was placed by nature, he was not above the littleness of vanity; and kindlily as were the elements blended in him, his manner would fometimes betray that contempt of others, which the wifeft are, perhaps, the leaft prone to entertain, and which the beft are the most ftudious to conceal. Though he courted praise, and was not nice refpecting the hand which tendered it, or the form in which it came, yet has he refufed it in the most honour able shape, and when offered to him by the publick. He has been importuned in vain to give a second edition of his Effay on Falstaff: and his repeated injunctions have impelled his executrix to an indifcriminate deftruction of his papers, fome of which, in the walks of politics, metaphyfics, and criticism, would have planted a permanent laurel on his grave. "Such were his frailties and inconfiftencies, the objects only of a doubtful fmile: but his virtues and his talents made him the delight of the social, the inftruction or the comfort of the folitary hour. 66 Though he had been accustomed to contemplate the awful crifis of death with more terror than belonged to his innocent life, or to his generally intrepid breaft, he met the confummation without alarm, and expired with as much ferenity as he had lived. This event happened at his houfe in Knightsbridge, in the 77th year of his age, on the 28th of March, 1802. Xaipe! Vale! "I shall never cease to think with a figh of the grave in which I faw your body compofed, till my own body fhall require the fame pious covering of duft, and shall folicit, with far inferior claims, yet haply not altogether in vain, for the fame ford charity of a tear. S. C." Mr. URBAN, July 12. IN N digging for a foundation, in order to fhore up a wall at a houfe in Avemaria-lane, the workmen difcovered in the cellar an oblong piece of marble, about 34 inches by 16, which, onmoving it, was found to have covered a number of human bones, inclofed in a wellbuilt brick receptacle. Varions are the conjectures on this circumfiance. It is known that a furgeon refided on the premises 50 or 60 years fince; but it is not thought probable that he would have been at fo much trouble and expence, as to depofit bones ufed for anatomical purpofes. They are rather believed to have lain there a much longer time; and may, perhaps, be the remains of fome victim to Popish bigotry. This idea is ftrengthened by the circumftance of Bp. Bonner, the fworn enemy of Protellants, formerly refiding on the fpot; and hitìory informs us, that he examined and tortured thofe charged with herefy in his own house. That the Bishop refided here there is no doubt, as the leafe under which feveral of the oppofite houfes are held has the following claufe: "commonly called Bishop G. Bonner's ftables.” W Mr. URBAN, Knaresborough, July 13. HERE is there an account of a claim to the Barony of Stafford, temp. Car. I. (1641 circiter), by the male reprefentative of that family, counter to the claim of, fifter and heir general of Lord Stafford, who married William Howard, and was, with her hufband, declared Viscount and Vifcountefs Stafford, &c.? Quere. The defcent of the Baronet's title of Conyers, (of Norden, Durham, 1628)?-How is the prefent poffeffor defcended from the first grantee?It will be feen, on reference to Betham's New Baronetage, that this is not explained. Quere. The time when the title of Baronet became extinct in the family of Blakeflon, of Gibfide, Durham, (creat. 1642-3), and the names, and relations to each other, of any of the fucceffors of the first Baronet ? Sir William was temp. Car. II. Alfo the defcent and extinction of the title of Blakefton, of Blakefton, (1612-14 creat. circiter), the elder branch of that family? It is fuppofed the heirefs married Smith, co. Nottinghamshire. Both thefe titles are mentioned as extinct, in the Baronetage, 1727. But a Sir Nicholas Blakefton, of Sheldroe, co. Durham, bore the title at a later period; and his daughter, or niece, married Sir Ralph. Conyers, of the Norden family. Any information from which line this Sir Nicholas was defcended, or any other particulars as to the above, will much oblige, Yours, &c. Mr. URBAN, Tin E. S. July 14. HE Epittle from the Yearly Meeting of Friends or Quakers, held in London, by adjournment, from the 21ft to the 31ft of the fifth month, 1806, inclufive, after a pious exhoriation to their brethren, concludes as follows: "Thus have we hinted at fome of the leading characteristics of a Christian; we 1 have attempted to hold up the ftandard of truth; and we tenderly entreat all our friends, who feel the neceffity of measuring themfelves by it, and are in a great degree exemplary perfons themselves, to be frequently attending to their refpeétive gifts, in order 'to be helpful to others; for we are members one of another, if we are really members of that body of which the head is Chrift. This mutual care is a fundamental principle of our Chriftian difcipline; this mutual care has brought us together at this time. We have received this year Epiftles from all the Meetings with which this Meeting ufually correfponds. The most remarkable feature in the intelligence which, from these and other fources, we receive refpecting our brethren in North America, is the great and fuccefsful diligence of fome of their yearly Meetings in promoting the civilization of the Indian natives. We find that our Meeting for Sufferings has very properly diffufed this intelligence among Friends; and impreffed with a defire of co-operation in a work fo benevolent, this Meeting has recommended a contribution, to affift our American brethren, in their very worthy purtuit; and we doubt not that Friends will cheerfully embrace this opportunity of teftifying our unity with their labours. Although, as we have already remarked, in the accounts which come up from the feveral branches of this Meeting, we are afflicted with noting various particulars which we deplore; yet we also are encouraged in obferving, that the good caufe remains dear to many; that fresh inftances offer themfelves to view of zeal in the Lord's fervice; and that fome serious perfons are still feeking to be united to us in confequence of convincement. The amount of fufferings brought in this year is about 10,314 1. of which fome part is for demands of a military nature; but the chief part ecclefiaftical. And, Friends, while we are endeavouring to bear teftimony against war, let us fhew, by our inoffenfive quiet demeanour, that we are truly children of peace; and while we refufe the claims of a priesthood from which we confcientiously dif fent, let us be diligent in waiting on the great Minifter of the true tabernacle. This, you know, Friends, is the purpofe of our affembling together in filence; and though there is among us at times, but little inftrumental miniftry, in the life and power of the Gospel, is a great favor to the Church; but the diftinguished excellence of the Chriftian difpentation is Let us, the immediate communication with our purify the foul, and produce the capacity. for communion with God." Mr. URBAN, July 16. HE Baronetage of Dixie is not Textinct, it became velted, on the death of Sir Wolftan, in his male heir of the whole blood, Beaumont, now Sir Beaumont Dixie, an Officer in the Navy, and at prefent a prifoner in France, who is the eldest fon of the late Rev. Beaumont Dixie, fon of Beaumont, rector of Market Bofworth, younger brother of Sir Wolfiau Dixie, the father of the last Baronet. W. Mr. URBAN, Stamford, July 17. about the Dixie Baronetage, and ** We fhall be much obliged to this Correfpondent for his offered communica tions on the fubject, for the ufe of the Hiftorian of Leicestershire, July 20. N order to make your record of the late Feftival of the Royal Jennerian ociety more complete, I hope you will furnish your readers with the folwing more particular account of the peech made by the Earl of Egremont, ho was one of the earliest and most ealous promoters of Vaccination. His ordship having taken the chair at the Leeting, on the departure of the Duke f York, his health was drank, upon which his Lordship role, and after rerning thanks to the company, exatiated largely on the advantages of he Vaccine difcovery. He exempli ed its benefits by a concife hiftory of s early and extenfive progress in his wn neighbourhood in Suffex Of the rrounding populace, his Lordship aid, inany thoufands had been vacciated at his own house, and not a finle failure or accident had occurred, Ithough, he said, unfavourable reorts had been circulated in the part f the country where he refided; but, n enquiry, which he directed, they vere found to be entirely groundlets. His Lordship alfo took occafion. to mention the following ftriking examle of the efficacy of Vaccination. In neighbouring village where a few erfons had neglected to avail themelves of the fecurity, the Small Pox a ew months fince appeared. It was ot only curious to obferve how thofe vere fpared who had gone through the Cow Pock, but to find that feveral of hem had alfo, with impunity, actually ecome the nurfes of the perfous inected with the Small Pox, although hey had been vaccinated fome years ago. His Lordship paid many compli nents to Dr. Jenner," that excellent nan," as he termed him, the difcoerer of this ineftimable blefling; and delicately, though forcibly, touched pon the inadequacy of his national eward. ་ 22d volume, as "never before tranflated," may be informed that it appeared in 1726 at London, in 12mo, "price bound 2s. 6d." with the title of The Lives and most remarkable Maxims of the Antient Philofophers." The following ftrictures on your last volume are now offered to the confidetation of your numerous readers: P. 236. Can the letter, referred to in the note as being in a former volume, be pointed out? In col. 1, 1. 10, for "Paul" we fhould fubftitute "William." P. 279, col. 1, 1. 21. Should we not read " great uncle" to the muchlamented Dean, whose death is recorded in p. 1086 ? P. 583. Mr. Coates, the ingenious Author of the "Hiftory and Antiquities of Reading," was, for feveral years, the highly-efteemed Curate of Mr. Sturges, at Ealing; who is noticed in pp. 100, 102, 122, 137, of that valuable work; from which it appears that he has a copy of Latin verfes in the "Mufæ Etonenfes ;" and another in the "Academiæ Cantabrigienfis Luctus," on the death of the late King. He alfo printed fome papers on Confirmation, with a Prayer, Religion and Loyalty," a Sermon preached at Reading, 1792, and pub lifhed at the request of his parishioners. Mr. Weft's annual Charity Sermon, 1794, to which is added an account of the Reading Girls' Charity School, 1795. He was treasurer of this school, and anxiously attentive to its welfare; and he was, indeed, an eminently good parish prieft in every other refpect. In the mifcellaneous volume, reviewed in your laft February Magazine, p. 145, are four Letters from him to Mr. Granger, fraught with communications which indicate the cheerful and communicative difpofition of the_writer, who, in the last of them ftrongly urges him to apply for preferment in the church. With a very moderate share of fuch preferment, however, Mr. Granger was, as he is truly ftyled in Lord Holland's Letter to him, 66 a very happy man." Had your Reviewer of the volume referred to, or had the editor of it, been fully acquainted with his real character, his anxiety to obtain fuch preferment, and his fervility to Horace Walpole, would not have been mifreported by either. His friends, knowing h's real worth, were anxious that it fhould be rewarded, and were the year fhould be 1794; as your volume for that year will prove in p. 284 col. 2; wherein at 1. 6 we thould read "Hatton." P. 997, col. 2. Mr. Walpole's affertion, relative to the "caft of a face in plafter" being that of Charles I. ap pears erroneous, if the account of it in p. 22, col. 1, of your volume for 1770, may be relied upon. conftantly pointing out to him fuch preferments as he might hold with the Vicarage of Shiplake; but no anxiety ever appeared in him to obtain them. Preferment was not his object, but information relative to his work: which Walpole was eminently qualified to impart, and which he most liberally imparted. Surely the harsh term of fervility is totally inapplicable to the humblenets, Gimplicity, and openness, of the guilelefs Granger. Some frik-"1777." Biographical Memoirs of ing lineaments in his character appeared Mr. Coltard, who is mentioned in 1. in p.313 of your volume for 1776, 14, were printed in your preceding pp. which ought not to have efcaped the 305, 6, 7; in the firft of which we notice of the editor of his Letters. fhould, in l. 9, read B. A. ;" and in the laft we fhould in col. 2, 1.7, read "vol. xvii." See your volume for 1777, p. 539, col. 2. "This year" P. 585, col. 2, 1. 48, 49. "Dr. Law, bishop of Carlisle," was confecrated in 1769. Should we not for "Carlife" here fubftitute "Clonfert?" Dr. John Law, his fon, was promoted to the latter See in 1782. P. 679, col. 1, 1. 26. Should we not for Dorfetfhire" read "Shrapfaire ?" P. 705, col. 2, 1. 27, 28. The error, here noticed, may be rectified by fubftituting p. 876." P. 909. The fingular circumftance of the Snake and the Toad, may, perhaps, receive fome illustration from pp. 161, 162, of your volume for 1759. P. 921. The critical letter is fadly disfigured, in col. 2, by errors of the prefs, which may probably be attributable to the well-known cacography of the learned writer: in 1. 3 read "elegantia; 1. 29" allicerent;" 1. 31 "fucare;" 1. 32 "fuco;" 1. 34" arte; line 41 66 Apoll." oi ;" line 42 ἐξ ἐκαπηλευον τα. In 1. 19, "Part 2" fhould be erased. P. 926. Your Chichester Correfpondent, who has given the infcription in col. 2 unintelligibly, may be referred to Horfley's" Britannia Romana,” pp. 332-338, for a clear elucidation of it. P. 939, col. 2, 1, 4. A draught of this Roman altar may be found in p. 361 of your volume for 1781; and the Infeription itself is noticed in p. 221, col. 2, of that for the fucceeding year, by your accurate Correfpondent Antiquarius. P. 940, col. 2, 1. 44, 45. The Infcription on the crofs at Doncafter is exactly given in p. 281 of your volume for 1753. P. 996, col. 1. In Dr. Parr's epitaph on a favourite pupil, the date of P. 1022, col. 2, 1. 11, Read P. 1073, col. 2, 1. 39. is wrong. By recurring to your vo lume for 1787, p. 181, it is evident, that the worthy Recorder died in the beginning of that year. Yours, &c. SCRUTATOR. Mr. URBAN, Birmingham, April 7. AVEBURY, Stonehenge, and Rolright are of fuch notoriety, and have been fo often defcribed as to render any farther detail unneceffary. Excufe, however, a fingle remark. On viewing Avebury, I could not help furmifing that the ftupendous earth-work which encompaffes it was not thrown up merely for fecurity, as is generally fuppofed. Superftitious reverence would fufficiently preferve the facred habitation of a Druid Society from violation. Might it not be intended to form a capacious amphitheatre; whence the furrounding worship ers could conveniently witness the facrifices, and other ceremonies, performed within the area of the temple? The annexed view (Fig. 1.) contains only a detached portion of Avebury. It would be difficult to find a fituation which, owing to the intervening houses of the village, could command the whole. Stonehenge, (Fig. 2.) was delineated previous to the fall of fome of the principal ftones. Rolright, (Fig. 3.) is of much inferior confequence to the other two. A magnificent Cathedral and a Village Church are, perhaps, not more diffimilar in fize and dignity, than were the various ftructures railed for Druidical worship. WILLIAM HAMPER, Mr. |