GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE;

LOND. GAZETTE
GENERALEVEN."
Lloyd's Evening
St. James' Coron
London Chron.
London Evenings
Whitehall Even.
The Sun Star!
London Packet
English Chron.
Times-Briton
Morning Chron.
Morning Herald
Public Ledger.
Gazett.& M.Poft
Courier-Ev. Ma.
Courier de Lond.
London Herald
Oracle & Dai, Ad.
Morning Advert.
18 Weekly Papers
Bath 3, Briftel 5
Bin m ngham 2
Blackburn--Bury
CAMBRIDGE 2

Canterbury 2

Carlile

Chelmsford

Chefter

JANUARY, 1802.

CONTAINING

Coventry
Cumberland
Doncatter
Dorchett. Derby

Fxe er, Glouce A.
Hereford, Hull 2
Ipfwich
IRELAND 38

LEICESTER

Leeds 2-Lewes

Liverpool 3

Maiditone

Manchester 3
New alle 2
Northampton
Norwich 2
Nottingham

XFORD
Portsmouth
Reading-Salib.
SCOTLAND 12
S effield 2
Sherborne, Suriy
Shrewiony
Staffordshire
Stamford 1
Winchester
Wocefter 2
YORK 3

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The Meteorological Diary for January, 1802 2A farther Account of Gouds and Rotterdam 24
The Theatrical Regifter-Bill of Mortality bid On the late lamentable Decreafe of Radenefs 26
Some falutary Advice to every Valetudinarian 3Ginger is an effectual Remedy for the Gout 17
4 Slections from Le Clerc's Bibliotheque, N° I. 28
A good Conftitution ruined by Art Medical
ibid.
Hiftory of Publications of Oxford Graduates Review of the learned Epiftles of Grotius
Memoirs of Hampton, Tranflator of Polybius? 6 Character of Odoacer, King of the Hèruli
Mr. Coventry, and Mr. William Huggins? bid Stone Croffes, Cornw-Stratton Strawlefs Hill 30
7Mr. Carter's Defcription of Durham Cathedral 31
Uptos, Auguftine Vincent, and Mrs. Weft?
Singular Epitaph at St. Edmund's, Sal fbury ibid On the wretched State of the Orphan Poor 33
8 Dr. Vincent's "Defence of Public Education" 34
Shakespeare complimented by John Warren
A new Edition of "Anecdotes of Mr. Bawyer" ib Biograph. Memoirs of the late Adm. Blankett 35
Hiftorisal Account of Bodiam Cattle, in Suffex Grantchester,co.Camb.-Waltham Difguifes? 36
THE PROJECTOR, a periodical Paper, N° 1. 10 Bounty to poor Curates-Aubrey's "Surrey" 37
Biographical Memoirs of Mr. Samuel Hartlib 14 Nomenclature of Botany-The Saronitic Wine 3°
1 Cobitis Tama, bearded Loach-Conisbro'Stone 39
Narrative of the Reclufe of Mucrufs Abbey
The fine Painted Windows of Malvern Church ib Mr. Joan Dawfon-Nonconformift Divines? 40
41-59
Extracts from Dr.Booker's "Malvern,aPoem" 16 REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS
Brief Hints to the Biographer of Mr Burke 17 INDEX INDICATORIUS-Queries anfwered 59
Lycophron-Italian Literature-Dean Swift SELECT POETRY, Antient and Modern 60-64
Fine antique Fragment found at Butterworth Interest. Intelligence from London Gazettes 65
Account of Reginald's Tower at Waterford 18 frials and Execution of the late Mutineers
On the Round Towers peculiar to Ireland ibid. Foreign Occurrences-Late dreadful Storms 74
Oak Tankard-Powder Flafk-Monument 19 News from Country-Domeftic Occurrences 80
Harrington's Chemical Experiments defended 26 Marriages, Deaths of eminent Perfons 82-94
Parfaits of Architect. Innovation, No. XLIV. 23 The Average Prices of Grain for One Month 95
Defeription of Crick Howel and White Caftle 23 Dany Variations in the Prices of the Stocks 96
Embellished with Views of BoDTAM CASTLE, Suffex; and REGINALD'S TOWER, Waterford;
beautiful SILVER ARM, found at BUTTERWORTH: OAK TANKARD; POWDER FLASK; &c.

BY

SYLVANUS

URBAN, GENT.

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802.

METEOROLÒGICAL TABLE for January, 1802:

Height of Fahrenheit's Thermometer.

W. CARY, Optician, No. 182, near Norfolk Street, Strand.

THEATRICAL

BILL of MORTALITY, from Jan. 5, to Jan. 26, 1802.

THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE,

For JANUARY,

Mr. URBAN, Clofe of Sarum,

Jan. 1.

*****IDALIS, vol. LXXI. p. 1070, calls upon me in terms fo flattering and fo polite, that it may, perhaps, ***** feem contemptuous remain entirely inattentive to the hint which he is pleafed, by your means, to throw out to me.

The little effay to which he alJudes, vol. LXXI. p 4, was merely au occafional effation adapted to the aufpicious feafon at which it was written. If it had any merit, it must be derived from its prefagement of that Plenty and Peace which in the interim hath been fo happily realized. As, however, the bleflings even of Peace and Plenty may fail of their ultimate enjoy ment, unattended by that confummation of all fublunary enjoyment,

"A found mind in a found body,"

I have upon this occafion taken up a new fübject; which, to Fidal:s (who profefles himself an invalid), and to many others of your valetutudinarian readers, may poflibly prove falutary and important; and I have thrown it into fuch a formula as to render it perfectly intelligible to all fuch who may, under the various complaints to which my prefeription is adapted, have recourfe to it; and to the efficacy of which I beg to fubfcribe my own probatum eft. BENEVOLUS. "ADVERTISEMENT EXTRAORDINARY. "To the Rheumatic-the Gouty the Billious-the Nervous-the Hypochondriac-the Splenetic-the Voluptuous the Petulant-and the Proud. "Emeticum, Catharticum, Catholicum, et omne quod exit-in um præter Remediam.

"When the difeafed find a cure, it feems, want of gratitude not to inform

1802.

others where they may meet with like relief. I, THOMAS IDLE, Gentleman, was lately afflicted with a long tram of complicated, nervous diforders, tended with a great degree of indofuch as lots of fleep, appetite, &c. atlence, latitude, and ennui, &c. 1 had read in the Newfpapers of many infalli ble remedies in fuch cafes, but cannot fay, with truth, that I tried them all in vain; for, Providence having been gracioutly pleafed to preferve to me the ufe of my fenfes, I never touched any one of them.

"In this fituation, rendered uneafy difcate, and the fill more dreadful ap enough by the pains and anxiety of the prehenfion of the tormenting process of cure, I was vifited by an old friend (a great fiatterer in phyfick, though he never takes any), who thought he could do me fervice by a medicine, which, if it did me no good, thould at circumftance is fo feldom known to leaf do no harm. This fortunate happen, that I did not liften to him without fome degree of diffidence; but, however, out of civility I begged he feafon. Rife, fays he, moderately early would proceed. It was then the fpring ther will at any rate permit, either in in the morning; and, when the weayour kitchen or flower garden, avail yourfelf of the following prefeription:

Recipe. Your Spade, Rake, Hoe, and fuch like infiruments of culture: purfue the ufe of them, at proper intervals, as long and in fuel a degree as your firength will permit. No particular regimen is neceflary, but to avoid the bane of repletion.

man's advice; and though the mediI ventured to follow the old gentleCine was fo rough that I could bear but, a very fall dofe of it at first, I foon becanie better reconciled to it, and found myfelf every day enabled to take it in a till larger proportion. To be fhort; I continued the courfe from that time to this. By the bleffing of God, my complaints, both real and imaginary, are all vanifhed. I can eat like a greyhound; my nerves and spirits are in excellent order; and, as for

Aleep,

fleep, fhould the fleeping mania fucceed to that, of walking, you may if you pleafe, Mr. Urban, match me against any of your readers, even the most lethargic.

tenance. About that time, he happened to fee in the Newspaper a caution to young men not to trust too much to a good conftitution, left, by neglect of rules, they

My confcience would not be at reft till I had communicated this extraordi-hould contract fome latent incuranary cure for the benefit of all fuch ble difeafe. This led the poor lad whom it may in any wife concern; and ferioufly to enquire, whether he I fhall beg leave to illuftrate this fubject had not already fowed the feeds by an api quotation from our Dryden. of fome dreadful malady, which By toil our strong forefathers earn' their might cut him off in the flower of [blood; his youth. Toil trung their nerves, and purified their But we their fons, a pamper'd race of men, Are dwindled down to threescore years and ten.

food,

Being thus dreadfully alarmed, he thought it could do him no harm to take a few of the prefervative lozenges. A few days after taking this medicine, he found himfelf pale, weak,, and out of fpirits. This put the matter beyond all doubt; and both he and his mother directly concluded, that he had been ill for a long time without knowing it. Occupied with nothing but the thoughts of effecting his cure, he immediately entered into a courfe of phyfic; and has had a lack of every potion, that

has been advertited for these last ten

years During the latter part of his life, though he was never able to go out of the houfe, and was fometimes confined for weeks together in his bed,, yet he always flattered himfelt he was growing better. Juft as he was on the point of recovering, he was, by a

oft unfortunate mifcarriage kept two whole days without a freth fupply of the cordial fyrup. His mother verily believed that his death was occafioned by this circumftance; and the nurfe who attended him exclaimed, what a pity it was that a Chriftian man fhould die for want of phyfick!

I found upon enquiry that the epitaph had been written by a waggish curate on the death of a very unhappy young man, in order to confole his atlicted mother, who, when it was explained to her, took it as a great compliment.. In fhort, the poor youth had belonged to that melancholy tribe of mortals who are commonly called Valetudinarians. He was one who had phyficked himfelf into illness, and ruined his conftitution by art medical. The perfon who wrote the epitaph, from whom I had this account, told me that the unhappy gentleman had taken preventatives for a fore throat till he could no longer fwallow, and lived upon ftrength-ening medicines till he was hardly able to walk. Till the age of fixteen, he was a comely youth, withr a cheerful heart, and a florid coun- have regularly proceeded or been

The cafe of this young man is melancholy, but not fingular. He has left behind him a numerous tribe, who are dying as fait as they can, by taking too much pains to preferve their lives. E. E.

Mr. URBAN,

Jan. 8.

THE late edition of "A Cata

Tlogue of all Graduates, who

created

The "Matriculations and Regents, from 1701 to 1800," are now, for the first time, added.

From this detail it appears that the pollors of the former editions of this work cannot complete their catalogues; no feparat continuations having been published from Oct. 1765 to Oct. 1775, nor from Oct. 1793 to Oct. 1800. That fuch awkward chafins may not again occur, would not a regular publication of 'a' decade of years be the moft convenient mode of continuing the catalogue in future?

8. It was once more continued' from Oct. 1792 to 1933 in 16 pages. From this period I know of no Separate continuation.

9. In the last year, 1801, a yolume, confifting of 549 pages, was published; comprising all the foriner Catalogues in one alphabet; for the greater convenience of thofe who have occafion to examine it."