A READER says, that B.'s observations, Vol. LXXXVIII. Part. ii. p. 232, are incorrect. The lines he quotes were written upon Sir John Bridgeman, Lord Fresident of the Marches, by one Ralph Guttins, and are as follows:

"Here lies Sir John Bridgeman, clad in his clay,

God said to the Devil, Sirrah, take him

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THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE,

For JULY, 1819.

MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE.

Mr. URBAN,
Norton Vicarage.
Y relation, the Rev. W. Green,

down to make you my best acknowledgments for them. They show the

M Hardingham, of a master and, if

folk, of whom you have given a short account in your Magazine for Nov. 1794, was well skilled in the Hebrew language. This appears from his translation of various parts of the Old Testament, and from several complimentary letters written to him by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Dr. Thos. Newton, and those eminent Hebrew Scholars, the Bishop of Waterford, Dr. Grey, and Dr. Blayney, now in my possession; and some of which I will forward to you, for insertion in your valuable Magazine.

He

Mr. Green was an exemplary Parish Priest, respected and beloved by his parishioners and neighbours. might have had more preferment, but he was not ambitious of it. He declined the offer of the living of Barnham Broom, handsomely made to him by Sir John Wodehouse, though he was afterwards induced to accept it by the persuasion of the exemplary Bishop of Norwich.

As Dr. Bagot's Letter places in an amiable view the pious, learned, and disinterested Rector, and shows the great esteem in which he was held, both by the Bishop and Sir John, I am induced to send it. I hope it will not be thought uninteresting. Yours, &c.

"Rev. Sir,

HENRY PEARSON. Waterford, Sept. 4, 1786. "I WAS very happy at receiving so very candid and so very instructive a Letter from a Brother Clergyman, and a Brother Commentator on the Hebrew Scriptures. Immediately after transcribing your remarks into the margin of my own copy, or into the blank leaves prefixed, that I might preserve them from the accidents to which loose papers are subject, I sit

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God continues to me the present state of my health and of my eyes, the publick, through me, may receive the benefit of them, after I have dispatched my present task, which is no less than an Exposition of Ezekiel, on the plan of the work which I have ventured to publish. I have already transcribed for the press as far as the xxxvith chapter. Allow me the liberty of saying, that any observations which you may have made on that Prophet will be highly acceptable

to me.

"I am happy to hear that your Poetical Parts of Scripture are to be translated into Dutch. All your publications are very deserving of reputation at home and abroad.

"I used Tyrus, Amos i. 9, because 'But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre' would have offended my ear very much. Though Tyrus occurs as often as Tyre in our version, I wish with you that the latter was used every where.

"Your conjecture, that Soah, ¡NIW, should be admitted into the second hemistick, Amos v. 9, pleases me very much. In examining your word I made a curious discovery. Looking into Trommius, I found that

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was translated ταλαιπωρία, Zeph. i. 15, the very word which the LXX use Amos v. 9; and I was delighted with this confirmation of your criticism. But on examining the London Polyglott, Zeph. i. 15, I found awpías, which is also the reading in the editions of Grabe and Breitinger. But rahaπwgías is confirmed by Trommius's copy, the Aldine edition, the Antwerp Polyglot, and Sixtus Quintus's edition; in which latter curious book the note is, ' In pleris

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MINOR CORRESPONDENCE.

We have authority to state, that the Hundred of Mere, noticed in our last vol. p. 525, will be described by Sir R. C. H.; and its interesting Church will not be overlooked. It is in great forwardness, and will be the first of the Wiltshire Hundreds published.

A Correspondent states, in answer to an inquiry in Part I. p. 498, that Sir George Hungerford, of Cadenham, co. Wilts, married Frances daughter of Charles Seymour, baron of Trowbridge, who died anno 1664. He was son of Sir Francis Seymour, third son of Edward Lord Beauchamp, who was created baron of Trowbridge, &c.

Mr. Joseph Daire Bassett assures N. R. (p. 498.) "that John Bassett married Eleanora daughter of Sir William Courtenay, of Powderham-castle; that he died some years before his wife, and that she died in Sept. or Oct. 1765; that they had four children; 1. John Montague, who died young: 2. Eustachia, married to Mr. Campbell, of Bangerton in Pembrokeshire: 3. Francis, who died unmarried in 1802: and 4. Eleanora, who married John Daire of Orleigh in Devonshire, esq. Francis Bassett left his property by will to Joseph, eldest son and heir of John Daire, who now addresses you, and who will be happy to give you any further information it may be in his power, if you will address to him at Watesmouth, near Ilfracumbe."

E. W. is informed, that what he has sent as coats of arms, from the Church of St. Thomas at Salisbury, are Merchants' marks, which are frequently found on our religious edifices, and were probably put up out of respect to particular Tradesmen, who contributed to the expenses of the building, and who no doubt used those marks in their trade,

ANTIQUARIUS (of Newcastle upon Tyne) expresses his surprise, that when the works of Shakspeare, Dryden, Swift, Johnson, &c. &c. are frequently reprinted, no translation has been given to the publick of any of our old English Historians; and he recommends the subject to the learned in Oxford and Cambridge. But he little considers what a small chance there would be of such works paying their expenses, and profit (we fear) is wholly out of the question. On turning to the evidence of Mr. Owen Rees on the Copyright Acts (p. 450), he will perceive, that the attempt has been actually made. William of Malmesbury has been translated by the Rev. Mr. Sharpe, and published. Matthew Paris has also been translated; but the printing has been abandoned from the want of encouragement, aggravated as it

is by the compulsory delivery of eleven copies to the Universities. It appears that before the passing of the Act of 1814, the Universities were looked up to (and with strict propriety), as Subscribers or Purchasers of such laborious and useful works; whereas now the effect is, that the gratuitous delivery not only destroys the sale of those eleven copies, but interferes with the sale of several copies to persons who would otherwise be purchasers, had they not access to the Public Libraries. For a masterly article, exposing the injustice and impolicy of the Copy-right Acts, see No. XLI. of the Quarterly Review, for May 1819.

V. K. M. wishes particularly to know why Oxford obtained the name of "Rhedycina," as it is used by respectable authors, and in many modern Latin compositions.

"A Constant Reader," would be obliged by being informed if a Work in any way answering to our Army List was published in the time of Charles I. and the Civil Wars; and also to point out the way in which the Regiments were then raised, if by the Colouels, and in the counties to which those Colonels belonged.

"An Enquirer" desires to know who was the author of a very curious and ably written defence of O. Cromwell bearing this title, "A short Critical Review of the political Life of O. Cromwell, Lord Protector, &c. By a Gentleman of the Middle Temple." His copy is of the 4th edition, Glasgow, 1755, 8vo. Is this the work supposed to have been written by Bishop Gibson, of which Mr. Noble speaks in the introduction to his "Memoirs of the Cromwell family?"

LATHBURIENSIS requests some information respecting a book entitled, "The Life of Mrs. Margaret Andrewes of Lathbury, 1680," and who the person therein mentioned was; also of a school there in the time of Queen Elizabeth, of which the master was Shepherd; and whether Francis the first Lord Annesley was born at Newport Pagnel, of which place he was created baron.

A READER says, that B.'s observations, Vol. LXXXVIII. Part. ii. p. 232, are incorrect. The lines he quotes were written upon Sir John Bridgeman, Lord Fresident of the Marches, by one Ralph Guttins, and are as follows:

"Here lies Sir John Bridgeman, clad in his clay,

God said to the Devil, Sirrah, take him away."

Sir John and his lady were buried in St. John's Chancel in Ludlow Church, where there is a monument to his memory.

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