been very faulty. Her fancy was strong; and her powers of description original and splendid. Her first publications were her best; and indeed so much superior to her last, as to form a subject of rational wonder. But neither space nor time will allow me to discuss these points any further at pre sent. Feb. 20. At Perth, in Scotland, Mr. James Morison, æt. 47, author of the "Bibliotheca Sacra," a Dictionary of the Bible, &c. &c. March 28. John Goldie, Esq. aged 84, at Kilmarnock, Scotland, author of a voluminous work, entitled The Gospel Recovered, and of A Treatise upon the Evidences of a Deity, published a few months before his death. May 14. Beilby Porteus, Bishop of London, aged seventy-nine, author of several well known works. Few men have enjoyed so very long and so very justly an equal portion of the public esteem and affection as the late Bishop of London. His rare merits as a scholar, a teacher, an individual in the circles of social life, and a poet, gifted with the finest attributes of fancy and taste, were acknowledged and admired for more than half a century. As a politician he uniformly rallied round the throne, without, however, ever departing from that moderation which should form the chief ornament of a Christian Prelate. As a preacher, he was deserved- : ly popular; his manner was simple and impressive, his style elegant and chaste, and his doctrine sound without undue severity, or still more reprehensible indulgence to the follies and vices of the age. He oftener mounted the pulpit than any of his mitred brethren; as not satisfied with preaching on a Sabbath day, he commenced, in 1797, on Fridays, a Course of Lectures at St. James's Church, on the Truth of the Gospel, and the Divinity of Christ's Mission, which being delivered in tones of the most simple and persuasive elegance, attracted a vast concourse of auditors. As an author, he published, besides his University prize-works, and the Sermon on the Character of David, a Letter, written while Bishop of Chester, addressed to the parishioners of Lambeth, exhorting them to observe Good Friday religiously, two volumes of Sermons, the aforesaid Lectures, and several charges and small religious tracts. As a private character, he was mild and unostentatious, gifted with the most conciliating and amiable qualities, of a cheerful disposition, and ever ready to listen to and relieve the wants and afflictions of his fellow-creatures. His religious moderation, the benevolence of his nature, and his universal philanthropy, procured him the good will of every class, of every sect, of every party, and of every rank and denomination. May 16. In the seventy-eighth year of her age, Mrs. Anna Maria Smart, of Reading, relict of Christopher Smart, M.A. of Pembroke-Hall, Cambridge, the poet, sister to the late Mr. Thomas Carnan, and upwards of forty years principal proprietor of the Reading Mercury and Oxford Gazette. A woman, the virtues of whose heart, in all relations of life, whether to her kindred or her friends, proved her to be a friend to the friendless. THE END. GENERAL INDEX. Abel Redivivus, or, lives of English Abuses, stript and whipt, ii. 309. Accidens of Armory, by Gerard Accomplished Merchant, by Postle- Achæus Erithriæus, iii. 426. Aches, on the pronunciation of, i. Active men, best authors, vi. 348. Actors, apology for, by Thos. Hey- Adams, Thos. a briefe discourse on Addington, Stephen, x. 437. VOL. X. Addison, his character as a prose 105. Adventurer of Hawkesworth, aided Elianus, Emperor, ix. 242. note. Africa, reflections on the trade of, chronological list of, v. 91. viz. this science lay dor- Flemish mode de- Aikin, Miss, her Essays, x. 290. Ainsworth's Dictionary, vii. 218. Albanact, son of Brutus, his legend, i. 205. Markham's edit. of, v. 7. Albert, Sonnets by, vii. 218. Allen, Ned, a picture of him in Faus- Rev. J. ob. x. 420. Sir Thos. vii. 128. Alleyn, Edmund, Esq. ii. 381. Allison, Rev. Mr. iv. 328. Allot's, R. England's Parnassus, i. 174. Almanack, the Christian's, vii. 1. Alberto and Udissas, complaint of, Althorpe, Ld. vii. 282. vi. 16. Albini, Wm. de, iv. 228. Alton, co. Hants, vii. 220. Albino and Bellama, a poem, by N. Aluredus, sive Alfredus, Tragico Whiting, account of, iii. 1. obitum. Horat. Palavicini, ii. 169. Alciatus, Andr. iv. 287, 278. Alday, John, x. i. Alden, Arms, v. 40. iv. 298. Commædia, &c. x. 238. Ames, Mr. his Typog. Ant. ix. 41. Amidei, Alex. iii. 220. Amipsias Atheniensis, iii. 426. Amory, Dr. Thos. ob. x. 424. Alexander the Great, his courage, Amphion, i. 296. account of, by Diodo- rus Siculus, iv. 95. Alexander, SirWm. his supplements Alfieri, sonnet to, x. 300. Alfred, Prince, see Aluredus. Aliamet, the engraver, his manner, Aligerius, Dantes, iv. 279. Amsterdam, population of, v. 181. Anatomy of Humours, by Grahame, Anaxandrides Rhodius, iii. 427. Andrews, Bp. iv. 286. Rev, Dr. ii. 148. Angel, Arms, v. 41. Alison, Rich. Howre's recreation in Angells' Anthem, meditations on, music, ii. 118. Allan, Geo. x. 442. Allde, Edw. Printer, i. 102. iii. 212. Angliæ Speculum, England's Look- ing-glass, iii. 122. Angling, the secrets of, by J. Daves, | Arbasto, ii. 288. Anglorum Lacrymæ, on the death of Queen Elizabeth, ii. 204. Anima Medica, Prælectio de, auc- Ann, Queen, plays a part in Lee's Arbor of Amitie, i. 256. Arbour of Virtue, by Whetstone, Arcadia, Sir P. Sidney, ii. 43. Archippus Atheniensis, iii. 427. Anne of Britaine, Queen of France, Archilocus Parius, iii. 428. Ansley Hall, co. Warwick, vii. 272. Anstey, Christopher, Esq. Memoir Anstis John, Esq. v. 75. Antidotum Cecillianum, ii. 199. vi. 302. Antrim County, Letters on, vii. 216. Apollodorus Tarsensis, iii. 426. Apprenticeship, argued not to ex- Apsley, Sir Allen, iv. 363. Arabians and Moors, Chronicles of, iv. 67. 324. Ardes, in the north of Ireland, on on the translation of, ii. 417. Aristocracy, birth the legitimate vi. 349. Aristotelis Poetica, per Alex. Pac- Armorial Bearings, described by Armilogia, the language of arms by Armory, the true use of, by William Leigh's, accidens of, v. 2. |