GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE: LONDON GAZETTE Miscellaneous Correspondence, &c. Inscription to the Memory of Bp. Randolph 211 Letter of Queen Anne.-Author of Junius? 212 Mrs. Serres. Park's Hist of Hampstead..213 Rev. James Tate.- Old French Prophecy 214 Theme by the late Rev. Edward Giddy......215 Old Parr's Cottage at The Glyn, Shropshire 217 Instructions for exorcising Evil Spirits......218 Editions of Thes. à Kempis.-Walter Hilton 220 Translation of the Second Psalm, with Notes 221 Domingo de Sequeira, an eminent Painter...222 Another Guess at Junius.- Hugh Boyd?...224 Yorke; Grosvenor; Kenyon; Egerton; Fox 225 Historical Account of Beauchief Abbey....226 Proper Conduct of Britain towards America 228 Biblical Restrictions by the Church of Rome 229 Elevation of Prelates to Temporal Peerages 230 Cautions to the Collectors of old Paintings 232 Lives, &c. of Edward V. and Richard III. 234 Mrs. Piozzi. Dr. Johnson.- Cumberland 235 Mr. Liston's Patent Organ.- Mr. Farey...ibid. Calculation of a Nativity, by an Astrologer 256 Lord Thurlow's "Moonlight."-Utas?......237 Remarks on the Acacia and on other Trees..238 Observations on the late severe Weather...239 Meteorolog. Diaries at Sidmouth and Derby 240 Mr. J. S. Hawkins's Answer to Mr. Carter..242 248 Review of New Publications. Interesting Intell. from London Gazettes...273 Embellished with beautiful Perspective Views of OLD PARR'S COTTAGE, By SYLVANUS URBAN, GENT. Printed by NICHOLS, SON, and BENTLEY, at CICERO'S HEAD, Red Lion Passage, Fle-str... where all Letters to Editor are to be addressed, POST-PAID METEOROLOGICAL DIARY, KEPT AT EXETER. ment; &c. &c. in our next. BARTON SEGRAVE is received. WRAY; A Sound Member of the EstablishPublic Funds or Stocks ;" OXONIENSIS; Mr. "Account of the National Debt, and the our notice We are by an old and appear without proper authentication. for the COURT MARTIAL recommended to "More Miseries," by VERITAS, cannot sorry that we cannot find room valuable Friend. Sixpence. been again and again discussed. If counterfeit, more than it is worth. The subject has If AMPHIBALUS's "Farthing" should a Farthing is really be genuine, it may possibly be worth late Mr. GEORGE RICHARDSON, Architect, Mr. Richardson ornamental cielings were in part made by the Adelphi Buildings, the drawings for the the Messrs. Adams during the erecting of (he says) was Clerk to the Works under three following days. Mr. Richardson were sold by Mr. Stewart, Nov. 29, and nal Drawings, Prints, and Books of Prints, and a list of his Publications. His origiMr. Lumley asks for an Account of the and the etchings and were in part, if not the whole, done by his called by him his "Book of Cielings," colouring of the plates for the Publication own hands. 29.92 35 Fine, sharp frost 30.02 38 Ditto 2 29.99 40 Cloudy; some small showers 29.95 44 29.83 35 Gentle thaw... ............................................ 29.33 401 Ditto; clear 29.04 40 Ditto; do. little sleet.. 29.20 35 Ditto 29.85 24 Ditto. 29.00 32 Ditto. 29.11 36 Thaw,heavy rain,fair 28.78 37 Fair; windy. Fine, though some little sleet 29.58 37 Frost. Cloudy, some showers; fine 29.97 301 Fine, sharp frost. 29.70 35 Thaw. 29.29 36 Frost. 29.27 34 Ditto. 30.07 32 Ditto; some showers 3 29.97 241 Fine, sharp frost...... 29.93 37 Cloudy and cold.. 29.90 34 Ditto. 4 29.89 30 Very fine, frosty. 29.98 35 Ditto 30.05 33 Ditto. 5 30.05 35 Sleet; frosty 29.92 43 Fair but lowering 29.92 43 Ditto. F.&C.; at2,heavysq.wind&r. Windy, with squalls of rain 29.68 38 Ditto. 29.72 42 Fine. ... 29.57 41 Ditto. 29.84 44 Ditto. 29.91 48 Ditto. 11 29.85 44 Fair and cloudy.. 12 29.88 44 Fog 29.83 48 29.88 50 Foggy Ditto.... 29.85 451 Cloudy, with showers. Cloudy; some small rain. Fine; frost. 16 29.33 28 Fine, hard frost 30.05 40 Ditto 17 30.30 28 Fine, sharp frost 30.32 37 Ditto 18 30.37 25 Very fine, hard frost... 50.32 39 Overcast....... Very fine, frosty 30.22 43 Ditto Ditto ditto.. 30.31 40 Ditto 30.26 38 Hazy 30.27 39 Ditto. 30.31 24 Ditto. THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, For MARCH, 1814. Mr. URBAN, Chelsea, March 7. are carved the Arms of the See, impaling Randolph; viz. five Mullets A has just been erected in the pierced on a Cross Argent, ensigned Church-yard of Fulham, adjoining to that of Bishop Gibson, in memory of our late amiable and revered Diocesan. At each end of the sarcophagus with a Mitre. On the West side is this Epitaph, descriptive of his Lordship's character and preferments; "Under this Tomb is deposited all that is mortal of that eminent Prelate, who was born July 17, 1749, and died July 28, 1813, his piety sincere, his firmness unshaken; his integrity uncorrupt. "At Oxford, where he filled the Chairs of Poetry, the Greek Language, and Divinity, his name has long been enrolled amongst the most illustrious of her Sons. His Theological Lectures were so admirable, that, if the laborious discharge of his other sacred duties had not deprived him of leisure to revise them for publication, they would have constituted the most durable monument of his fame. "At the age of 50 being raised to the Bench, he governed in succession the Sees of Oxford, Bangor, and London, having declined a still more exalted station in Ireland. Nor did he disappoint the great and general expectations that were formed of him. No man knew better than himself the Doctrine, the Discipline, the Rights, and the whole Constitution of the Church of England; and no man in these times was more watchful, more courageous, or more able to defend them. "In him, therefore, the Church has prematurely lost an undaunted champion of Orthodoxy, and one of her firmest bulwarks against innovation and change. Such was the Divine will! May those who were directed and animated by his counsels persevere in the same principles, and still reverence his example and authority, This Church has been the burial place of all the Prelates of this See, since the Restoration of Charles 11. except Bishop Porteus, who was interred by his own desire at Sundridge in Kent. Their Epitaphs are given at length in "The History of Fulham." Yours, &c. THOS. FAULKNER. herewith I send you a copy of a letter, now in my possession, written by Queen Anne, when she was Princess of Denmark, in the reign of King James II. sent to Dr. Francis Turner, then Bishop of Ely, to keep her a place in Ely Chapel, for hearing the Catechism there expounded by Dr. Thos. Ken, Bishop of Bath and Wells, Yours, &c. R RICHARD FOWKE. Therefore, I desire you wold do me the favour, to lett some place be kept for me, where I may hear well, and be the least taken notice of; for I will bring but one body with me, and desire I may not be known. I shold not haven given you the trouble, but that I was afraid if I had sent any body, they might have made some mistake.-Pray lett me know what time it begins." Mr. URBAN, TH March 19. HE disputed question concerning the Author of JUNIUS's Letters has at different times found a place in your pages. Whether the secret will ever remain in obscurity, is not within my province to predict; but I am well assured that a Nobleman now living could reveal the Author's name, if he were so disposed. He has more than once declared it ; and we have no reason to doubt his veracity, or his means of information. An interesting work has lately been presented to the Publick, which you have already noticed, intituled "Memoirs of a celebrated Literary and Political Character." This work, as was soon suspected, is written by Leonidas Glover; and in the Preface this remarkable fact is stated: "During the Shelburne and Portland administrations in 1783, Glover was fre quently visited privately by the late Marquis of Buckingham, then Lord Temple, and closeted with him alone: his visits were always in the evening; and such was the privacy of these meetings, that his name was not announced, and no servant was permitted to open the door when he left the house." From the respectability of the Editor and Publisher of this work, we have no reason to question the truth of this statement; it has, however, by high authority, been positively contradicted; and a very near relation of the Noble Marquis has declared that there is no ground for the assertion but upon what evidence we must for the present suspend our judgment; though it may not be uninteresting to point out a source from whence satisfactory information might be obtained. In the first place, if myself and some friends are not much mistaken in our political knowledge, there was no very intimate union in State-affairs at that time between Lord Temple and the other members of his illustrious family. But, as the Preface is written with candour, and the Memoir itself only given as a ground to suspect GLOVER as the Author of the Letters of Junius, this point might be set at rest by a simple negative, which Lord Temple's noble Relative has it in his power to make. It is only for him to say, "I know who the Author of Junius was," (which we thoroughly believe to be true;) and to add, that 66 Glover was not the author or writer of of those Letters." any With respect to the interviews alJuded to, proofs may be now obtained, from various quarters, of the truth or falsehood of the assertion; among other sources of information, Mrs. Glover's sister, who was then living in the house, might be referred to; and the intimacy of Mr. Glover with the old Lord Temple, and with his brother George Grenville, is now so completely within the power of demonstration, that it ought not to be a subletters of Lord Temple to Mr. Glover ject of doubt or uncertainty. Many are still in existence, in which the most marked and affectionate regard is expressed, always commencing them My Dear Glover;" and both himself and Lady Temple were in the haJames-street, Westminster, on a footbit of dining with him at his house in ing of intimacy; and Mrs. Stapleton with the daughters of George Grencan now bear testimony of her visits, ville, to Mr. Glover, as the intimate friend of their father. Under these circumstances I can see no reason prima facie for doubting that the late Marquis of Buckingham might have made Mr. Glover the visits alluded to upon any business, political or otherwise, that might then arise out of existing circumstances; so that what is meant for there being no ground for the assertion, remains to be explained. Yours, &c. 1 D. A. M. pression, the Minister of Venality and Corruption.' And after his energetic speech at the Bar of the Commons, when ordained one of the Committee for an application from the London Merchants to that House, his head appeared in every print-shop with that exalted sentiment around it." No doubt, some curious collector has preserved one of these political portraits. I SIR, To DR. BUTler. D. A. M. BEG to repeat my acknowledgments for the vast pains you have taken to render "The Life of Dr. Wilmot," written by myself, known to the world. Sensible of your holy and well-meant zeal in the cause of Junius, I sincerely regret I have not in my power the patronage of a Marquis, the pen of a man of letters, or the key of admission to a Bishoprick; or, most certainly, from the disinterested conduct you have evinced, I should be inclined to reward honour able exertions to assist the progress of Truth; confident no private pique, no hope of future personal advantage or preferment, has actuated your con duct as to Junius. Wishing you, Sir, the rich reward your meritorious conduct towards the dead has merited, I have the honour to be your admiring servant, OLIVIA WILMOT SERRES. To MR. WOODFALL. DO not be under any apprehension: your publication of Junius will be popular in the world for a certain peried longer; and your well-written mys teries likely to complete the utmost of your golden desires. I shall leave you for a time to the satisfactory reflection-a sense of your steady adherence to truth in regard to your communications with myself will produce; convinced the Publick will use its own discrimination. I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, investigation of this subject, and it is not till lately that I have obtained authentic information. The date which I have there assigned to the establishment of the Chapel, I now find to be erroneous. An inscription on the bell carries it back eight years further, by stating that it was presented by Mr. Rous and Mr. Wood in 1725; and this Mr. Rous is mentioned in the Obituary of the Gentleman's Magazine, as having built a Chapel at Hampstead, and died Sept. 26, 1731. The communion-plate is likewise described, in the inscription, as the gift of Dr. Gibbons nova capella de Hampstead; and this Dr. Gibbons, as I have mentioned at p. 53, died in 1725. The above statement of Mr. Rous's having built a Chapel, and the expressions Nova Capella on the plate, and "the New Chapel" on the bell, seem rather to contradict the traditionary account that it was originally constructed for a ball-room; but I have met with no positive evidence on this subject. The more probable assumption seems to be, that it was erected on the site of Sion Chapel (p. 235), for the express purpose of public worship. As is not unfrequently the case with Chapels in London and its environs, which were originally founded by individuals, and have continued to be private pro perty, this Chapel was never consecrated, although it has been used for Divine Service of the Church of England for ninety years. On the death of the Rev. Charles Grant, whom I have mentioned as Minister of it at p. 233, the Rev. Isaac Jackman was licensed to it by the Bishop of London in 1811, from whom it passed (a short occupancy by the Rev. S. Davies, M. A. intervening) to the present proprietor and Minister, the Rev. E. J. Burrow, M. A. F. L. S. in April 1813. Yours, &c. J. J. PARK. |