pamphlets, of which Mr. Wilkes always expreffed his warmeft approbation. WILLIAM HAMPER. Dear Sir, Prince's-Court, Monday, June 16, 1788. I return you, as you defire, the copy of the Isle of Wight Petition to the Houfe of Commons against the Slave-trade*. I highly approve the petition.. The fpirited freeholders of this county unanimously agreed to a fimilar petition against that wicked and infamous traffic. I am indignant, when I hear political and commercial motives fet in oppofition to the eternal, primary rights of mankind. I thall very fully deliver my fentiments on this fubject in the Houfe, where it will be debated the next Seffion of Parliament. I spoke out against it at the laft county meeting at Hackney, a meeting from which Mr. Byng and bis friends chofe to abfent themfelves. I come to your beautiful ifland with my dear daughter as a retreat; and I defire not to be confidered as a party-man, but having for every diftrefs, as far as my finances thouid go, a heart to pity, and a hand to blefs. I will belong to no political club, or affociation, either in your Inland or County; but I fhall always be happy to aflift and fuccour the wretched and uufortunate, whenever you, or any other friend, will be fo kind as to point them out to me.

I am not ambitious to enlarge the circle of my acquaintance; but I hall think myfelt honoured, when ever I receive at the cottage, your felf, any of your family, or fuch perfons of real diftinguished merit, and especially old, tried friends, as I have found all the Itle of Wight Sharps. Mifs Wilkes joins with me in compliments to all your family. I am, dear Sir, your affectionate, humble fervant, JOHN WILKES.

matters regarding John Grant, efq. of Waltham; I beg you will, in your next, infert the following, being what the writer hereof can vouch for as correct, and being fenfible you with that nothing be inferted in your valuable Repofisory but what is true.

Extract of the Reading Mercury.

"On the 8th inft. died John Grant, efq. of Waltham place, near Maidenhead, Berks; whole military abilities the campaigns in India, under Sir Evre Coote and Major Adams, do teffciences do evince; whofe encouragetify; whose knowledge the arts and ment of induftry the cottagers of White Waltham declare; whofe unbounded liberality to the poor, and attention to every relative duty, is the best teftimony of his love towards God, and gratitude to his Redeemer.”

Mr. G. was the third fon of the Rev. John Graut, A.M. rector of Nolton, and vicar of Roch, in the county of Pembroke. He accompanied Sir Eyre Coote, in 1739, in the 84th regiment to India; and in 1762, under Major Adams, was greatly inftrumental to the re-establithment of Jaffier Ali Cawn into his former ftation in Bengal.

He married, 1767, Alicia, daughter of Dr. Gilbert, canon of Salif. bury; who died 1786, leaving one fon.

Mr. G. married fecondly, 1798, the honourable Charlotte Bouverie, who furvives him, without iffue; whofe ample fortune was never in Mr. G's power, nor was emolument to his fon the inducement to that connexion.

Mr. G's purfuits were always directed by benevolence. As a magittrate, he ftudied the welfare of mankind. As a member of Parliament, he ever voted with the conftitution. It may truly be faid, that few men fupported a respectabl ftation in life with fo much integrity, or did fo much for the benefit of mankind.

He bequeathed col. to each of the parithes of which his father had

been incumbent, for the establishment of a charity-fchool. M. S.

Mr.

of L neolufhire, Nottinghamshire, Leicefterihire, and Northamptonshire, I was fo much truck with the pleasant village of BRENT BROUGHTON in the fit-named county, that I thought a fhort account of it would afford amufe ment to your numerous readers.

Brent Broughton is fituate about 8 miles to the S. E. of Newark, in Nottinghamshire,contains about 150 houfes, confequently about 900 inhabitants. The neatness of the habitations, from that of the Gentleman even to the Cot tages of paupers, both within and without, clearly evinces the content and happiness of those who inhabit them; and the domeftic animals of pigs and poultry appear to grunt and crow in unifon.

There are few manufactures carried on here, and thofe few calculated to fupply the wants of the inhabitants. The parish is inclofed, and contains

near 3000 acres.

The general appearance of the Churches in this part of the country alfo attract the observation of vifitors. The internal appearance of this (the only one I viewed in that part) hears frong evidence of one advantage arifing from a refident clergy, clean and neat, without being gaudy. It has a beautiful flender fpire, carried up to the height of 54 yards. There are a nave, two ailes, and a neat chancel. The advowfon is in the Sutton family, who hare alfo confidereble property in the parifh. The laft proprietor was Sir Richard Sutton, who died about a year ago, and was fucceeded by his grandfon, a minor, whofe uncle is the prefent Rector *.

The Church (Plate 1.) is built of a hard fione, approaching toward a black granite. The age, I fhould fuppofe, about the time of Edward III. from the bufis of him and his Queen Eleanor, forming an ornament of one of the porches; there are two handfome porches on the North and South fides, much ornamented with carving, chiefly of animals, among which are intro

duced fome figures too indecent to be permitted to occupy one of your plates. admited into our Religious Houfes and Cathedrals, and even to remain there to the prefent day, is not easily to be accounted for; and the belt excufe to be made for them is, the fuppofition, that to expofe Vice was one likely method of rendering it odious.

There have been formerly fome good Monuments in the Church, and many arms on the windows and on the walls, only one of which remains; of which a Drawing fhall be feat for your next Number. S. A.

Original Letters from the CARDINAL of YORK to Sir JOHN COX HIPPISLEY, Bart.; written in the Couclave (Jee pp. 31-34.)

YOUR letters fully convince me of the cordial intereft you take in all that regards my perfon, and am happy to acknowledge that principally I owe to your friendly efforts, and to them of your friends, the fuccour generoully granted, to relieve the extreme necellites into which I have been driven by the prefent difinal circumfiances. I cannot fufficiently exprefs, how fenfible I am to your good heart, and write thefe few lines in the first place to conteft to you thele my most fincere and grateful fentiments, and then to inform you that by means of Mr. Oakly, an English Gentleman arrived here last week, I have received a letter from Lord Minto from Vienna, advising me that he had orders from his Court to remit to me at prefent the fin of 2000l. flerling; and that in the month of July next, I may again draw, if I defire it, for another equal fum. The letter is written in fo extremely genteel and obliging a manner, and with expreffions of fingular regard and confideration for me, that, I affure you, excited in me molt particular and lively fentiments, not only of fatisfaction for the delicacy with which the affair has been managed, but also of gratitude for the generofity with which it has been provided for my neceflity. I have aufwered Lord Minto's letter, and gave it, Saturday laft, to Mr. Oakly, who was to fend it by that evening's poft to Vienna; and have written in a manner that I hope will be to his Lordship's fatisfaction. I own to you that the fuc

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