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Mr. URBAN,

Dec. 3.

SEND you a fketch (Plate 1.) of the North fide of Bodiam caftle in Suffex. It is fituated on the bank of the Rother, a fmall river which empties itself into the fea at Rye, about twelve or fifteen miles below the caftle; it is very perfect in many of its parts, but uninhabitable except at fome periods, when a cottager has been permitted to refide within its walls. It is the property of the Webfter family; the late Sir Godfrey having a confiderable eftate in the parith of Bodiam, and the patronage of the rectory, if I am not mistaken. Accurate accounts of the caftle may be found in the topographical accounts of Suffex, fome of which I happen to have immediately at hand. From its low fituation it could never command the country; but I am inclined to think it might be ufed as a defence against an attack from any invading enemy, for, from a view of the country, it appears as if the fea had gradually declined from that spot.

J.

THE PROJECTOR. N° I. "Quod magis ad nos Pertinet, et nefcire malum eft, agitamus: Utrumne

Divitiis homines, an fint virtue beati ? Quidve ad amicitias, ufus rectumne, trahat nos?

Et quæ fit natura boni, fammumque quid ejus?

Hoa.

COMPARISONS have been fo

nearly exhausted to illuftrate the difficulties with which he is furrounded who makes his first appearance as a periodical writer, that I fhall omit any attempt to conciliate the fatour or furprize the fancy of my readers with a lucky hit of the kind. It may be fufficient, I hope, in order to preferve the accustomed fhew of modefty in writers, that I have ranked myfelf, by name, among a race of men the most defpifed of all human beings, and generally the moft unfortunate; that I claim no other than that attention, almoft worn out, which is ufually beftowed on PROJECTORS, and that I acknowledge myfelf poffelfed of no better chance for fuccefs in my fchemes, than they have had in

theirs.

In fuch an act of voluntary humility, which fome are welcome to confider as difgnifed vanity, I truft it will GENT. MAG. January, 1802.

be owned I am not behind any of my predeceffors. He that called himself a Tatler, a Rambler, or an Idler, might naturally expect fupport from that party whofe qualities and purfuits were implied in his title, and which was neither few in numbers or in confequence, although he confeffedly excluded himself from the favour of every other clafs of mankind. But in owning myfelf a PROJECTOR, without inviting the aid of any, I have alarmed the fufpicions and the contempt of all; and my downfall, when it comes, will be fo much in the natural course of things as to occafion neither wonder nor pity, for it is what we must all come to," and "who could expect any thing elfe from a PROJECTOR?"

In truth, whether fuccefsful or unfuccefsful, a PROJECTOR has in all ages been a character held in very low estimation. Pope ranks them in mighty forry company.

"Aftrologers that future fates foreshew, PROJECTORS, quacks, and lawyers not a

few."

Steele himself, who may be fuppofed much better acquainted with the fubject, as he is the ARCH-PROJECTOR' of this nation, and once conceived the ftupendous plan of reforming its morals, which we have all been nibbling at fince, fays, "There cannot be a more ridiculous animal than one who feems to regard the good of others. He in civil life, whofe thoughts turn upon fchemes which may be of general benefit, without further reflection, is called a PROJECTOR." By the im portant words." further reflection" this author undoubtedly means, with

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any advantage to themfelves, which is faid to be too frequently the cafe with the tribe of projectors, although I have known many of them whole fchemes were, to fay the least, as beneficial to themfelves as to any one elfe. This would, perhaps, be oftener the cafe, if there were a good understanding between the party offering the fcheme and the party accepting it.

Mr. Addifon, who likewife ought to have mentioned men of my unfortunate name with more refpect and commiferation, afferts that, at a coffeehouse, he found out a man to be a PROJEC TOR "by the fhabbiness of his drefs, the extravagance of his conceptions, and the hurry of his fpeech." Features

METEOROLÒGICAL TABLE for January, 1802.

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Jan.

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

THEATRICAL

DRURY-LANE.

1. King John-Don Juan.

2. The Duenna-Katharine and Petruch. 4. Douglas-The Festival of Baccbus — l'he Anatomist.

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5. Rule a Wife and have a Wife-DittoMy Grandmother.

6. The Diftrefs'd Mother-Ditto--Virgin Unmalk'd.

7. Artaxerxes-Katharine and Petruchio. 8. The Stranger-Festival of BacchusThe Mock Doctor.

9. The Beggar's Opera-Don Juan. 11. King Henry the Fourth-HarlequinAmulet.

12. Ditto-Festival of Bacchus--Anatomist. 13. The Gamefter-Of Age To-morrow. 14. Inkle and Yarico-Don Juan.

15. Venice Preferv'd-Feftival of Bacchus -The Citizen.

16. King Henry the Fourth-The Doctor and the Apothecary.

18. George Barnwell-Harlequin-Amulet. 19. Venice Preferv'd-The Doctor and the

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9. Chains of the Heart-The Review. 11. The Revenge-Harlequin's Almanack. 12. Folly as it Flies--Ditto.

13. King Richard the Third-Ditto.
14. Speed the Plough-Ditto.
15. Alfonfo, King of Caftile-Ditto.
16. Ditto-Ditto.
18. Ditto-Ditte.

19. Folly as it Flies--Ditto.
20. Chains of the Heart-Ditto.
21. Alfonfo-Ditto.

22. Folly as it Flies--Ditto.

23. Chains of the Heart-Ditto. 25. Alfonfo-Duto.

26. Merchant of Venice-Love à-la-Mode. 27. Folly asit Flies-Harlequin's Almanack.. 28. Chains of the Heart-Love à-la-Mode. 29. Alfonfo-The Review.

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

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THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE,

For JANUARY, 1802.

Mr. URBAN, Clofe of Sarum.

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Jan. 1.

others where they may meet with like relief. 1, THOMAS IDLE, Gen

one of them.

IDALIS, vol. LXXI. tleman, was lately afflicted with a long train of complicated, nervous diforders, p. 1970, calls upon fuch as lofs of fleep, appetite, &c. atme in terms fo flat- tended with a great degree of indotering and fo polite, lence, latitude, and ennui, &c. 1 had that it may, perhaps, read in the Newfpapers of many infalli feem contemptuous ble remedies in fuch cafes, but cannot to remain entirely inattentive to fay, with truth, that I tried them all in the hint which he is pleased, by vain; for, Providence having been gracioutly pleated to preferve to me the your means, to throw out to me. The little effay to which he al-fe of my fenfes, I never touched any Judes, vol. LXXI. p 4, was merely au occafional effusion 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 contummation of all fublunary enjoyment,

"A found mind in a found body,"

I have upon this occafion taken up a new fubject; which, to Fidals (who profeiles himself an invalid), and to many others of your valetutudinarian readers, may poffibly 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 prefcription 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.

"Emneticum, Catharticum, Catholi• cum, et omne quod exit in um præterRemedium.

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

"In this fituation, rendered unealy enough by the pains and anxiety of the diffe, and the fill more dreadful ap prehenfion of the tormenting process of cure, I was vifited by an old friend (a great finatterer in phyfick, though hẹ never takes any), who thought he could do me fervice by a medicine, which, if it did me no good, fhould at leaf do no harm. This fortunate circumftance is fo feldom known to happen, that I did not liften to himu 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 in the morning; and, when the weather will at any rate permit, either in. your 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.

I ventured to follow the old gentleman's advice; and though the medicine was fo rough that I could bear but, a very finall 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 blefling of God, my complaints, both real and imaginary, are all vanifhed. I can eat like a greyhound; my nerves and fpirits are in excellent order; and, as for

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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

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. My confcience world not be at reft till I had communicated this extraordi-hould contract fome latent incuranary cure for the benefit of all fuch whom it may in any wife concern; and I fhall beg leave to illuftrate this fubject by an apt quotation from our Dryden. By toil our Atrong forefathers earn'd their food, ? [blood; Toil trung their nerves, and purified their But we their fons, a pamper'd race of men, Are dwindled down to threefcore years

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Better to feek for health in fields unbought, Than fee the doctor for a naufeous draught. The wife for health on exercife depend; God never made his work for man to end.". "N. B. The publick may be fupplied with the feveral articles of the above invaluable prefeription, not at the Chemifts, but at most of the Ironmongers' fhops in the United Kingdom."

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Obiit fecundum artem,

atatis fuæ XXVI.

I found upon enquiry that the epitaph had been written by a waggith curate on the death of a very unhappy young man, in order to confole his afflicted 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 ftrengthening medicines till he was hardly able to walk. Till the age of fixtoon, he was a comcly youth, with a cheerful heart, and a florid coun

ble difeafe. This led the poor lad ferioufly to enquire, whether he had not already fowed the feeds of fome dreadful malady, which might cut him off in the flower of his youth.

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, tha 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 fmack of every potion, that has been advertifed for thefe laft 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 moft unfortunate mifcarriage kept two whole days without a fresh fupply of the cordial fyrup. His mother verily believed that his death was occafioned by this circumfiance; and the nurfe who attended him exclaimed, what a pity it was that a Chriftian man fhould die for want of phyfick!

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

Mr. URBAN,
Jan. 8.
HE late edition A Cata-

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created in the University of Oxford, between Oct. 1o. 165), and Oct. 10, 1800," having occafioned an enquiry concerning the commencement and progrefs of this ufeful work; the refult may perhaps be acceptable to fome of your academical readers.

From its firft appearance in 1727 the following feems to be the exact ftate of the publication, its various fuccellive portions chronologically arranged:

1. In that year a volume was publifhed containing the "Graduats" from Oct. 10, 1659, to O&. 10, 1726; at the end of which were added thofe also from Oct. 1726 to Oct. 1727; the whole confifting of 256 octavo pages.

2. The Catalogue" was continued from Oct. 1727 to OA. 1735; in 32 pages.

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3. It was again continued from Oct. 1735 to O&. 1747; in 44 pages. 4. It was again continued from Oct. 1747 to Oct. 1760; in 52 pages; to which were added two leaves of "Errata." No feparate continuation was published from Oct. 1760 to Oct. 1770: but in 1772, as your volume, for 1787, p. 309, rightly fets forth, was published

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5. "A Catalogue of all Graduats between Oct. 10, 1659, and Oct. ic, 1770;" confifting of 425 pages; in which the names in all the preceding parts are comprifed in one alphabet; fince which publication

6. The "Catalogue" was continued from Oct. 1770 to Qt. 1782; in 54 pages.

7. It was again continued from Oct. 1782 to O&, 1792; in 65 pages; and

8. It was once more continued' from Oct. 732 to 1793; in 16 pages. From this period I know of no Jeparate continuation.

9. In the latt 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 occation to examine it."

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

From this detail it appears that the pelelors of the former editions of this work cannot complete their catalogues; no feparate continuations having been published from Oct. 1755 to Oct. 1770, nor from O&t. 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?

Such a work cannot, from the nature of it, be expected to be free from errors; the very corrections of which in the tables of "Errata" are not unfrequently erroneous, Some infiances there are alfo of errors hitherto not pointed out; a few of which fhall now be noted as continued in the late edition; where in p. 29 the fecond "Bateman" thould be "Edm." not "Edw. ;" and in p. 62 we should read" Brif"towe Duncombe;" and in p. 199

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Guildford;" and the laf Hewett" in p. 223 fhould be “Huett." Thefe are MS corrections occurring in a copy of the first edition in 1737, &c.

The following Omiffions in the laft edition in 1801 are to be fup plied from the tables of "Errata" above referred to:

"Bond (Wentley) M. A. incorp. Dec. 17, 1772.

Champagne (George) Chr. Ch. incorp. M.A, Nov. 11, 1785.

Nov. 15, 1765.
Norris (Thomas) Chr. Ch. B. Muf.

Stokes (John Whitley) C. C. C. incorp. M. A. June 18, 1788:" In this edition may alfo be obferved the following Errata:

P. 135, 1. ult. for "Benedict," read "Bennet."

P. 163, 1. penult. for "John" read "Jon."

P. 372, 1. 4 and 8, for "Hall" read "Ives." See your volume for 1798, p. 754. col. 2 and p. 1009.

If the table cf " Errata" in p. 62 of the 7th publication, deicribed above, is correct, the statement in

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