of the Life of Denzil Lord Holles, and never stirred out of my house till February 5, that I came to London. "About half an hour after 12 o'clock I took coach for St. James's, to attend the King's Levee, and to speak to some of the Lords to intercede for me; but principally in hopes of seeing the Duke of Newcastle, who had told me to wait on him soon after the meeting of the Parliament, which I had done at three several times; but his Grace was so taken up with business, as he said, he had not time to talk with me. I therefore wrote the following letter, with an intent to deliver it to him at St. James's before he went to the King: May it please your Grace, Feb. 5, 1752. 'When I consider what your Grace has said to me, with what most of the Nobility have told me, and am yet kept in suspence, it fills me with amazement; but I have a heart and a spirit (with blood from my ancestors) not to be conquered by oppression, or I could not have wrote that which will make my name memorable to after-ages; celebrating the memory of eminent and extraordinary persons, and transmitting their virtues for the imitation of posterity, being one of the principal ends and duties of History. I am the son of Misfortune, my father having run through more than 30,000l. and, from my fruitless representations, am likely to die so; but I have left in manuscript an account of my family, my life, and the cruel usage I have very undeservedly undergone, with copies of the letters I have wrote on the occasion, of which are several to your Grace, whereby Posterity may know I have not been wanting either in industry, which the books I have published will justify, or in my application for preferment, which I so well deserve. If your Grace has any compassion for me, I humbly beg you will order notice to be left at Mr Withers's, bookseller, in Fleetstreet, when I may have the honour to wait on you, who am your Grace's most faithful and devoted servant, ARTHUR COLLINS.' "Whilst I waited for his Grace's coming to St. James's, I spoke to the Duke of Portland, telling him I had three more sheets printed of the Life of the Earl of Clare that I had not delivered to him, but would bring them to his Grace the next morning; whereunto he said, it would be as well if I sent them, which I thought shewed a coldness, and induced me not to send them till Friday morning. I went in afterwards, with many that attended, to the King, who spoke first to the Duke of Portland, then to the Earl of Buckingham, the Duke of Grafton, and the Lord Delawarr, who stood together, and to Sir John Ligonier. The Marquis of Rockingham was the Lord of the Bed-chamber in waiting, and introduced two persons to kiss the King's hand. My modesty would not permit me to stand in the first rank; but I stood so as to be seen by the Lords, as also the King; but, having never had the honour of being introduced to his Majesty, was unknown to him. On "On departing out of the King's Bed-chamber, the Lord Viscount Gage spoke to me, asking whether I was on a new Edition of the Peerage. I told him, I had made collections towards it; but, there being so much to write, it was impossible, without some provision to enable me to keep a person to transcribe for me, to finish it in the manner I desired; and therefore, till that was done, I should think no further of it; and I told my Lord Delawarr the same, who said that I deserved to be provided for. I waited till half an hour after two, and the Duke of Newcastle not coming, and being told by the waiters it was then in vain to expect seeing of him, I left the Court, intending to dine with Mr. Perry (of Penshurst) in Berkeley-square, to whom I was always welcome; but, on my way there, being to pass Arundel-street, I resolved to call first on the Earl Granville, having ever had easy access to him. Being admitted to his Lordship, and making complaint how hard it was with me, telling him I had been at the King's Levee, and the answer I had given to my Lord Gage; he said, that he had often spoke for me, and would again; that he knew several Lords commiserated my condition; and that he hoped very soon to tell me of some provision being made for me, which he heartily wished. I must say, his Lordship was ever an encourager of Literature; and, on several occasions when I have been with him, has said to other Lords present at the same time, 'Here is Collins, who has served us, and we do nothing for him ;' to which all the answer made was, 'that the Ministry ought to show me more favour.' Taking leave of his Lordship, I went into Berkeley-square, and dined with Mr. Perry, his Lady, and Mr. Burnaby, who had been in foreign parts one of the King's Ministers; and, from the observation I made of him, he seemed to be a person of address and affable behaviour. Mr. Perry, before Mr. Burnaby came, asked my opinion of the way he intended to pursue in obtaining the Barony of Lisle, to which his Lady had pretence; and desired me to draw the case of the state of the Barony, which I promised to do. I took my leave of him about five o'clock; and in my return to my chambers in the Temple, I made it in my way to call at Newcastle House, in Lincoln's-inn-fields, where I delivered the letter before mentioned, went to my chambers, and staid there the whole evening, musing on what I should do the next morning, and looking over papers." It is pleasing to add, that provision was at length made for this most able and indefatigable Writer; the King granting him a pension of 400l. per annum, which he enjoyed, however, but a few years. P. 24. Add to the Books of 1732, “A Treatise of Power essential and mechanical: wherein the Original and that Part of Religion which now is natural is stated. By J. H." 8vo. This book affords an ample elucidation of the Author's [John Hutchinson] hypothesis and mode of argument, which usually consists in the most gross and unreserved epithets, applied to Sir Isaac Newton, Newton, Dr. Samuel Clarke, Dr. John Woodward, and other "Uuderneath lie the remains of the Rev. WILLIAM HASELDine, D.D. He was a Gentleman, a Scholar, and a Christian; and a diligent, bountiful, and affectionate Pastor of his Parish. with virtues and talents that would have adorned the highest), happy in the love and esteem of all that knew him, Drop, Reader, one kind tear upon his urn, P. 42, 1. 17, sub-note, 1. 17, r. P. 43, 1.7, r. "Geneveva." 66 Catworth." P. 52, note, 1. 35. The Vicar of Houghton Parva was Mr. Thomas Bate; he died in 1732." E. J. P. 57, note, l. 14, r. “p. 153;" and, 1. 30, r.." 1696." P. 71. Dr. John Law was born in 1745 at Greystoke in Cumberland; where his father was then rector. At an early age he was sent, on the foundation, to the Charter-house; from whence, in 1762, he removed to Christ's College, Cambridge, where he was eminently distinguished for his superior abilities and uncommon application to his studies as a proof of which, his name appeared second on the list of Wranglers at his examination for his bachelor's degree; and shortly after he obtained the first of the Chancellor's medals. These honourable exertions were rewarded with the first vacant Fellowship his College were enabled to offer him; and he soon became a Tutor in conjunction with Drs. Shepherd and Paley. After a residence of 11 years in the University, Dr. Law, in 1773, received from his father the vicarage of Warkworth in Northumberland, and a prebendal stall at Carlisle. His professional duties now compelling him to quit Cambridge, he removed to Carlisle, where he married Miss Wallace, sister of the Barrister of that name. In 1777 he was made Archdeacon of the Diocese ; and in 1782 was removed to the bishoprick of Clonfert in Ireland. It has been reported that this promotion was most unexpectedly offered to the Bishop by the late Duke of Portland, when that Nobleman was Lord-lieutenant of Ireland, in order to bestow the preferments held by Dr. Law upon a gentleman to whose exertions the Duke was principally principally indebted for his success in the celebrated trial between himself and Sir James Lowther. From this See Dr. Law was removed successively to the Bishopricks of Killala 1787, and Elphin 1795; the last of which he retained till his death, which happened, in Stephen's Green, Dublin, March 19, 1810.-The following anecdote deserves to be recorded, as furnishing an useful instance of the wise and genuine liberality of his character: When he took possession of the See of Killala, and learnt that almost the whole of the population were Roman Catholicks, he used these expressions: "That, as it was a hopeless task to make them Protestants, it would answer every desirable purpose to make them good Catholicks;" and with this view he got printed, at his own expence, and distributed gratis through the diocese,, a new Edition of the Works of the Rev. J. Gother, which breathe the piety, and, in plain and intelligible language, inculcate the morality, of the Bible.-The Bishop of Elphin has been recorded as "a man of great variety of knowledge, uncommon genius, and sincere religion." In respect to his literary character we are not aware that any production avowed by himself has been delivered to the publick; yet it has been supposed that he had a considerable share in the composition of the "Moral and Political Philosophy" of his friend Dr. Paley; and we believe the chapter on reverencing the Deity has been generally ascribed to him. Bp. Law's chief study, however, was ever understood to be the science of the Mathematicks, to which, at an early age, he displayed great preference, and in which he made a very considerable progress, although few men possessed a more refined taste for Polite Literature, or had made more extensive acquisitions in every branch of general knowledge.After the Bishop's death, six codicils to his will were discovered at the See-house; by which the great mass of his property, not disposed of by his will (one moiety of which, in default thereof, would have gone to Mrs. Law, and the other moiety, in equal shares, to his brothers and sisters) is variously devised — To his brother, Dr. Edmund Law, he gives 9000l.; to Miss Carey, Mrs Law's niece, 500l.; and Dr. Brinkley's legacy is increased to 15,000l. exclusive of his valuable library, and excellent collection of astronomical and other instruments. Ibid. note, 1. 43, г. "Ewan, the third son." Bp. Law's wife died March 1, 1761. Mary, their eldest daugh ter, was married to the Rev. James Stephen Lushington, vicar of Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Elizabeth and Christian, the second and third daughters, died unmarried; Joanna, the fourth daughter, was married, May 24, 1772, to Thomas Rumbold, esq. M.P. for Shoreham (afterwards Sir Thomas Rumbold), whom she survives. P. 72. Uno avulso, non deficit alter.-Not long after the death of Bp. John Law, his brother, Dr. George-Henry Law (youngest and thirteenth child of the good old Bishop of Carlisle) was honoured with a Mitre. He was of Queen's College, Cambridge; B.A. 1781; M.A. 1784; D.D. and Prebendary of Carlisle 178..; and and Bishop of Chester in June 1812. Of the estimation in which this worthy Prelate is held, the numerous Sermons he has already preached for Public Charities in the Metropolis is sufficient evidence. He married a daughter of the late Gen. Adeane; and has three sons and five daughters. P. 72. The two following Letters to and from the very learned and respectable Master of Peter House are accurately printed from the originals. The first is addressed, 1. "To the very Reverend and Right Worshipful Dr. Law, Master of St. Peter's College, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. "Honoured Sir, Wycliffe, Dec. 5, 1755. "My unexpectedly meeting with you at Richmond the first time I had the honour of waiting on my most worthy Diocesan, when he came thither to confirm and to hold an ordination, afforded me true pleasure; and the more so to find that, after an interval of near thirty years, you had not quite forgot a quondam Fellow-collegian of St. John's, who had the happiness of a little intimacy with you there, though at least two years your junior. But my pleasure at Richmond was too soon in a great measure damped. For though you had proposed to me to have a little conversation together after dinner upon old memorable occurrences at Cambridge, and to renew our acquaintance; instead of that, it unfortunately happened that you had an early avocation to examine the Candidates for Orders; and I was under engagement to be at home that evening. However, the kind notice then taken of, and tokens of the friendship and respect you appeared still to retain for me, have encouraged my presuming so far upon your goodness as to give you the present trouble. But, before I proceed to the occasion of it, give me leave, dear Sir, to felicitate you on your promotion to the Headship of the most antient House of Learning, and, in consequence thereof, to the high and honourable office you now bear in the University, of which you are so illustrious an ornament. Very lately I was informed, that the late Mr. Tancred, of Whixley in this County, who is said to have died about fifteen months ago, has by will left his estate for the founding of four Exhibitions, of fifty pounds a year each, for the Study of Divinity in Christ's College, and other Exhibitions for the Study of the Law and of Physick elsewhere: and that the said Testator has appointed half a dozen or more Trustees for the nominating of the intended Students of Divinity that shall enjoy the four Exhibitions above-mentioned; of which Trustees the Master of the said College is one, the Master of Caius College another, and the Master of the Charter-House, London, a third; but who are the other Trustees my author could not give me an account, nor of the time when the Exhibitioners (if I may so call them) are to be elected, or whether they are already elected; only that he had heard of great interest having been made by persons distinguished by the appellation of Esquires (and consequently Gentlemen |