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THE AVERAGE PRICES of NAVIGABLE CANAL SHARES and other PROPERTY, in July, 1820 (to the 25th), at the Office of Mr. Scorr, 28, New Bridge street, London. — Oxford Canal, 6401. Div. 32l. per Ann. — Grand Junction, 2107. ex Div. 47. 10s. Halfyear.-Monmouthshire, 145. ex Half-year's Div. 57. British Plate Glass Company, 2001-Ellesmere, 731. 41. per Ann. - Gloucester and Berkeley Optional Loan Notes, 521. bearing 5 per Cent. Interest.-Dudley, 62/. ex Half-Year's Div. 17. 10s.-Regent's, 331.-Worcester and Birmingham, 24/.- Portsmouth and Arundel, 101. Discount.Kennet and Avon, 19. Div. 17. Huddersfield, 137.- West India Dock, 174/. Div. 10. per Ann. - London Dock, 801. Div. 31. 10s. — - Commercial Dock, 581. 31. per Anu. - Globe Assurance, 118/. Div. 61. — Rock Assurance, 17. 17s.-Provident Institution, 177. for 107. paid.—Grand Junction Water Works, 35l. 10s. - Chelsea Ditto, 13. 10s. Div. 12s. per Ann. — Westminster Gas Light Company, 60l. ex Div. 27. Halfyear.- New Ditto, 10. Premium. - City of London Ditto, New Shares, 15. Premium.-Bath Gas, at Par. - Russel Institution, 13. 2s. 6d. Surrey Ditto, 81. 85.London Institution, 39 Guineas.-English Opera, Strand, Rent Charges, 124, 10s. per Ann. 1551, with a Free Admission transferable.

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RICHARDSON, GOODLUCK, and Co. Bank-Buildings, London.

Princed by J. Nichols and Sn, 25, Parlament Street, Westminster.

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MINOR CORRESPONDENCE.

EDINBURGHENSIS states, that "the present Chancellor of the University of Oxford, bears in saltire behind his armorial in signia, a representation of the Maces appertaining to that University, as depicted in various publications.”—Our Correspondent is of opinion, that "the Chancellors of other Universities in the United Kingdom should, in the like interesting manner, denote the dignified office they have the honour of possessing."

G. H. W. says, that Sir Edward Harwood (part i. p. 397) was ancestor, either direct or collateral, of the present Lord Berwick, whose paternal great grand, father, Thomas Harwood, esq. of Shrews, bury, married Elizabeth Hill, sister of the Right Hon. Richard Hill, of Hawkestoue, and had issue, Thomas Harwood, who assumed the name of Hill, and was father of Noel Hill, first Baron Berwick. The estate of Hagburne, co. Berks, appears to have been bought in 1628 by John Harwood from Lord Banbury. Query, what relation was the purchaser to Sir Edward Harwood? the latter is stated to have been born at Hagburne, about 1586.

The "AUTHOR ESS OF AFFECTION'S GIFT" offers her sincere thanks to our Correspon. dent OMICRON, (p. 15) for his explanation respecting the beautiful stanzas, entitled

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To-morrow," and hopes that Dr. Styles, the Author of "Early Blossoms," will, doubtless, with the same frankness as Omicron, explain the grounds of his assertion in that interesting volume-that the lines in question were the composition of Miss Mary Parker, the sister of his particular friend D. Parker, esq. whose memoir forms a considerable portion of the volume. Dr. Styles has it in his power to set the error right.

A CONSTANT READER says, "In the Memoirs of Living Authors, published in the year 1816, it is stated that Mr. Pitt gave the Mastership of Trinity College, Cambridge, to Dr. Mansel, in order to correct the disorders which had crept into that. Society, and which were of such a nature as to threaten not only the credit of that College, but of the University. What were the disorders alluded to in the abovementioned Work?"

"LATHBURIENSIS wishes for some account of the Life of Sir Peter Temple, knt. one of the Regicides, as also the date and place of his birth. His name does not occur in the Register of Sibbesdon, Leicestershire; and that of Stanton-Barry, Bucks, does not commence till 1658."

S. M. proposes the following queries. 1. Have any of your Readers met with any Deeds respecting the Cromwell estates in Huntingdonshire! A few

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years since a Gentleman in Furnival's Inn is said to have advertised in one of the public prints, that such were in his possession, to be disposed of to any person whom they might interest.- 2. In Nasmyth's Tanner, it is said that some original Deeds and Charters relating to Newnham Priory, Bedfordshire, are in the possession of Thomas Ferrar, esq. To what Gentleman of that name does he refer ?" NOTATOR Offers the following remarks in reply to former Communications in part i. -P. 602. Is WESTMONASTERIENSIS serious in supposing the Tracts he mentions really relate to a rebellion in a school? Do not his extracts clearly shew them to be political? - P. 603. What I. A. G. means by the Duty on Licensing Innkeepers and others, being regulated by the rates, I do not comprehend. There is a Stamp-duty on the License, with which the Rates have nothing to do; but it is not such as to be of material consequence to any one who pays it. P. 605. The objection to the introduction of new words into our language is carried too far, but the introduction of Greek names is, in numerous modern instances, truly ridiculous; the sound, however, is 30 pleasing to young ladies studying Botany in particular, that they would lose half their pleasure if English names only were given; they would sometimes be in awkward situations. in studying Dr. Darwin, if he had always used plain English. P. 606. I am no Dissenter, but I heartily join in reprobating the language of a "COUNTRY RECA good cause is injured by such intemperate language, and in this instance it is not justified by the general character. -P. 608. Surely you must have mistaken the "Merchant Taylor's" figures, 20,000l. build 20 Churches! It is probably true that the new theatrical Church at Marylebone, cost at least 60,000l. but though such a profuse waste of money on one Church is greatly to be regretted, when the want of additional ones is so fully acknowledged, would 10007. build a common house? P. 609. Sir Harcourt Lees describes himself as M. A. but he does not add, reverend. Whether Churchman or Layman, he has, with respect to the Evangelicals, adopted the intemperate language of the "Country Rector." I do not know what peculiar doctrines are professed by them; if they are those of the rigid " fiery Calvin," I by no means approve of them, but in no case can such language be justified in opposing them."

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Want of room compels us to defer the Memoirs of S. P. WOLFERSTAN, esq.; of T. PECKHAM PHIPPS, esq. and other favours, till a future opportunity.

THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE,

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For AUGUST, 1820.

MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE.

count of Mrs. Hannah More's " Moral Sketches." That work, to the credit of the age, has since passed through numerous editions. The following review of the personal charac

Mr. URBAN, M. Temple, Aug. 1. N original Letter, from Sir Joseph Banks, to a confidential Friend long since dead, and from which I make the following extract, is now before me; and I am confiter and eventful reign of our late redent you will think it worthy to be published, as an honourable testimony both to the worthy Baronet who wrote it, and the illustrious Personage whom it mentions; in whose annals this little anecdote from the particular period of time in which it was written, must form a most material link.

“My Dear Sir,

CARADOC.

Soho-square,

Feb. 23, 1789. "I congratulate you sincerely on the recovery of his Majesty, to which I can bear the most ample testimony, having long had the honour to be consulted by him on the subjects of Gardening and Farming. I was sent for on Saturday as usual, and attended in the Gardens and Farm for three hours, during all which time he gave his orders as usual, and talked to me on a variety of subjects, without once uttering a weak or a foolish sentence.

"In bodily health he is certainly improved he is lighter by about 15 lb. than he was-he is more agile, and walks as firm as ever he did. We did not walk less than four miles in the garden and adjoining country.

"I have no doubt that he is able at this moment to resume the reins of Government, but then he will not do it for some time, lest too much exertion of mind might endanger a relapse.

"Believe me, my dear Sir,
"Most faithfully yours,
"Jos. BANKS."

Mr. URBAN,
Aug. 2.
N your last Volume (ii. pp. 434.
534), you have given a just ac-

vered Monarch, and suitable reflec tions on the present period (prefixed to the sixth edition), are so admirably expressed by the amiable Author, that I doubt not they will give pleasure to your numerous Readers. Yours, &c. N.R.S.

"If there be such a thing as a character formed of the elements of the land which gave it birth, it was realized in the instance of our now beatified Sovereign. Our King exhibited the exactest specimen of the genuine English gentleman in its highest and fairest form: he had not only minor modes and peculiarities of a Briton. the general stamp and impress, but the He was also a fair representative of the Religion of his country. He was a Protestant, not in name, but in heart and soul.

"He began his reign with an act of self-controul, which gave a flattering presage of his future magnanimity. He sacrificed, in the tenderest point, passion to duty. In the bloom of life, young, ardent, and a King, he felt there was something to which even Kings must submitthe Laws of their country. He made the in his large and lovely family by the long sacrifice, and, by so doing, was rewarded enjoyment of the dearest blessings of domestic life in their highest purity, and in the greatest human perfection. A strict conscientiousness seems to have pervaded every part of his character;-it appeared in his frequently repeated solemn reverence for his Coronation Oath; in his uniform desire to promote the good of his people; in his zeal for the spiritual welfare of the Poor, expressed in a sentiment too notorious to require repetition. The fear of God seems to have been supremely his governing principle; and a deep sense of his own awful responsibility, the corresponding result of that principle.

"If, from a too tenacious hold of an opinion once adopted, he might be charge

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able with a political error in a persevering contest with the Western Continent, yet even then his pertinacity was principle; and if he was wrong, it was his judgment which erred, and not his intention: but be knew, even in this case, how to retract gracefully a favourite opinion when the event required concession. In a visit he made from Cheltenham to Dean Tucker, at Gloucester (who had written strongly in favour of a separation), the King had the candour to say to Mr. Dean, "we followed your advice by an earlier termination of the war with America; we had acted wisely; you were in the right." This the Dean repeated to the writer a few days after, together with the whole conversation, which was so honourable to the good sense, general knowledge, and rectitude of mind of his Majesty, that it is to be regretted that it had not been preserved. "His understanding, though perhaps it had not received the highest cultivation of which it was susceptible, was soundly good, and the whole bent and bias of that understanding was turned to objects of utility. In such of his conversations as have been recorded by Johnson, Beattie, and others, his talents are seen to great advantage. His observations are acute, and his expression neat. In the details of business he was said to be singularly accurate, and particularly well informed in the local circumstances of whatever place was the subject under consideration. His domestic duties were filled with eminent fidelity, and uniform tenderness. His family enjoyments were the relief and solace of his public cares; while the proverbial correctness of his Court furnished a model to contemporary Sovereigns, and bequeathed a noble pattern to his own illustrious posterity. He observed the law of kindness as scrupulously as he observed all other laws; nor was its exercise limited to those about his person or Court, but extended to as many of inferior rank as fell under his observation.

"He was strictly punctual in the discharge of his religious duties, a practice which alone could have enabled him to fulfil his other duties in so exemplary a manner. The writer has heard an inbabitant of Windsor (a physician of distinguished learning and piety) declare, that in his constant attendance at the morning Chapel, his own heart was warmed, and his pious affection raised, by the devout energy of the King's responses.

Who shall presume to say what portion of the prosperity of his favoured people may have been obtained for them by the supplications of a patriot, paternal, praying King?

"Firmly attached to the Church of which God had made him the supreme head; strong in that faith of which God

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had appointed him the hereditary defender, he yet suffered no act of religious persecution to dishonour his reign. firmness was without intolerance, his moderation without laxity,

"Though involved in darkness, both bodily and mental, for so many of his latter years, he was still regarded with a septiment compounded of sorrow, respect, and tenderness. He was, indeed, consigned to seclusion, but not to oblivion. The distinctions of party, with respect to him, were lost in one common feeling; and the afflicted Monarch was ever cherished in the hearts of the virtuous of every denomination, whether religious or political.

"Even in the aberrations of reason be was not forsaken. The hand which inflicted the blow, mercifully mitigated the pain. His wounded mind was soothed by visionary anticipations of Heavenly happiness.-Might not these fanciful consolations indicate something of the habit of a mind accustomed in its brightest hours to the indulgence of pious thoughts? And may we not in general venture to observe in vindication of the severest dispensations of the Almighty, that even during the distressful season of alienation of mind, the hours which are passed without sorrow and without sin, are not, to the sufferer, among the most unhappy hours.

"Notwithstanding the calamities with which it has lately pleased God to afflict a guilty world, calamities in which England has had its share, though by no means au equal share, yet the reign of the third George may be called a brilliant and glorious period. Independently of the splendour of our geographical discoveries, our Eastern acquisitions, and other memora ble political events, we may challenge any æra in the history of the world to produce a catalogue of the twentieth part of the noble institutions which have characterized and consecrated this auspicious reign of these, some have successfully promoted every elegant art, and others every useful science. Painting, Statuary, and Engraving, have been brought into fresh existence under the Royal patronage; the application of Chemistry and Mechanics to the purposes of common life, has been attended with unexampled success. Signals at sea have been re. duced to a science; the Telegraph has been invented; military tactics are said to have been carried to their utmost perfection. Among the gentle arts of peace, the study of Agriculture, which the King loved and cultivated, has become one among the favourite pursuits of our honourable men. The time will fail to recount the numberless domestic societies of every conceivable description established for promoting the moral and temporal

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