Rhode, in the said County; Five Pounds for the putting out an Apprentice every year, Thirty Shillings to the Curate of New Chapel, and the overplus to the Schoolmaster of New Chapel, that should teach a Grammar School for the instructing of Eighteen Poor Boys; which amounts to Fifteen Pounds per Annum*. John Cartlich, late Citizen and Goldsmith of London, by his last Will and Testament, gave Fifty Pounds; the interest to be given to such Poor Persons as receive no Pension or Relief from the Officer or Overseers of the Poor of the Parish. (To be continued in our next.) Mr. URBAN, THO Feb. 9. HOUGH I am no way inclined to detract from General Craufurd's military merits, yet I am far from giving that unqualified assent to the General's pretensions which a Writer in your last volume, p. 507, ascribes to him. In the first place, when your Correspondent states that the General gave up his commission from some disgust he took whilst on service in India, he ought to have stated what occasioned this disgust, that the reader might be acquainted how far it was well grounded. I have heard it ascribed to some unfortunate speculations on the island of Salsette, that were in no manner connected with his Military pursuits. I cannot agree at all in opinion, that his being appointed to the rank of Lieutenaut-General would be no hardship on the service: I think, on the contrary, his return to the Service, and his subsequent speedy attainment of his present rank and situation ought to be a matter of selfcongratulation to the General; and that his promotion to any superior situation would be a peculiar injustice to the Army, that they would all feel, and that the heads of our Military department could never think of countenancing. The business at Buenos Ayres, and the affair at Coa, have afforded a variety of opinions among the warmest wishers to the prosperity of the British arms. Your Correspondent, in wishing to establish the fame of his Hero, and by specifying his midnight labours in tactical knowledge, has implied an invidious comparison. Any *The School at Newchapel is a plain brick and tile building, near the Chapel, and is further endowed with a few small annuities. The reputed value is about 501. a year. GENT. MAG. February, 1811. man in command of an advanced body of the Army would naturally be led to a study of his situation, and the advantages and disadvantages of the ground he was to act on; and his knowledge would in such cases be infinitely more useful by a close application to the maps of the country than by the minutest investigation of Tielke's voluminous productions: although these have their merits, yet the French would not have made the progress they have done, had the system of the Seven Years' War been the practice of the present day. A man in situations of Command before an enterprising Enemy must be awake, while the mere machinery of his corps are recruiting their wasted strength by repose. A General deficient in this must either be a traitor or a fool; and, surely, General C. is not a singular instance to the contrary? I firmly believe General Craufurd to be an intelligent and zealous officer; yet, when an attempt is made to display his merits at the cost and depreciation of equally estimable officers, I think it but justice to bring him to his proper level. Yours, &c. Mr. URBAN, MILES TRIM. Plumsted, Feb. 1. Front of Lichfield Cathedral, and formerly with a view of the Church of Hanbury, the living of which is annexed to that See, it puts me in mind of a favour I have long had to beg of some of your contributors, of being informed what issue Dr. Wm. Overton left, who was Bishop there from 1580 to 1609, the time of his death. Mr. Lodge, in his "Illustrations of British History," notes the birth of the Bishop 1525; and from his advanced age 1 fully expected to have found, either at Lichfield or in London, a Will, which I have made several searches for without success. The Will of Bishop Barlow, whose five daughters were all married to Bishops, one of which was Overion, affords me no information. The Will of Agnes, 1603, who directs her body to be buried by her late husband John Overton, in the church of Hanbury, induces me to think he might be a son of the Bishop. The Will of Christopher Overton, 1604, the Bi shop's shop's nephew, mentions his Cozens Edward and William Overton; but, as the Bishop had several Brothers, they might also be his Nephews. His Mother's Will, 1540, who died a widow, is too early to serve me. By mentioning something farther of his family, it may better aid, perhaps, in serving me. The Bishop's father was Guthlake Overton, one of the Auditors to Henry VIII. He is mentioned by Mr. Lysons, in his " Environs of London;" also occurs in the Heralds' Visitations of Hunts 1575, and in an Inquisition 1596. The Heralds describe him of Swineshead, Lincoln, being the son of Thomas, and grandson of William, who appears by the office Post mortem to have died Jan. 2, 1487, seised of lands in Swineshead, Wigtoft, Milton, and Overton Plane, which last probably might be the antient inheritance of the family. The Christian name of Guthlake, perhaps, may imply that the Overtons that appear of Croyland Abbey were ancestors of the Bishop's father Guthlake. The Bishop's brothers were Edward, John, Anthony, and Richard; probably Anthony Overton of Croyland, a prior there 1523, might be his uncle; and Thomas Overton, abbot there, who died 1413, the lineal ancestor. Any thing that would illustrate these latter persons would oblige, as well as to be informed respecting the Bishop's issue. N. N. ment, p. 601, is well bestowed upon the affectionate tribute paid by Mr. Mathias to the memory of his departed friend. But, in the conclusion of his letter, I am sorry to see such an undeserved stigma cast on that most learned performance "The Pursuits of Literature." "Dark and nameless venom" applies rather to a false and malicious libel, than to a dignified and judicious satire. The Pursuits of Literature has levelled its shafts only where they ought to be aimed against presumptuous ignorance, and against political principles vitally hostile to Church and State. Every impartial reader of that admirable work will allow its candour in allotting to every eminent character which is noticed in it, its due share of praise or blame, and, where the occasion demands it, of both. If he is acquainted T is much to be lamented that gen tlemen of property and real consequence, derived from a long and respectable line of ancestry, should be so backward in taking upon themselves the honourable office of High Sheriff of a County; which they ought rather to consider as an important duty necessarily devolving upon them, and which they should be ambitious to fulfil in a proper and dignified manner. When such gentlemen as are fit for the office have chosen to fill it, I am sorry to observe, that I have witnessed, in several Counties, a sad depreciation of the consequence annexed to it, in the eyes of the populace, by the shabby and mean appearance which their equipages too often exhibit. A High Sheriff should bear in mind the respect due to public justice, and which must be in some measure testified by external splendour; and he should also recollect, that he enter tains the Representative of his Sovereign. Laying aside forms and shows has a tendency to encourage those levelling principles but too much prevalent in Let me remark, too, that it reflects no honour upon a County, when, at a public meeting, its Sheriff is scarcely able to put the question, or state the business in grammatical terms. Surely the Judges would do well to inquire more circumspectly into the character and education of those who are inserted in their lists; and it might not be impolitic to levy a very heavy fine for refusing to serve the office; such as might equal the expences attendant upon its execution; as too inany, who are very well able to bear the expences, shrink from the office upon the plea of the charges attached to it. R. O. Mr. URBAN, Feb. 4. HE Correspondent who enquires Tafter poor Betty Canning, can not, perhaps, do better than refer to your volumes for the years 1753 and 1754. It is remarkable that among the numerous collections of your late respected Friend at Enfield, no collection of the Pamphlets on this subject occurs. He was a zealous Anti-Canningite; and he has, in conversation with me, ridiculed to the last degree, every body who could swallow the story. My father, on the other hand, was a zealous Cunningite, and I have often heard him say, that he went to see the poor girl in Newgate, and was so taken with her apparent artlessness and simplicity, that he gave her all the money in his pocket. I have two Pamphlets on the subject; ness. one seems a respectable one, written by Henry Fielding, and printed for Millar, intituled "A clear State of the Case of E. C." and the other, " A Collection of several Papers relating to E. C." If your Correspondent had heard as much about the matter as I have done, and knew the violence with which the different parties entered into the subject, he would not have thought there could be impartiality enough in any single Pamphlet to give him a fair account of the busiThe violence of party was probably increased by the violence and bitterness with which the Girl was persecuted by Sir Crisp Gascoyne. I perfectly remember Robert Beels, a little old man, who was the Collector at Stamford-Hill Turnpike-gate, and, I believe, was upon duty when the Girl was dragged through; And I, alas! well remember the window of the loft in which she was shut up, which looked out from the gable-end of the house, side-ways toward the road at Enfield Wash: but, I believe, when I last passed that way, the house had been much altered, and its appearance changed. After 58 years, a man, who almost every month hears of somebody whom he once knew, dropping into the grave, is ready to say, with the Messengers to Job, "I only am left alone to tell thee." Yours, &c. Mr. URBAN, E. Jan. 5. Mone of them was married to a ARY Squires had two daughters; Mr. William Clark, carpenter, Newington Butts; her sister for many years resided with them, and I believe is still living with Mr. John Clark, son of the above." An Enquirer" may meet with some information respecting Elizabeth Canning's affair from these persons. There are several others with whom I am acquainted, who have some recollection of the subject. I shall endeavour to procure all their anecdotes, and send them at a future time for "An Enquirer's" use; although I think Mrs. Squires and Mr. Clark can render them unnecessary, if they are so disposed. Should" An Enquirer" be successful in his enquiries into this affair, I shall be very glad to see it placed in its proper light in your impartial pages. Yours, &c. X. F. Mr. Mr. URBAN, Feb. 12. we now call the Inns of Court. queries and discussions respecting de PHILOMATHES, vol. LXXX. Part grees of Precedence, Rank, and GenII. page 611, having expressed a tility. The following extract is from wish to receive an elucidation of some Chap. xi. "On the Colleges of the Mulines from a poem of Dr. Watts, Inicipal or Common Lawyers;" which beg leave to offer the following, which I conceive to be the true one. I believe it to be an established fact, that Metal, but particularly Iron, cooled to a considerable degree, and applied to the skin, produces an effect sivery milar to what would follow the application of a hot iron; or, if one might so say, a cold burn. A similar mode of expression occurs in Milton, where he says, "The earth burns frore, Mr. URBAN, Feb. 14. YOUR Correspondent Philomathes Y is desirous of knowing to what fact in nature these lines, in a lyric poem of Dr. Watts's, allude: "Cold Steel exposed to Northern air, Drinks the meridian fury of the midnight bear, And burns the unwary stranger there." It is no uncommon thing in the Winter season of the Northern regions of Europe, for strangers to be invited to put their tongues to cold iron, which has the instantaneous effect of the sensation of burning; and, if the tongue was not instantly withdrawn, the skin would be raised to a blister. I have heard, that a soldier, in a Guardroom of Prague, having, during a severe frost, warmed his hands to a glow, and, on the guard being suddenly turned out, having taken hold of the barrel of his musket, which was exposed to the external air, had the palm of his hand blistered; and I am inclined to think that I was informed that some of the skin adhered to the iron. I make no doubt but some or 'indeed most of our philosophers will be able to explain this natural fact to Philomathes; but at present I have neither inclination nor ability to investigate it. I avail myself of this opportunity to send you an article extracted from the old black letter Chronicle of Mas ter Edmond Howes; which may possibly engage the attention of some of your learned Heraldic Correspondents, who, some few months ago, occupied a portion of your colamps with "And because that by auncient custome, and by old orders of the houses of Court and Chancery, all those which were admitted into these houses were, and ought to be Gentlemen, and that of three discents at the least, as Master Gerard Leigh affirmted are registered by the stile and name of eth; therefore they which are now admitGentlemen. But yet, notwithstanding this, if they be not Gentlemen, it is an error to thinke that the sonnes of Graziers, Farmers, Merchants, Tradesmen, and Artificers, can be made Gentlemen by their admittance or matriculation in the Buttrie Role, or in the Steward's Booke, of such a House or Inne of Court; for no man can be made a Gentleman but by his father. And be it spoken (with all reverent reservation of duty) the King who hath power to make Esquires, Knights, Baronets, Barons, Viscounts, Earles, Marquesses, and Dukes, cannot make a Gentleman, for Gentilitie is a matter of race, and of blood, and of discent, from gentile and noble parents and auncestors, which no Kings can give to any, but to such as they beget." This is indeed, Mr. Urban, a very hard sentence pronounced on many of our Titled Men of the present day; but which, I trust, will be easily removed by the learned Gentlemen of our Heralds' Office; who, I make no doubt, can procure documents among their archives, of much higher antiquity and authority than the said Master Edmond Howes in his auncient Chronicle, to confirm the privilege of the Sovereign, of uniting Gentility with Rank or Title. I have heard an old saying, that the King may make a Duke, but not a Gentleman; and this I always understood to be only in reference to the behaviour, and not to the rank, of the man on whom the title had been conferred; but you see it is plain that Edmond Howes and master Gerard Leigh think otherwise. RECORD, nications in their lines of reading and research; to me, who have constantly perused them for many years, as those subjects have been highly gratifying, so has your Chronicle of our Naval and Military achievements, and your loyalty in recording every thing breathing the love of the Subject for their patriotic King, added great value and interest to your work. Being a descendant of an antient line of loyal ancestry, I flatter myself you will honour the following distinguished commemoration of the Jubilee with a place in your Magazine, and you will by so doing greatly oblige Yours, &c. A Descendant of Sir D. de H. CELEBRATION OF THE JUBILEE, upon Moel Famma, Oct. 25, 1810. On the happy event of our Gracious Sovereign having completed the fiftieth year of his reign, the Counties of Flint and Denbigh assembled from 3000 to 5000 persons on the summit of Moel Famma (i. e. the Mother of Mountains), which presents itself to the delightful vale of Clwyd, and over its highest point runs the boundary line of those two counties. The view is most magnificent, and includes the following distinguish ed mountains: Black Comb in Cumberland, Snowdon, Cader Idris, the Wrekin Hill in Salop; and it extends into Staffordshire, and even Derbyshire. On this grand station, the two above-named Counties determined to shew their loyalty, by erecting a Jubilee Column, to commemorate the happiness they felt, in common with the whole Nation, at the completion of Fifty years of the reign of their benign and revered Patriot Monarch George III.-The Sun shone upon the undertaking; and the thousands who attended seemed all animated with sympathetic joy on the occasion. The Committees and Gentlemen of the two Counties met about noon at the Bwlch Penbarras, between Ruthin and Mold; where, also, a detachment of the Flintshire and Denbighshire Loyal Militias, under their respected Colonels Garnons and Peirse, headed a procession of the principal Gentlemen of the Counties to the top of the mountain, a distance of nearly two miles, most of them on horseback. Lord Kenyon (haviug previously, with the approbation of the Flintshire Gentlemen, applied for and obtained the Prince of Wales's gracious patronage and munificent support to their undertaking, and afterwards, by the like concurrence of both Counties, having requested his Royal Highness to be so gracious as to allow the foundation stone to be laid in the Prince's name, which his Royal Highness very graciously directed, and his Lordship being honoured with the Prince's commands to personate him on the glorious occasion) his Lordship, with Sir Watkin Williams Wynne, Sir Tho. Mostyn, Sir Thomas Hanmer and four sons, Sir Stephen Glynne, Sir Edward Lloyd, Sir Robert Williams Vaughan, Mr. Price, Sheriff of Flintshire, Col. Shipley, Eyton, Kenyon, Lloyd, Morgan, Jones, Davies, Esqrs., &c. &c. and sundry others of the most respectable families of the Counties, ascended the mountain, accompanied by a constellation of beautiful Welsh ladies. The martial musick and appearance of the Military and procession on horseback to its summit, already thickly peopled with an assembled multitude, was truly interesting and grand. Soon after, the Military formed a circle round the summit, and Lord Kenyon delivered to the Architect several coins and medals alluding to and commemorating the great occurrences and glories of the Reign, and deposited one of each in an earthen vase of the country, under the foundation stone. The Noble Lord then, in an excellent speech, in which, from his heart, flowed the most noble aud truly loyal sentiments, alluded to the leading incidents in our Gracious Sovereign's character-his auspicious conduct on his succession to the crown--his invariable affection for his people, and ardent attachment to their interests, and the glory of the nation-his firm and kingly conduct at the time of the Riots 'in 1780-his patriotic determination to head the Regular, Militia, and VoJunteer Army, should an invasion take place-and his marked and uniform support to the great cause of Religion, Morality, and the Constitution of the Country, in Church and State. After recalling to the minds of the crowd assembled the blessings they had enjoyed, his Lordship invoked the protection of Providence on the Brunswick succession, trusting that the love which our Gracious Sovereign's merits had obtained from his subjects |
