and, on any of them failing in the performance of any of the conditions, my Trustees shall hold my estates, for the life of each person so failing, to the use of the Chancellor, Master, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge, to distribute the rents and profits in such gold medals, in such manner, and for such purpose, as before mentioned. I direct my Executors to procure a die to be engraved proper to strike medals of gold of five guineas value; the obverse to be an imitation of my marble medallion bust; the motto, Esse et videri; on the exergue, in two lines, Gulielmus Browne Eques. nat. | 111 Non. Jan. A. I. MDCXCII.; on the reverse, Apollo radiated, seated on an advanced throne, resting his lyre on his left knee with his left hand, and extending his right hand with a laurel-wreath over the head of a Scholar with a gown and band kneeling on the steps and presenting a scroll in his right hand, and holding down his square cap with his left hand, the motto Sunt sua Præmia Laudi; on the exergue, in two lines, Electus Coll. Med. Lond. Præses A. S. MDCCLXXVI. With this shall be struck two gold medals of five guineas value, and sent to the Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge annually in the beginning of January, to be given by him at the following Commencement to two Undergraduates, one of whom shall deliver to him, in June before, the best Greek Ode in imitation of Sappho, the other the best Latin Ode in imitation of Horace, on a subject to be appointed by him in January before; which Odes shall be fairly written, dated, and subscribed by the Authors, in a Book to be laid on the Register's table for public inspection at the Commencement. And I charge my estates for the perpetual performance of this annual bequest.-I give to the Præsident and College or Commonalty of the Faculty of Physick, London, 2501. in trust, for founding a Latin Medical Lecture, to be read every year on three successive days in their Theatre, notice being given three days before in the News-papers, by one of the twelve junior Fellows to be appointed by the Præsident and senior Elect, on a subject of his own choice, for which he shall be paid by the College the clear sum of 10l.; and in every year when the Lecture shall not be read, that sum shall be paid by the College to the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge in Hatton-garden, of which I have long been a member, or to the Society for propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts, at their choice. "I give my Daughter all my personal estate, money in the funds, plate, jewels, pictures, linen, household furniture, chariot, horses, and moveables, except such as herein specifically given.— I give my Grandson my diamond rings. diamond buckle, and stone imitation of it, gold watch and chain and seals, and my gold crooked-head hickary stick, and all my books and papers, except such as my daughter shall chuse, and those having her maiden arms, desiring him to continue them in their four classes, and to charge his successors so to continue them. The remaining pieces which I published I desire he will give amongst friends, friends, and dispose of as he pleases."- After several legacies to servants, &c. he adds, "I rely on my grandson's good sense and remarkable ingenuity to seek happiness and spirits (where alone they are to be found) in a good understanding and a good conscience, rather than in a great estate. I recommend to him our English Horace on the Use of Riches: 'Wealth in the gross is death, but life diffus'd, As poison heals, in just proportion us'd; The fine Pocket Horace I gave him expresses this in one verse: 'Di tibi Divitias dederint Artemque fruendi.' The superiority lies here, a great estate is temporary : 6 Permutat dominos et cedit in altera jura ;' A good understanding follows even to immortality : Immediately before his signature are the following lines: 66 Homo, humani à se alienum nil putans! Patria, O! perpetua esto et libera!" By a Codicil, dated July 21, 1773, he gives a moiety of two leases he had then lately purchased in Norfolk to his Trustees, to renew the same from time to time for the use of his grandson and his heirs and, in default of issue,"to the Chancellor, Master, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge, in trust, for the same uses to which I have appointed my other estates that I have devised to them in my Will. By recommendation of Dr. Cooke, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, I will that a third gold medal, of like kind with those two in my Will mentioned, shall be sent by my Executor annually with those two to the Vice-Chancellor of that University for the time being, to be given by him to the Under-graduate who shall produce the best Greek Epigramm after the model of Anthologia, and the best Latin Epigramm after the model of Martial, on a subject of his appointing, to be given, all three, on the Commencement-day. I charge my estates also with this third medal for ever. I will that my Executor shall cause a Marble Monu ment to be erected for me in Westminster Abbey, according to the Draught No. III. left by me for that purpose, with the inscriptions I have directed for it. The arch on the West side of the East door leading into the Cloisters, whereon is a small oval bust, which, it seems, may be put up on the vacancy over the arch, is the place I appoint for it. I desire my Executor to shew the Draught first to Mr. Wilton in Portland-street, and then to Mr. Moore in Berners-street; and whose proposals he most approves, to prefer him to execute it. I bequeath to my housekeeper Alice Sigley, for her very long and faithful service, from her age of fifteen years, to her Lady, to my Daughter, and to myself, a gold mourning-ring, and all my household furniture, being grown old-fashioned and useless to my grandson, with my household and wearing linen and cloaths-except that my worst suit shall be given to iny footman, and my slippers and all my shoes to my coachman. I give her also all my chinaexcept the furniture of my dining-room chimney-piece, and 11 dishes and covers, with the plates to them belonging, and the curious red china tea-pot with the silver spout, and the cups and saucers with a butterfly on their bottoms, and beautiful basons, which, as they were remarkable favourites of his mother and grandmother, I desire my Grandson will keep, and also set a high value on them. And as I know it will be the greatest gratification to my housekeeper to have the custody, during her life, of the pictures of her Lady and Father, and of my Daughter and of myself, which all four hang in my dining-room, I desire she may have this gratification from my Executor. Lastly, I will that my three favourite coach-horses and my Daughter's favourite. Clara, shall be taken care of, and indulgently maintained by my Executor, during their respective lives." P. 338, 1. 2. "Whose name I never discovered." It is great pity that the Author should not be known. I suppose “M. N." p. 355, are his initials. It is a very able, interesting article; and not less so the pathetic and entertaining Rambler's communications,. p. 337, &c." R. C. P.348. Lambert Osbolston, or Osbaldeston, born in the parish of St. Olave in Southwark, was admitted in Westminster School 16..; elected to Christ Church 1612; M. A. 1617; Head Master of Westminster School 1622; and Prebendary of the tenth stall at Westminster, in the place of Dr. Christopher Sutton, 1629. By his industry he improved his Scholars in as great eminency of Learning as any of his Predecessors did; inasmuch, as it is reported by Dr. Fuller (Church History, Book XI. Cent. XVII. p. 166) that above Eighty Doctors in the three great Faculties, in the two Universities, gratefully acknowledged their education under him, before the great Rebellion broke out. But so it was, that he having been much favoured and patronized by Dr. Williams, Dean of Westminster and Bishop of Lincoln, did always stick close to him in the controversies had between him and Dr. Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury; for which he suffered in some measure, especially after he had been found guilty of certain libellous passages in a Letter written by him to the said Williams, wherein he styles Laud "the little Vermin, the Urchin, and Hocus Pocus;" for which, being called into question in the Star-chamber, and found guilty, he lost his Spiritualities, was fined 5000l. and sentenced to have his ears tacked to the pillory in the presence of his Scholars; which last sentence he avoided, by a seasonable withdrawing himself from Westminster in 1638. He was afterwards restored by the Long Parliament, and suffered for a time to keep his Prebend, when all the rest of the Prebendaries were turned out. But then, seeing what mad courses the Members of the second 'Parliament took, favoured his Majesty's cause, and in some measure suffered for it; lived retiredly retiredly during the interval; and dying in the beginning of October 1659, was buried in the South aile of St. Peter's Church in Westminster. He was a learned man; but he does not appear to have published any book. Wood's Athen. Oxon. Fasti, I. p. 212. P. 364. "Sir C. H. Williams did not die in Russia, but in England; as I believe, at Kensington. Mr. Johnes received the MS. of "The Good-natured Man" from John Hanbury Williams, nephew and heir to Sir Charles, who married Mr.Johnes's sister." J. P. 369. I possess a pamphlet, intituled, "The Crisis; a Sermon on Rev. xiv. 9, 10, 11; necessary to be preached in all the Churches in England, Wales, and Berwick-upon-Tweed, at or before the next General Election; humbly inscribed to the Right Reverend the Bench of Bishops. By a Lover of his Country.Vendidit hic Auro Patriam. Virg. London, printed for A. Dodd, without Temple Bar; E. Nutt, at the Royal Exchange; and H. Chappelle, in Grosvenor-street, 1741," 8vo; on the titlepage of which is this remark: "This Sermon was written by the late Mr. Fielding, Author of Tom Jones, &c. &c. as the Printer of it assured me. R. B." P. 377. One of his latest publications was, "A clear State of the Case of Elizabeth Canning, who hath sworn that she was robbed and almost starved to Death by a Gang of Gypsies and other Villains in January last, for which Mary Squires now lies under Sentence of Death. By Henry Fielding, Esq. London, 1753," pp. 62. P. 401. "The identical Book with which Johnson knocked down Osborne (Biblia Græca Septuaginta, folio, 1594, Frankfort; the note written by the Rev. Mills) I saw in February 1812 at Cambridge, in the possession of J. Thorpe, Bookseller; whose Catalogue, since published, contains particulars authenticating this assertion." T. S. P. 418, 1. 3, r. “ 1734 ;” 1. 7, “1444;" 1. 10, "supprest." P. 419. "Mr. Joseph Pote went to King's College in 1748-9, aged about 19: consequently died aged 67."-Edward Ephraim Pote, a younger son of the Bookseller, was admitted at Eton in 1768; B. A. of King's College 1773. After a residence of several years in India, he returned to his native country, and presented to the Library of King's College a Collection of Eastern MSS. many of them beautifully illuminated. He made also a similar donation to the Library of Eton College. Alumni Etonenses, p. 348. P. 421, 1. 18, for "doubtlessly," r. "doubtless.”—L. 28, for "Twemloves," r. "Twemlowes."-I was at Twemlowe-hall when a boy, and I believe a Mr. Gregory or Mrs Gregory lived there. There is also Twemlowe in Cheshire. Twemlowe, Salop, is, I think, nearer Wem than Whitchurch. I should have hailed Mr. Pridden of St. Paul's with additional interest, if I had known his extraction from Ellesmere and Whittington." R. C. P. 426. "Mrs. Henry (formerly Mrs. Newell) had two children when she married Mr. Henry, a son and a daughter. The former, who who was lame both in person and conduct, died a young man ; the daughter married, as you truly say, Mr. Bonnycastle." Ibid. 1. 13, .r. "Mr. M. F. Hommey, of Charlton in Kent." D. B. P. 435. "Dr. Hutton, the father of James, was a Clergyman of worth and character, who could not reconcile himself to take the necessary oaths, whereby he could hold his church preferment. He therefore resigned it, and took a house in Collegestreet, Westminster, and had several boys of that school boarded with him. His own family consisted of a wife, a son, and a daughter. The son was bred a Bookseller, and opened a shop by Temple Bar, from whence he went to Moravia, to fetch himself a wife of that Nation and Religion; but this is not the age for Booksellers to make fortunes by the sale of Bibles, Prayerbooks, &c.; and as Mr. Hutton would do little else, that business would not do; and he betook himself to one which it seems did, that of a Moravian Leader." Thicknesse's Memoirs, vol. I. p. 26. P. 443, l. 33, r. "few, if any." P. 451. "My copy of Baskerville's Quarto Virgil, given me by the late Duke of Roxburgh, bound in Morocco (red), on leaving Eton, is dated 1757. Query, if the first or second edition? Mr. Dibdin, vol. II. p. 335, Introduction to the Classics, mentions only 1757. I compared mine lately with Mr. Wodhull's account of his, when Mr. Charles Hoare was of opinion with myself, that the difference was only caused, as Mr. Wodhull expressed it, "currente prelo." Mr. Dibdin makes Shenstone speak (March, 1757), of the publication as being to take place "Baskerville publishes at the close of this month." E. J. P. 464. A handsome monument in the North-east corner of Fulham church-yard is thus inscribed: soon. "Here lie the remains of Joseph Johnson, late of Saint Paul's, London, A Man equally distinguished by Probity, Industry, and Disinterestedness in his intercourse with the Publick, and every domestic and social virtue in private life; beneficent without ostentation, ever ready to produce merit, and to relieve distress; unassuming in prosperity, not appalled by misfortune; inexorable to his own, indulgent to the wants of others; resigned and cheerful under the torture of a malady which he saw gradually destroy his life." P. 465, l. 16, for "1722," r. "1721." P. 466, 1. 15, for "felicity," r. " simplicity." 1. 16, for son, r. nephew; being the son of Mr. Giles Jones, who was more than 40 years secretary to the York Buildings Water Company, in Villiers-street, Strand. P. 467. The Guardian of C. Spendelowe was not Baynes, but William Rayner, who, Nov. 15, 1732, had been tried in the Court of King's Bench for publishing an infamous libel, intituled Robin's Reign; or, Seven's the Main, consisting of several scan dalous |