P. 181. "The appointment to which Dr. Francis Ayscough, Dean of Bristol, must have chiefly been indebted for his preferment, and his son for the honour of having his present Majesty and the late Duke of York as his godfathers, and bearing their names of George-Edward, was that of being Preceptor to them. I quote from memory

Dum lubricæ per semitam Puertiæ,

Ducit volentem lenitèr Mentor tuus.' The Eton anecdote of that day may perhaps be new to many of your Readers. The Prince brought Dr. Ayscough with him on a morning-visit from Cliffden, where the Royal Pupils were left studying a Greek lesson against Dr. Ayscough's return. Dr. George happened to be at the time at his Homer-lesson with his Scholars; and the Prince could not wait his return to his Chambers. The Parent and Preceptor could only gratify their curiosity by peeping through certain apertures in the great doors of the school, where the attitude, action, and manner could be observed with ease. The Doctor, hearing afterwards of the honour intended him, instantly returned the visit, as it was a half-holiday. On his arrival at Cliffden, the Preceptor and Pupils had already finished their lesson, and were walking at a distance from the house. The Prince expressed his regret that the Doctor had not arrived half an hour sooner, as he would have been excessively diverted, as himself had been, in seeing Dr. Ayscough take him off so exactly in the Greek lesson with his Boys. The Doctor, however, did not feel himself so much gratified with the honour done him; and, under the plea of being obliged to return, to call absence, took himself off, without waiting to thank Dr. Ayscough for the compliment." E. J.

P. 182. Edward Long, esq. was the fourth son of Samuel Long, esq. of Longville in the Island of Jamaica, and Tredudwell in the county of Cornwall, and Mary second daughter of Bartholomew Tate, of Delapré, in the county of Northampton, esq. The eldest daughter, Catharine, married Charles Hedges, of Finchley, esq.; and in consequence of the decease of their only brother, Bartholomew Tate, without issue, the claim to the Barony of Zouch was left in abeyance between the descendants of the two sisters, the representative of the eldest of whom is the present Sir Cecil Bishopp, bart.-Mr. Long was born on the 23d of August, 1734, at Rosilian, in the parish of St. Blaize, in the county of Cornwall. He was placed first at Bury School, under the celebrated Dr. Kinnesman; and was removed from thence about the year 1746 (probably on account of his father's residence in the county) to a school at Liskeard in Cornwall, then under the management of the Rev. Mr. Haydon. In 1752 Mr. Long left Liskeard; and, after two years' private instruction in London, he was entered at Gray's Inn, and fixed with Mr. Wilmot. His father dying in 1757, in Jamaica, he resolved to embark for that Island; but, not having completed his Terms, he obtained an er gratiá call to the Bar before he sailed. On his VOL. VIII. arrival

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arrival in Jamaica, he at first filled the post of Private Secretary to his brother-in-law Sir Henry Moore, bart. then Lieutenantgovernor of the Island; and was afterwards appointed Judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court. On the 12th of August, 1758, he married Mary second daughter and at length sole heiress of Thomas Beckford, esq. and great-grand-daughter of Col. Peter Beckford, Lieutenant-governor and Commander in Chief of Jamaica― the common ancestor of William Beckford of Fonthill, and of Horace Beckford, esqrs.—Mr. Long's ill health compelled him to leave the Island in the year 1769; and he never returned to it, but passed the remainder of his life in retirement, devoting his leisure to literary pursuits, and particularly to the completion of his "History of Jamaica," published in 1774 in three volumes 4to. It is much to be regretted that this work, which contains a large mass of valuable information, much just reasoning, and many spirited delineations of Colonial scenery and manners, was, in the first instance, too hastily committed to the press, and afterwards too fastidiously condemned by its author. The retrenchment of those redundances which his maturer taste would have led him to expunge, some additions, and a very few corrections, would have rendered this History as popular as it is unquestionably useful. The work had long been materially corrected and improved for a new edition; but, unfortunately, the Author, wishing to render it every way complete, would not consent to reprint it previous to a final decision of the question on the Slave-trade, at which period the infirmities of life prevented him from continuing the History up to that period.Mr. Long lost his wife on the 16th of July, 1797, in the 61st year of her age; and about that period resigned his office of Judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court, in favour of the Gentleman who had long acted as his deputy. He died on the 13th of March 1913, at the house of his son-in-law, Henry Howard Molyneux, esq. M.P. of Arundel Park, Sussex; and was buried on the 20th, in the chancel of Slindon Church in that county. Mr. Long had six children, three sons and three daughters, all of whom are living.- Mr. Long early in life contributed to a periodical imitation of "The Spectator," intituled "The Prater, by Nicholas Babble, Esq." published 1756 in numbers, under the direction of J. Holcombe; of which work another edition was afterwards published 1757 in 12mo. Some of Mr. Long's other literary labours were, "The Anti-Gallican; or, The History and Adventures of Harry Cobham, Esq. 1757," 12mo; "The Sentimental Exhibition; or, Portraits and Sketches of the Times, 1774," small 8vo. He likewise was editor of "Memoirs of the Reign of Bossa Ahádee, King of Dahomy; with a short Account of the African Slave-Trade; by Robert Norris, 1789," 8vo; which Account was afterwards enlarged, reprinted separately, and distributed gratis by the Committee of West India Merchants. Mr. Long also wrote many fugitive essays and pieces of poetry, several of which appeared in the St. James's Chronicle

Chronicle and London Packet from 30 to 40 years ago, His "Trial of Farmer Carter's Dog Porter" has been attributed to Tom Paine, some of whose admirers assert that he did write a pamphlet on that subject, founded on a real event which actually took place, 1771, in the neighbourhood of Chichester, where the actors in the tragedy were well known by their nick-names given in Mr. Long's pamphlet. — In June 1797 Mr. Long entrusted to my care one of the original Medals struck in commemoration of the Treaty of Pilnitz, representing good likenesses of Leopold late Emperor of Germany, the present King of Prussia, and the present King of Saxony, from which a good engraving was given in Gent. Mag. vol. LXVII. p. 549. "How far," I added at the time, "the prediction of Felicitas Temporum, and the emblem of the Rising Sun, have been substantiated, the faithful page of History will tell."- Mr. Long, to whom these few lines had been communicated, says, in a letter dated July 7, 1791, "I cannot but very much approve of the few lines introductory of the Pilnitz Medal. I like your remark on the prediction; it is, in sober sadness, a curiosa Felicitas. I do not know whether the Medal in question be an unique in this kingdom; but it gives me satisfaction to think, that your respectable Magazine, which takes the lead in other respects, will be the first to gratify the publick with a fac-simile of a not uninteresting memorial-whether of wisdom, or of folly, I pretend not to say."

P. 191. William Crakelt, M. A. was vicar of Chalk in Kent, to which he was presented in 1774; also curate and master of the Grammar-school at Northfleet in that county, where he had resided nearly 50 years. He was editor of Entick's Latin Dictionary; published in 1792 a new edition of "The Works of Horace, translated into English Prose, originally published by Daniel Watson, M. A. in 1741, and revised by Dr. S. Patrick in 1750." He died at Northfleet, Aug. 21, 1812, aged 71.

P. 196, note, 1. 22, r. "April 14, 1785."

P. 200. The celebrated Mrs. Barbara-Charlotte Lennox, daughter of General Ramsay, died in distress in Dean's-yard, Westminster, and lies buried with the common Soldiery in the further burying-ground of Broad Chapel, undistinguished even by a head-stone to say where she lies. Boswell, in his Life of Dr. Johnson, relates, that one evening the Doctor, in high spirits at the Essex Head Club, said, "I dined yesterday at Mrs. Garrick's with Mrs. Carter, Miss Hannah More, and Miss Fanny Burney. Three such women are not to be found; I know not where I could find a fourth, except Mrs. Lennox, who is superior to them all."- Besides the Works enumerated in p. 201, Mrs. Lennox was Authoress of "Memoirs of Mad. de Maintenon," 4 vols.; translated the Age of Louis XIV.; "Eliza," erroneously attributed to Dr. Young, and included in a publication of his Works; "Harriet and Sophia," 2 vols.; translated the Devotions of Mad. de Valiere, Mistress of Louis XIV.; and the Three first Numbers of "The Trifler."

P. 207. "The Edition of Fortescue de Laud. Leg. Angl. 8vo, 1775, was printed from the Translation of the Edition fol. 1787, as well as I can recollect." E. B.

P. 208, note, 1. 15. "Old Sir John Shaw of Eltham gave 1000 guineas with each of his two sons to a Turkey Merchant, and they were never allowed a glass of wine. Paggen and Peter. Paggen resided at Aleppo; Peter at Smyrna. Qu. see Aikin's Manchester for their former great frugality?" T.F.

P. 219, 1. 4, r. "Avison."

P. 234. “The Rudiments of War" were by Mr. Grant.

P. 238. Thomas Thackeray was born at Hamsthwaite in Yorkshire; admitted on the Foundation at Eton, and at King's College, Cambridge, 1711; B. A. 1715; M. A. 1719; D.D. Com. Reg. 1728. He was some time an assistant at Eton School; and was a candidate for the Provostship in January 1743-4, when Dr. George was elected. In May 1746 he succeeded Mr. Cox in the Mastership of Harrow School, the reputation of which he considerably advanced; was Archdeacon of Surrey 1753; Rector of Haydon and Little Chishall, Essex, 1728; and in 1748 Chaplain to the Prince of Wales. He died in 1764; and his widow in January 1797, at the advanced age of 89. Alumni Etonenses.— Mr. Thomas Thackeray of Cambridge is their son; and they had other children.

P.244. What is said of Captain John Brett's sailing round the World with Lord Anson belongs to Sir Piercy Brett, afterwards Admiral of the Blue, who died Oct. 12, 1781.-Timothy Brett was also Comptroller of the Treasurer's Accounts; died in March 1761; but had resigned on superannuation some time before his death. It was his brother Charles who, many years before he was a Lord of the Admiralty, was Clerk of the Cheque of Portsmouth Dock-yard. — Ibid. note, 1. 13, r. "country."

P. 252, note, 1. 34, r. "lorepher."

P. 253, note, 1.8. "The Goths, before the Saxons, formed their Genitive in i; as Goddis, mannis. Our comma may very well represent the i of the Goths, or e of the Saxons. "His Majesties most gracious Speech." If you will add after Majesty “his most gracious," you cannot say "her Majesty's his most gracious Speech." T. F.

P. 260, note, I. 17, dele "And in that year."

P. 261, note, 1. 9, for "Pricsbede," r. "Riesbeck."

P. 262. To the fac-similes of Domesday may be added one in the "Reports from the Select Committee appointed to enquire into the State of the Public Records of the Kingdom, &c. 1500." P. 301. Insert the following Letters :

1. "Strawberry-hill, July 6, 1781. Mr. H. Walpole desires Mr. Nichols to accept his grateful thanks for the obliging present of Hogarth's Tour."

2. "Strawberry-hill, Oct. 31, 1781. I am glad to hear, Sir, that your Account of Hogarth calls for another edition; and I am very sensible of your great civility in offering to change any pas

sages that criticise my own work. Though I am much obliged by the offer, I should blush to myself if I even wished for that complaisance. Good Gon! Sir, what am I, that I should be offended at or above criticism or correction ? I do not know who ought to be—I am sure, no Author. I am a private man, of no consequence, and at best an Author of very moderate abilities. In a work that comprehends so much Biography as my "Anecdotes of Painting," it would have been impossible, even with much more diligence than I employed, not to make numberless mistakes. It is kind to me to point out those errors; to the world it is justice. Nor have I reason to be displeased even with the manner. I do remember that in many passages you have been very civil to me. I do not recollect any harsh phrases. As my work is partly critical as well as biographic, there too I had no reason or right to expect deference to my opinions. Criticism, I doubt, has no very certain rule to go by; in matters of taste it is a still more vague and arbitrary science.

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"As I am very sincere, Sir, in what I say, I will with the same ingenuity own that in one or two places of your book I think the criticisms on me are not well founded. For instance; in p. 37 I am told that Hogarth did not deserve the compliment pay him of not descending to the indelicacy of the Flemish and Dutch Painters. It is very true that you have produced some instances, to which I had not adverted, where he has been guilty of the same fault, though I think not in all you alledge, nor to the degree alledged; in some I think the humour compensates for the indelicacy, which is never the case with the Dutch; and in one particularly I think it is a merit; I mean in the Burlesque Paul before Felix;' for there, Sir, you should recollect that Hogarth himself meant to satirize, not to imitate, the Painters of Holland and Flanders.

"You have also instanced, Sir, many more Portraits in his Satiric Prints than come within my Defence of him as not being a Personal Satirist - but in those too, with submission, I think you have gone too far, as, though you have cited Portraits, are they all satiric? Sir John Gonson is the image of an active Magistrate identified, but is not ridiculous, unless to be an active Magistrate is being ridiculous. Mr. Pine, I think, you allow, desired to sit for the fat Friar in the 'Gates of Calais'— certainly not with a view to being turned into derision.

"With regard to the bloody fingers of Sigismunda, you say, Sir, that my memory must have failed me, as you affirm that they are unstained with blood. Forgive me if I say that I am positive that they were so originally. I saw them so, and have often mentioned that fact. Recollect, Sir, that you yourself allow, p. 46 in the note, that that Picture was continually altered upon the criticism of one Connoisseur or another. May not my memory be more faithful about so striking a circumstance than the memory of another who would engage to recollect all the changes that remarkable Picture underwent ?