tions were all sold by Mr. Barford, Piazza, Covent Garden, (late Langford's), viz. 1. Prints, eight days, 24 Feb. 1783, yielded 9761.-2. Fossils, ten days, 10 March 1783, 317. 18. [catalogued] by me.-3. Antiquities, coins, &c. three days, 3617. by Young, Ludgate Street.-4. Prints, remainder of Drawings and Pictures, three days, 22 May, 3631. by Young-5. Shells, Corals, and Cabinets, &c. twenty-eight days, 15 May, 646l. by me. Total 26631. Household Furniture, China, Glass, Mathematical, Electrical, &c. &c. May 19, 1784, and therewith additional Catalogue of Shells, Fossils, and Books, as Lister's, Drury, Harris, my History of Fossils, &c. &c. 20 May, 1784, by Egerton." E. M. DA COSTA, MS. P.285. Mr.Cole, correcting a mistake in the "Biographia Britannica," says, "The late Mr. Joseph Cock, Merchant at Cambridge, father of my cousin-german Dr. Cock, was the Patron of the Rectory of Depden; and presented his son, then of St. John's College, to it. Mr. Chiswell was, indeed, the Lord of the Manor; but had nothing to do with the Rectory, till Dr. Cock, within these five or six years, sold it to that gentleman for 40001; having taken a disgust to the place, from having been robbed and gagged, and confined in his cellar, by a gang of smugglers, some 20 years ago; when he procured an exchange with Dr. Birch, Rector of Horkesley in Essex, with the consent of Lord Hardwicke, the Patron; and, upon Dr. Birch's unfortunate death, the living of Depden again reverted to its true Patron, Dr. John Cock, who is still, Feb. 23, 1780, Rector both of it and Great Horkesley; at which last he resides, and has laid out on the buildings, it is supposed, 3000l."-See before (and correct) p. 609.

P. 353. Mr. Joshua Blew, in a Letter to Dr. Ducarel, says, "Mr. Holmes was many years Deputy to Mr. Petyt, as he was also to his two successors, Mr. Topham and Mr. Polhill, to the time of his death; and for his diligence, skill, and goodnature in his office, well known to the learned world; as may appear by the character given of him by the learned Society of Antiquaries of London, under the print of his Head done of him by them and his old friend Mr. George Vertue, who were of the oldest members of that Society."

P. 365, 1. 19, for "Malone,” r. "Mortimer."

P. 511. The following Letter was addressed to Sir Peter Thompson, at Poole:

"SIR,

Rolls Chapel, 31st August, 1749. "I am much obliged to you for the kind Letter with which you favoured me on the day of your leaving London; and hope this will find you safely arrived at your native place, dispensing to your friends and all about you that gladness and chearfulness which ever accompany your presence. I should sooner have acquainted you with the finding of the grant of the manor of Canford to Cardinal Beaufort, 17 H. VI. but that I have been making an excursion or two out of town to see my two young Rookes. Mr. Hocker desires his best respects to you, and desires to know, whether you will please to have the copy on stamped paper

or

or not? which you will be so good as resolve, by a line at your leisure; and at the same time where you would have it sent, and I will take care to have it carefully prepared for you —I believe I have abundantly more solitude in this place, than any who retire into the country for it, which I spend in attempting to improve the condition of these perpetual Evidences of every man's Right, which are on every side of me; and which, I have the greatest reason to be assured, have not a better friend than yourself. But I am thinking, in a week's time or so, to try your worthy friend Mr. West, in regard to my Petition to the Lords of the Treasury, for some allowance for incident charges in compiling above Ten Volumes in Folio, being Indexes made by me within these few years to above 1800 Rolls, which had not the least note whereby to refer to them before thinking (with submission) the dispensation of that Honourable Board somewhat partial, in having paid for many years, and still doing so, above 900l. per annum, for regulating the Records in the Chapterhouse which I fancy, if rightly considered, may be the strongest reason that can be given, for their remaining in the same indigested heap they were when that allowance was first appointed; since, who will make dispatch to take away the pretence of receiving a salary? I hope you will excuse the trouble arising to you from the length of this; which I will nevertheless add to, by professing my sincerest wishes for a long continuance of your health and happiness; and that I am, Sir, your most obliged humble servant, HENRY ROOKE."

Sir Peter Thompson, who for many years was a Hamburgh Merchant, succeeded, in 1739, to a considerable estate at Poole, where, in 1746, he built a handsome house in Market-street; to which, in 1763, he wholly retired; and died there Oct. 30, 1770: And his sister, Mrs. Haseldine, (relict of Mr Haseldine, Master of the Royal Academy at Portsmouth), having died only four days before him, they were both interred together (as his elder brother James and Mrs. Haseldine's husband had been some years before) at the West end of the Church-yard at Poole, under a large hillock of earth. The corpse of Mr. James Thompson, was first put into a wooden coffin, pitched and filled with spirit of wine, which was wrapped in another of lead, and deposited in a handsome one of wood; on which, on a copper plate, was the inscription below. All these were put into a large stone coffin.

"Hic jacet quod mortale fuit Jacobi Thompson, in oppido Poole, agro Dorsetensi, prognati; qui Thomæ Thompson, & amatæ filiæ Johannis Edwards, de Moseley in Hantoniâ, filius fuit natu maximus; Jacobi Thompson, dicti Thomæ filii natu maximi, & Barbaræ filiæ Tho. Barne de Parkston nepos, Joannis Thompson & Eliz. filiæ Petri Peirse de Insula Purbeck pronepos, Gulielmi Thompson & Christianæ filiæ Joannis Halsham de Cicestriâ M. D. abnepos.—Mercator felix & generosus, amplam fortunam cum integrâ famâ acquisivit, nullis unquam litibus implicitus, fidus amicis, comitibus jucundus, patriæ,

libertatis,

libertatis, fidei Reformatæ amantissimus, vitamque tam bene actam, prudenti facultatum dispositione concludens, ob. 8 Martii, A. D. 1739, cum 52 annos, 9 menses, & 3 dies vixerat. Petrus Thompson, frater unicus superstes, testamentique curator, hanc inscriptionem amoris ergo in memoriam ejus fieri voluit."

Sir Peter Thompson bequeathed his valuable Library to his kinsman and heir Peter Thompson, Esq. who in 1782 was a Captain in the Surrey Militia; and part of it was soon after consigned to the hammer; as Mr. Tutet bought from it the famous "Spaccio della Bestia Trionfante," and Mr. Bindley several rare Tracts.-The sale of the remainder, described as "The Library of Sir Peter Thompson, Knt. F. R. S. and F. S. A. containing many curious and scarce Articles in old English Literature, MSS. and rare Books," took place at Mr. Evans's, April 29, 1815, and the four following days.

P. 514. În a Volume of Dorsetshire Pedigrees is this note by Sir P. Thompson: "Sylvanus Morgan was a skilful Herald, at least he was well skilled in Heraldry. He lived at Lambeth, in Surrey, and was the Author of some Heraldical Pieces. He died about the latter end of King Charles the Second, or soon after. His large collection of MSS. was carefully preserved by his female heir; at length, by a marriage, they came to Josiah Jones*, Herald-painter, and Painter to Drury Lane Playhouse, who lives at Lambeth aforesaid, and in 1759 sold them by public auction, by Mr. Paterson, at Essex house in the Strand."

P.569. "Henry Coventry, Esq. Fellow of Magdalen College, was a man of good estate, part of it in the Isle of Ely. I used to be much with him at Dr. Middleton's and Mr. Horace Walpole's. I believe Mr. Coventry was somewhat disordered in his intellects before his death. He used to dress remarkably gay, with much gold lace; had a most prominent Roman nose, and was much of a gentleman.'-Mr. Francis Coventry was a Clergyman, and died young-Mr. Colman, of Bene't, told me, April 29, 1778, that Mr. Duncombe, formerly of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and Editor of Hughs's Letters, told him, that, after his decease, there was found among his papers a MS copy of The Fragment, full of interlineations and additions. As the Pamphlet was easy to be had, few people would have been at the pains of transcribing it: therefore, it was concluded that Mr. Coventry was the Writer of it; that it had been given to Mr. Stebbing of Catharine Hall, and Mr. Tarrant of St. John's, who had been Proctor, but was too dull a man to be supposed to be the Author of so lively a performance." Cole's Athena Cantabrigienses.

P. 575. The Rev. Richard Warner, in his entertaining "New Guide through Bath and its Environs," observes, "It is curious to remark on what trifling accidents the destinies of men frequently depend. This was strikingly exemplified in the fortunes of Warburton. Pope, being one day at dinner with Mr. Allen, had a letter put into his hand by one of the footmen. The Poet,

* I employed Mr. Jones to paint a house for me in 1721. P. T. VOL. IX. 3 F

on

on reading it, shook his head. What occasions your perplexity said Allen. A Lincolnshire Clergyman,' said he, to whom I am much obliged, writes me word, that he will be with me in a few days at Twickenham.'' If that be all, Mr. Pope, request him to come to us; my carriage shall meet him at Chippenham, and bring him hither.' Pope complied with the kind request; and the Lincolnshire Clergyman, in consequence of his visit to Prior Park, became Bishop of Gloucester, the husband of Allen's niece, and an inheritor of a large part of his property! But Warburton, it should seem,' adds Mr. Warner, "was not more indebted for his success with Mr. Allen to Pope's recommendation, than to his own knowledge of the human character. Delicate flattery, he knew, would be gratifying even to the best-regulated mind; and therefore duly poured into the ear of his friend a just and regular proportion of it. Sometimes, indeed, he went a little beyond the mark in adulation; but it was erring on the right side; a venial fault, and easily forgiven. 'Doctor,' said Mr. Allen to him one day, when conversing on the subject of the Divine Legation, your adver saries appear to me to advance only weak and futile arguments against you.' Sir,' replied Warburton, 'you have spoken more to the purpose in those few words, than all the rascals, in all their volumes, have written.'- After Mr. Allen's death, Warburton took possession of Prior Park, in right of his wife; and there produced some of those profound literary labours, which will be an ornament to the English language and nation as long as they exist. He seems to have adopted the Roman Emperor's determination, oderint dum metuant; he used no allurements of gentle language, but wished to compel rather than persuade. His style is copious without selection, and forcible without neatness; he took the words that presented themselves; his diction is coarse and impure, and his sentences are unmeasured. But, with all these defects of manner, his powers of reasoning are so gigantic, that his works can never fail to interest the understanding most forcibly; an assertion that will be readily assented to by every one who reads his wonderful literary labour, The Divine Legation of Moses;' a book which has been much abused, but never satisfactorily answered.-The Bishop's literary labours confined him a great deal to Prior Park. After a long absence from London, he appeared at Court, when the King, for the sake of saying something, observed to him that he supposed he had just left his Diocese. Warburton, considering the speech as a tacit rebuke, replied, with point and spirit, No, please your Majesty, I am come from Prior Park, near my Diocese, but not in it: where I have been combating the enemies of that Faith, of which your Majesty is the avowed and zealous Defender.'

In Claverton Church-yard, is the family vault of the Allens, with an handsome square freestone mausoleum over it, having a pyra midal roof, and three semicircular arches in each of the sides. Within this structure a table monument bears these inscriptions:

On

On the North side:

"Beneath this monument lieth entombed the body of RALPH ALLEN, Esq. of Prior Park, who departed this life the 29th of June, 1764, in the 71st year of his age; in full hopes of everlasting happiness in another state, through the infinite mercy and mediation of our blessed Redeemer Jesus Christ.-And of ELIZABETH HOLDER, his second wife, who died September 20th, 1766, aged 68."

At the Eastern end:

"Near this place lie the remains of RALPH-ALLEN WARBURTON, the only son of William Warburton, Lord Bishop of Glocester, and Gertrude his wife, who died July 28, 1775, aged 19 years. He was a youth eminently distinguished for goodness of heart, elegance of manners, and gracefulness of person. How transient are human endowments!-How vain are human hopes! Reader, prepare for eternity!" [See vol. V. p. 706.] On the South side:

"In this vault are deposited the remains of GERTRUDE, wife of the Rev. M. Stafford Smith, of Prior Park, relict of William Warburton, Lord Bishop of Glocester, and niece to the late Ralph Allen, Esq. She died Sept. 1, 1796, aged 66 years. She was a firm and devout Christian; with a fine, natural, and highlycultivated understanding; and a frank, generous, good heart."

VOLUME VI.

P. 176. "It is said the Oxford Sausage was published in 1764; but a second Edition in 1777; and a third in 1786.—In the same Volume, p. 210, it is observed, that Browne Willis was satirized in some lines first printed in the Oxford Sausage 1774; and my copy of that publication was printed in 1772. The former account cannot, therefore, be correct." JAMES DOWLAND.

P. 209. It was at a late period of Mr. Cole's life, that he became acquainted with Mr. Steevens, whom he thus describes : "I met him at dinner, with Dr. Farmer, &c. at Dr. Lort's chambers in Trinity College, Aug. 9, 1780. He is much of a gentleman, well bred, civil, and obliging; Editor of Shakespeare. He told me, he was admitted in King's College, 1754, the year after I quitted it. He is an Essex Gentleman; in the Militia; well-made, black, and tall.-See A Letter to George Hardinge, Esq. on the subject of a Passage in Mr. Steevens's Preface to his Impression of Shakespeare, Lond. 1777, 4to; dedicated to Lord Dacre, p. 48; very severe on Mr. Steevens, whom he accuses of plagiarism from Mr. Capell, whom he abuses. It is said to have been written by the Rev. Mr. Collins of Hertfordshire; and was sent by the anonymous Author as a present to Dr. Turner, whom he often compliments; yet who has wrote in the first blank leaf this quotation from Dr. Johnson : "A great gun, without powder or ball." 3 F 2

P. 295.