his Will he bequeathed the sum of 10,000l. to Worcester College in Oxford, where he had had his academical education; to devolve to that College after the death of a legatee mentioned in the said Will." J. JONES. P. 651, note, 1. 5, for "Morélus," r. “Morělus." This mistake destroys the point.-P. 653, 1. 1, for "last," r. "late." P. 689. The Rev. Dr. Peter-Thomas Burford, Rector of Magdalen Laver, Essex, and Vicar of Braughing, Herts, died at Stratford Grove, Essex, Sept. 6, 1794. He took the degree of LL.D. at Magdalen College, Cambridge, 1770; and had for some time been Master, as was his father before him, of Archbishop Harsnet's Free Grammar School at Chigwell in Essex, in which he succeeded Mr. Lloyd, who died in 1782. P. 707, 1.2. "Mr. Wasse's books 'sold.' Dr. Yarborough, Principal of Brazenose, who was, I think, immediate successor to Mr. Wasse in the Rectory of Aynhoe, had most of his books; and Dr. Yarborough dying intestate in 1770, his heirs made a present of his books to the Library of Brazenose. Wasse's books are full of MS notes, and various readings from MSS. with indexes, &c. I think there were one or two of his books in Dr. Askew's sale. Dr. Monkhouse of Queen's (for a few years Principal of Edmund Hall) had his Thucydides, the leaves uncut, and full of notes; and I think he bequeathed it to the Bodleian. Mr. Loveday had his Kuster's Aristophanes, in which there are some notes by Wasse, fewer in number, but in a better hand than he often wrote." R. C. VOLUME II. P. 16. "Besides Mr. Collins's Publications mentioned here and in vol. VIII. p. 392, he published another, intituled 'Proceedings, Precedents, and Arguments, on Claims and Controversies concerning Baronies by Writ and other Honours,' printed for Thomas Wotton, 1734, a thin folio, and a kind of Companion to the Historical Collections of Noble Families' here mentioned." J. BROWN.-P. 42, note, 1. 17, r. Catworth." P. 70. Mr. Samuel Harding, Bookseller in St. Martin's-lane, died at Edgware, Jan. 18, 1755. His widow died April 1, 1790, at the age of 90. Their daughter brought The Daily Advertiser, by marriage, into the family of Jenour. P. 80. The Rev. William Butts was admitted of Bene't College, Cambridge, 1760; B. A. 1768; M. A. and Fellow 1771. He was presented by his College to the Rectory of Little Wilbraham, and to the Vicarage of Granchester, both in the county of Cambridge; and died by a blood-vessel bursting in his head, whilst driving his niece in a gig, May 19, 1806. P. 85. "The Proposals for the Revival of Christianity, and Vindication of Dr. Hoadly, were written by the Rev. Philip Skelton, a correspondent of Richardson, and whose interesting Life appeared in successive Numbers of the Orthodox Churchman's Magazine in or before the year 1804. The two Tracts above mentioned are in the fifth volume of Skelton's Works, published in Dublin, 1770, for the benefit of the Magdalen Asylum." E. H. P. 98. In the beginning of Mr. Whitefield's account of himself, read "I was born in Gloucester." P. 104, 12, for "North," r. “Great Britain." P. 109, note, 1. 24, for "a Sermon preached at Christ's Hospital," r. "at Christ's Church." P. 119, "Mr. Adam Anderson was a native of Scotland; he was brother to the Rev. James Anderson, D.D.; Editor of the Diplomata Scotia' and 'Royal Genealogies;' many years since Minister of the Scots Presbyterian Church in Swallow-street, Piccadilly, and well known in those days among the people of that persuasion resident in London by the name of Bishop Anderson a learned but imprudent man, who lost a considerable part of his property in the fatal year 1720. He married; had issue a son, and a daughter who was the wife of an Officer in the Army; and died April 3, 1728. His brother Adam was for 40 years a clerk in the South Sea House, and at length arrived to his acme there, being appointed Chief Clerk of the Stock and New Annuities, which office he retained till his death in 1765. He was appointed one of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America, by Charter dated 9 June, 5 George II. He was also one of the Court of Assistants of the Scots Corporation in London. His 'Historical and Chronological Deduction of Trade and Commerce,' a work replete with useful information, was published in two volumes folio, 1762-3. He was twice married; by the first wife he had issue a daughter, married to Mr. Hardy, a druggist or apothecary in Southampton-street in the Strand, who are both now dead without issue; he afterwards became the third husband of the widow of Mr. Coulter, formerly a wholesale linen-draper in Cornhill, by whom he had no issue; she was, like him, tall and graceful, and I have often thought her face bore some resemblance to that of the ever-living Countess of Desmond, given in Mr. Pennant's first Tour in Scotland. She had by Mr. Coulter a daughter, who was as meagre and puny as she was hale and strong. He died suddenly in the South Sea House, January 10, 1765. He had a good library of books, which were sold to Mr. Whiston by his widow, who survived him several years, and died in 1781, as her daughter also did within a few days after her, the deaths of both of them being mentioned in one paragraph in the News-papers." J. BROwn. P. 129, l. 11, for "Zachary," r. "Ephraim." P. 132. Thomas Salmon, of Trinity College, Oxford; M. A. 1670; Rector of Mepsal, Bedfordshire; and Father of the Hertfordshire Historian, and of Thomas Salmon the Geographer. He died in 1706, and was buried in his Church at Mepsal. He published, in 1701, a single Sermon, "on Baptism," &c. Another Another Thomas Salmon was of Trinity College, Cambridge; B. A. 1785; M. A. 1739; LL. D. 1749; a native of Tiverton : and, by the Duke of Bedford's interest, made Bishop of Ferns 1758; and, continuing at Tiverton, was taken ill the same year, and died there. He published four Sermons: 1, 2. "The personal Union of the Divine and Human Nature in Jesus Christ, John i. 14, 1753," 4to. 3, 4. "The Comforts of a good Conscience, and Torments of an evil one, Job xxvii. 5, 6, 1753," 4to. P. 139. "All the eccentricities and strange stories that are told of Mr. Auditor Benson may be explained by the mention of one circumstance, namely, that there was in his family an hereditary lunacy, with which he was deeply tinged. He was nearly allied to the family of Earle, of Salisbury; and possessed a long and handsome pedigree, which proved his family antient and respectable, including, among other persons, Robert Benson, Lord Bingley. But he ought never to have been entrusted with the management of public concerns." J. BROWN. P. 142. In the Church of Clothall, Herts, is this inscription "H. S. E. JOHANNES SAVAGE, S. T. P. hujusce Parochia per 39 annos Rector non indignissimus: qui domi malè habitus ad exteras regiones annis plus octo spontè exulavit; si vires illi suffecerint, aliquando exornaturus. P. 146. "The title of the book here mentioned, which is indeed a neat edition,' is "Arturi Jonstoni Psalmi Davidici, juxtaLondini, apud W. Innys, D. Browne, & Paul. Vaillant, Bibliop. Typis Gul. Bowyer." J. BROWN. P. 182. The fact relative to "Julian" would be more intelligible if the note on it were transferred to p. 218. " P. 192, note, 1. 3, the reference should be Vol. II. No. 3." P. 197. "Thomas-Abdy Rutherforth succeeded to the estate of Sir Anthony-Thomas Abdy, bart. but not to the title. Mr. Hayes, whose daughter he married, was of Holyport in Bray in Berks, a Welsh Judge." J. BROWN. P. 201. Thomas Mulso, esq. eldest son of an antient family at Twywell in Northamptonshire, inherited a small paternal estate, but was himself brought up to the Law, and acted for many years as Secretary to his uncle Dr. John Thomas, Bishop of Winchester, and as a Commissioner of Bankruptcies; engagements which prevented the tedium generally occasioned by a want of regular employment, at the same time that they were not inconsistent with leisure and the easy enjoyment of life. Mr. Mulso lived amongst a pretty large circle of friends, by whom he he was equally respected and beloved. His judgment was sound, his taste elegant, his heart affectionate, and his mind imbued with the purest sentiments of virtue. He possessed a vein of humour ever chastened by delicacy and politeness; for, in his manners, which were remarkably gentle, he had all the urbanity of the true gentleman in the best sense of that appellation. He was a man of great liberality and candour; nor had he any exclusive attachments to any sect or party. He was, above all, remarkable for the unvarying sweetness and equanimity of his temper, in which he had the rare felicity of possessing as a gift what others were obliged to labour after as a virtue. Mr. Mulso was always fond of polite literature; and in 1768 gave to the world a Novel, intituled "Sempronius, or the Man of Fashion; and Sophronius, or the Country Gentleman; in Three Dialogues;" which was very well received by the publick. It is grave and pathetic; nor is it recommended only by sentiments of virtue slightly interwoven in the piece; for, to recommend virtue is the sole and entire aim of the work; and the death-bed, particularly, of the vicious character of the piece is drawn in colours that have most probably touched the heart of many an ingenuous youth. Mr. Mulso also possessed an easy vein of poetry; but his performances in this way went no farther than the circle of his friends. So temperately did he use life, and so gradually and evenly did the whole man seem to wear away together, that his friends, who watched his declining years with a tender solicitude, had flattered themselves he would be spared the agonies of a painful exit out of life, and enjoy that euthanasia which is the sole remaining wish of advanced age. It did not prove so; the last weeks of his life were tried with sharp pain, from the sudden and rapid accretion of a stone in his bladder, which he bore with firmness, conscious of his situation, and as not wanting those principles which might enable him to meet death with a manly composure. He died, in Charlotte-street, Bedford-square, Feb. 7, 1799. He was brother to the justly-respected Mrs. Chapone, and to Mr. Mulso, Prebendary of Winchester; and married the sister of General Prescott, a lady as eminently calculated to inspire, as her husband was to feel, the delicacy of that attachment which was only interrupted by his death. P. 205. Epitaph in the Chancel at Aldham, Essex: "PHILIPPO MORANT, A. M. hujus Ecclesia Rectori. VIR FUIT eximiâ simplicitate, et moribus planè antiquis: bonorum studiosus, omnibus benevolens: eruditione denique multiplici repletus. Gentium origines, agrorum limites, in hâc Provinciâ, Ad vitas Britannorum insignium illustrandas HIS STUDIIS à primâ juventute usque ad mortem totum se dedit : Obiit Nor'bris 25to, A. D. 1770, æt. 70. Et ANNE, Uxori ejus, Matronorum decori, Tho. et Anna-Maria Astle posuerunt." P. 229, note, 1. 2, r. "two sheets a week." P. 252, note, 1. 24, r. " Sir Clement Cottrell Dormer (Master of the Ceremonies at Court) at Rousham" in Oxfordshire. P. 254, 1. ult. strike out all the words after "Bath." P. 268, note, 1.33, r. "the Sermons ;" and 1 36, “I have had." P. 280. The Right Hon. Edward Weston, son of Dr. Stephen Weston, Bishop of Exeter, was born and educated at Eton; admitted at King's College, Cambridge, 1719; B. A. 1723; M. A. 1727. He was Secretary to Lord Townshend at Hanover during the King's residence there in 1729; and continued several years in the office of Lord Harrington, as his Secretary. He was also Transmitter of the State Papers, and one of the Clerks of the Signet. In 1741 he was appointed Gazetteer; in 1746 was Secretary to Lord Harrington, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and became a Privy Counsellor of that Kingdom. In 1753 he published a Pamphlet on the Jew Bill; in 1755, "The Country Gentleman's Advice to his Son, on his coming of Age in 1755, with regard to his political Conduct; shewing, amongst other Things, the Folly and pernicious Consequences of all Party Clubs;" and in 1756, "A Letter to the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of London," on the Earthquake at Lisbon, and the Character of the Times. To which is annexed, a Fourth Edition of "The Country Gentleman's Advice to his Neighbours." Though a Layman, he published "Family Discourses, by a Coun.. try Gentleman;" republished in 1776 by his son Charles, under the title of "Family Discourses, by the late Right Honourable Edward Weston ;"- "a name," we are properly told, “very eminently distinguished for abilities and virtue; and most highly honoured, throughout the whole course of life, by the friendship and esteem of the best and greatest men of his time; particularly by the late most worthy Prelate [Bp. Trevor], to whom they were at first inscribed; and under which most respectable sanction they are again offered by the Editor to the World. Happy is he in the opportunity, which now presents itself, of testifying his love and veneration for the memory of one of the best of Parents and of Men; and of expressing his reverence of the virtues, his gratitude for the patronage, and his deep sense of the honour and long-continued favour and countenance, of Bishop Trevor. (Dec. 13, 1775.)" He had two sons, Charles and Stephen. Ibid. The Rev. Charles Weston was of Christ Church, Oxford; M. A. 1755. He was Rector of Therfield, Herts, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's; had the Prebend of Newington, in that Cathedral, 1763, and a Prebend in the Cathedral of Lincoln. In 1764 he obtained the ninth Prebend of Durham, |