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METEOROLOGICAL TABLE for May, 1788.

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a Rye-grafs in bloom, and mowed for hay.-Lactuca virofa spindles for bloom: the milky juice of this plant is very bitter and acrid- Elder begins to blow. Kidney-beans and greens of potatoes injured by the froft.-d The foliage of the Italian poplar is very mean.

N. B. This diary will from this day be kept at a village feventy miles SW of London. Rain meafarer nine feet above the ground. Thermometer hangs against a north wall abroad. Latitude 51, 12. Longitude 1, 24, W. The foil chalk. Obfervations taken about noon.

THE

Gentleman's Magazine:

For MAY, 1788.

BEING THE FIFTH NUMBER OF VOL. LVIII. PART I.

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XXXMONGST the deaths recorded in your last, p. 308, is that of Sufannah Lady Viscountess Dowager Fane; which is a

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great, and, for obvious

realons, a very unfortunate mistake.Lady Fane is now living, in a very advanced age, but in perfect health, at her houfe in Curzon-ftreet. The lady for whom he was mistaken was the Lady Viscountess Vane, wife to the Lord Vil count Vane, of the kingdom of Ireland, who died at her houfe in Hill-fireet, Berkeley-fquare, on the gift of March laft, in the 75th year of her age. The lite of Lady Vane, as blazoned by herfef in the novel of Peregrine Pickle, is fill in the recollection of a great part of the world; and it is painful to the relations and friends of Lady Fane, that two pertons to diametrically oppofite in character fhould have been confounded by you. Lady Fane and Lady Vane had one quality only in common, viz. eminent perfonal beauty. Lady Fane has through life been diftinguished for the most unexceptionable and exemplary conduct: the has made the happinels of two hufbands, viz. Sir William Juxon and Lord Fane; and the friends and relations of both, who refpect and love her, are eager upon the prefent occafion to fhew that they have an intereft in her reputation.

A near relation of one of Lady Fane's hufbands writes this; and he doubts not but you will intert it in your next Ma

gazine. You may depend upon the exacnels of every thing he advances.

ORIGINAL Letter from O. CROMWELL.
For Colonel Alban Cox in Hertfordshire.
Sir,
Wbitehall, 24 Apr. 1665.
HAVEING occafion to fpeak with

you upon fome affairs relating to the publique, I would have you, affoone as' this comes to your hands, to repair up hither; and upon your comeing you shall be acquainted with the particular reafons of my fending for you. I reft your loveinge friend, OLIVER P.

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Mr. URBAN,

THE

Whittington, May 14. HE late Mr. Folkes, in his Table of English Silver Coins, p. 110, fpeaking of Thomas Simon, the celebrated engraver, fays, I am told, that he died foon after, and probably in this very year 1665. With this agrees the ac count Mr. Vertue gives, p. 64, of his Collection of the Medals, Coins, &c. of Thomas Simon, A. D. 1753: his words are, This being dated in the year of the great ficknefs [1665], 'tis conftantly reported, that Tho. Simon died at that time; but where buried, after having fearched many regifters of wills and burials in and about London ineffectually, and it being faid, he retired to his native country, my enquiries there proved alfo vain and fruitlefs labour." But now, Sir, Tho Simon, I believe, overlived that date many years, for the Rev. Wm. Gofiling, the Perambulator of Can terbury, gave me the following information, A. D. 1751. My father, who

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Ice as thick as a crown piece. Greens of potatoes much damaged, and whole acres of kidney-beans killed to the ground. Naftertiums alfo deftroyed.-f Quail (tetrao coturnix) calis. The gale rifes and falls with the fun; levant weather.-g Hay-making general. Sawberries dry and tafteles.-6 Much hay houfed in good order. Foliage of oaks greatly injured by late frofts and infects, tho' not fo much as the two last years.—k Ice early in the morn as thick as a fhilling. Flycatchers have young Young nightingales appear.- Are not the late frofts owing to the extraordinary quantity of ice which car down thie farine from the North ?---a Barley in ear.—. Hay makes well; farmers very bu

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was born on Lady day 1650, was perfonally acquainted with Simon, who ufed to tit by him in the Choir at Canterbury, and fing out of his book. • This could not be till on, or after, the year 1674, fince till then my father was not of age for Priefs Orders; but I believe he was not Minor Canon of Canterbury fotoon. My father knew Simon 10 well, that he, fince my being a housekeeper, bought a very indifferent painting of him, but a ftriking likeness, increly becaule he knew it was done for • him. Simon (pobably from the time ia which Mr Folkes places his death) • ufed to froil from place to place, with a long coat, a long ftaif, and a long heard, as I have often heard my father defcribe him. I have now two proofs of feals engraved by him, which were given to my father (I believe by Simon ⚫hunfelf, but cannot be politive), one of the Queen Dowager, the other (I think) is that of the African company. Mrs. Davell, who is fill living in this neigh⚫bourhood [Canterbury], mentioned fome particulars of Simon to me tome years ago, which I believe the has not forgotten; the remembers his perfon, when he used, in his rambles, to vifit her family as a relation.'

You may depend on the above narrative, Mr. Urban, for I wrote it down at the time; Mr. Gefling wifhed me to fend it to Mr. Folkes. I accordingly did fend it the Auguft following; but that gentle. man, I fuppofe, had no opportunity afterwards of making any public ufe of the information. Mrs. Darell, here fpoken of, was Olivia, daugi ter of Lord Vilcount Stra gford of the kingdom of Areland, and fur-iving her husband Joen Darell of Cole hill, Efq. Com. Cant. died 1753.

SAMUEL PEGGE.

Yours, &c. From the genuine MSS. mentioned in p. 286, we stall now extract fome purticulars relative to Dr. WALLIS.

ON

Nhis art of decyphering, he fays, "About the year 1699 or 1700, it was thought (and fuggefted accordingly) that I fhould teach this art to fome young man, that the kill might not die with me, as being a thing which might be of fervice to the publick when I fhould be dead. I had long before this time acquainted my fon, John Wallis, Etquire (of Soundefs, near Nettiebed, in Oxford' fhire), with my methods and manner of proceedings herein, who undelftands it fully, and hath been alliitant

to me in decyphering of divers of these letters, and wants nothing but exercife to make him expert at it. I did (upon this new fuggeftion) make choice of my grandfon, William Blencow (now fellow of All Souls college in Oxford), fon of my daughter the Lady Blencow, wife of Sir John Blencow, one of the Judges of the Court of the Common Pleas, whom I have fully inftructed herein, directing him (in order thereunto) to fiudy the French tongue. In both which he hath been fo good a proficient, that, in the prefent year 1702, he hath by himfelf (without any affiles tance of mine) decyphered the letters which are here tranfcribed, which I thought fit here to mention. "March 17, 1702. JOHN WALLIS."

The Dosor died in the following year; and was buried in the choir of handfone monument is erected to his St. Mary's church in Oxford, where a memory, with the following infcription: Joannes Wallis, S. T. P. Geometria Profellor Savilianus,

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Cuftos Archiv rum Oxon.
Hic dormit.

Opera reliquit immortalia.
Ob. Oct. 28, A. D. 1703, æt. 87.
Filius et Hæres ejus,

Jeannes Wallis,

De Soundefs, in Com. Oxon.
Armiger,
P.

The infcription is just below a marble butt of the doctor. The buft is placed near the pulpit on a pedeftal, about twelve feet from the pavement. His right hand pretes his breaft, and his left hand(which has loft three fingers) in an indicating pofure. Between the nuft and the infeription, is a female figure. holding a book in her right hand, and her left ann reclining on a globe, beneath which are feveral methematical inftruments.

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The three letters which follow are now firt printed from the originals. 1. To Dr. WALLIS. Hon. Father,

March 1, 1700-1. 1 poke yeflerdav again to the Archbp. who told me he had spoke to my Là. Godolphin, who is firit Com'r of the Treafury, and he did believe the thing would be done. I let him know I went out of towne on Monday, and defired he would pleafe to let his chaplaine give the notice as foon as any was ordered, which he fav'd he would doe. I intend to fee you as I goe to Redding, and lye att y'r

houfe

Original Anecdotes and Letters of Dr. John Wallis, &c.

houfe on Monday fortnight at night. Mrs. Headly has yet call'd for noe monev for my fift'r, tho' I gave her notice I would pay what the wanted. My fervile to all, I am y'r obedient fonne,

Jo. BLENCOW.

2. To Mr. JUSTICE BLENCOw. SIR, Oxford, Mar. 6, 1700-1.

I had yours from London of March 1, fince which I have one from the Archbishop of March 4, in thefe words.

"Sir, I know not by what means*," &c. I defire your direction what is to be done in it; and, what folicitor to employ. I received the letter but this morning, and therefore fend this by the way of London, because it is a day too late to fend by Banbury carrier, and I am willing you should know it as foon as may be, and give order accordingly, knowing (better than I do) whom to employ. I hope to morrow to hear of your fafe arrival at Marlon, and fhall be glad to fee you here (as you promife it) in vour way to Reading. Yours, JOHN WALLIS. To the Archhp. of CANTERBURY. Oxford, March 6, 1700-1.

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May it please your Grace, I humbly thank your Grace for the honour of your very kind letter of Mar. 4. which I received this morning; and for the great favour your Grace hath fhowed me, in the matter of that penfion from his Majeftie, which was like otherwife to be loft, but will now I hope (by your Grace's favour) be retrieved. I thal forthwith acquaint Mr. Juftice Blencow with it, defiring him to employ fome folicitor to attend it.

I was informed lately, that the ConVocation(amongst other things) are likely to take into confideration the continuation of the Table of Moveable Feafts in the Book of Common Prayer, and fettle the bufinefs of St. Matthew's day in the Leap-year. It fo, there be divers other mistakes in the Calendar, which it may be proper (at the fame time) to fett right. I have formerly taken lome pains about that matter; and imparted at his requeft a copy of what I wrote about to your predeceffor. the Ld. Archbp. Sancroft; who did (I think) tell me, that he had lodged it in the Library at Lambeth; and perhaps your Grace may there fiad it.

I did, heretofore, caufe a copy of it to be la, berove your Grace, which (prilap )ysar Grace may remember. I the, B it not moroper now to remind

* Ti bony is not preferved. Some others fall be given next month. EDIT.

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your Grace of it; that your wifdom may direct what is proper to be done in that affair. I am, my Lord, your Grace's verry humble, and most obedient fervant, JOHN WALLIS.

Original Letter from Dr. FREE, to bis
Grace the prefent ARCHBISHOP
of CANTERBURY, &c.
"MY LORD,

Feb. 9, 1788.

Beg leave to prefent your Grace with the fourth edition of my Hiftory of the English Tongue, begun by the permiflion of his Royal Highness Frederick Prince of Wales, for the use of his eldeft fon, now King George the Third, which honour was communi cated to me by Mr. Drax, Secretary to his Royal Highness; but the Prince dying before it was printed, I mified of my reward, and with it my future hopes of preferment.

For though there could not be in my station a better fubject, to one of the best of princes King George the Second, as your Grace will fee by the papers which accompany this book; yet I found my fervices overlooked, or ob ftructed, by the Duke of Newcastle and his adherents :-Of this I was convinced once for all, by the unfuca great man cefsful application of abroad, who was much a favourite of King George the Second, and Chancel lor of his Univerfity of Gottingen, Baron Mofheim, with whom I kept a Latin correfpondence, and who, out of friendship, immediately took a journey from Gottingen to Hanover, where the King was at that time, to folicit a prebend of Bristol for me, which was then vacant; but meeting there the Duke of Newcastle, he was told that it was difpofed of.

During the administration of my Lord Bute, I pretented my petition to the King, a copy of which accompanies this book; by which your Grace will fee, that by fome mireprefentation Į was again difappointed.

My dependencies upon Churchmen were altogether as delufive as thei which were founded upon the favour of I have been conMinifters of State. nected with three Bishops as my diocefans, eitcemed by them all, but never preferred by any.

The firft was Bishop Peploe, when I was Vicar of Runcorn in Cheshire: His politicks and mine agreed. I affociated with him in the rebellion, for

the

the defence of the King and Roval Family; but, having relations, he could not gratify me with a prebend of Chefter, the height of my, requeft. Upon my return from Cheshire to Oxford, the rebels were advanced as far as Derby, when I preached at St. Mary's, the famous 5th of November, a Sermon, which procured the curfes of the other party, who abufed me in every Jacobite paper through England; and the then miniftry, through fear of difpleafing them, confented to fuch a facrifice; robbed of my pupils by the party, I left the University, and went to teach School in Southwark.

Here I had hopes at this time from Dr. Willes of Bath and Wells, the fecond bishop under whom I terved:His name appears amongst my father's friends, who was a fufferer for the royal caufe, in the rebellion of the year 1715. as may be feen in my petition to the King. Dr. Willes was under promife of providing for me, which was made to the wardens and fellows of Merton College in Oxford, where I was difappointed of a fellowship, to make rogin for one of his friends. Being removed from Runcorn in Chehire, to East Coker, a vicarage of the fame mean value, which was in his diocefe

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every body imagined that I should be a prebendary of Wells and fo forch; but the Bishop died before he could provide for me. The third dio. cefan is the prefent bishop of that fee [Dr. Mots], a very worthy gentleman, with whom I have lived upon very good terms; but places in his cathedral would be too long to expect, and the charge of a parith I would not now under

take.

For, during thefe periods, I am advancing to the age of 77 years; have been a public preacher, at the time I left the pulpit, 54 years; a doctor in divinity 44, without any thate of preterment from the patronage, or patrimony of the Church, but a vicarage about 7c. the year, to ftruggle with the world, and bring up a family:Reduced by this fituation, I am obliged to the charity of the laity to make up deficiencies. Emeritus Miles Ecclepe daglicane, a worn-out Invalid, who has ferved in 54 campaigns, and finds humfeif in a worle fituation than a Cheljra pensioner; for they are fupported by the Military Etablishment, whilft a clergyman, whote writings, preaching, and behaviour, have been reproach

able, is turned over to another profeffion-to ask for bread

While I am giving this detail, my Lord, I would not have it thought, though it looks fufpicions, that I am applying to your Giace for your perfonal charity for my fubfidence.-No; it is the Church that I demand it of: There are the ύσερήματα Χρίστο

which, by St. Paul's leave, I choose to conftrue the Arrears of the Church, which I demand for the lofs of my Time and Labour; to be brought to an account, and fee it fettled before I go hence. I beg leave to depofit thefe demands in your Grace's hands, not doubting but, when you have power and opportunity, your Grace will do me justice.

la the late fcramble for preferment, I had thoughts once more of applying to the Minister, who by the throng of the clergy attending his levee as minifter for Church and State, that while the left were friving to gratify that ambition, I might meet with fome of the fragments of the loaves and fibes, for there were many to be fed; but then it occurred, that I might not be quick enough; being old, the young ones would out-run me, or I might be thrown down in the fcuffie. This fhewed that on fuch an occation Lought to have an advocate more powerful than myself.

But where thould I find a perfon ią power of that affability and freedom of access, to receive a petition from the difappointed; of that humanity, as well from their difpofition as from experience, to pity their fufferings; of that activity in their high ftation to endeayour their relief, of that compais of thought as a politician, to look upon it as a bad fymptom in a state to fce a good fubject diftrelled in and by the community, which he all his life-time faithfully ferved, and moved thereby from the love and credit of his country to fuck for their redrefs?

Upon refication, I could not find another perfon of high rank with whote character this defeoption fo well agrees as with that of his Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury; and from this perfuafion, 1 make bold to beg the favour of your Grace to be my advo cate, and reprefent my cafe to Mr. Pitt, who is generally well spoken of for his good dupofition, and whole fentimeris may be the fame with your own. His father, Lord Chatham, profeffed an

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