The Gentleman's Magazine Meteorol. Diaries for Aug. 1785, & July 1786 5341 An Impropriety of Expreffon cenfured Letters of HUMANITY, encouraging and fup- Curious Old Seals illuforated porting the Plan for How ARD'S Monument 535 Curious Fact in Natural History Nine of Diamonds, why Curfe of Scotland 538 Prefent Situation of the Humane Society Total Amount of the Portland Museum Roman Pavements found in Lincoln Caftle ibid. Candid Addrefs to Priestley-Letter of Chubb 541 Vindication of a Paper of Mr. Vince 543 Original Correfpondence on Rowley's Works 544 Orig. Correfpondence from Ruffia continued 547 Spec. of Etymological Sagacity and Candour 552 Original Letter of Dr. Matthew Henry 544 Character of the prefent Mr. Henderson 555 Strictures on Dr. Johnfon's Critical Acumen 557 Memoirs of Gentlemen's Society at Spalding 560 Tranfactions of Peterborough Philof. Society 561 Curious Hint on Grafting-Literary Notice 562 Controverfy relative to the Scots Bishops 566 New Tranflation of a contefted Paffage Biographical Traits of the real Flaherty Dialogue of an Attorney and Orator Henley 573 Prefervation of Rooks recommended Mifcellaneous Remarks on various Subjects 573 Proceedings of laft Seffion of Parliament 57 Rowley's Drawings-"Diverfions of Purley" 48c Stene Chapel-Mifcellaneous Obfervations 581 Pillar at Antinoe illuftrated-MS. Tacitus 58. St. Henry-Curious old Sacerdotal Habit 584 REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS 585-59 INDEX INDICATORIUS-Theatrical Reg. ibid Franklin's Account of the State of America 606 Foreign Affairs-American, Irish, Scotch, Port, Country, and Domeftic News, the Archbishop of Canterbury's Vifitation. &c. 608-616 Lifts of Births, Marriages, Deaths, &c.617-622 534 Meteorological Diaries for Auguft, 1785, and July, 1786. Auguft. Barometer. Thermom. Wind. Weather in August 1785. D. of 29 30 31 29 15 q༠༠༥}སེ%%; no@ @ 2# N N N N N N N N N N N N N N June 29 29 29 29 29 29 15 29 29 29 29 12 29 10 ri 291 29 12 29 13 29 15 29 14 29 14 29 7 28 29 19 29 14 29 12 29 14 29 129 29 O 61 29 59 30 58 7.1 58 12 8 8 o'cl. Morn. 61 II 12 53 57 58 II 15 16 12 10 .54 7 9 11 70 465 69 72 11 o'ci. Night. 66 бо 58 56 58 fair 58 fair 70 60 30,2 60 58 60 OBSERVATIONS. * Barley mowing.—2 Apricots ripe, a very flight crop.-3 Althea frutex (hibifcus fyriacus) in bloom-4 Barley carryiug in.-5 Bank-martins (hirundo riparia) vifit us, having left their breeding-places.-6 Air fo cold as to injure kidney-beans. High tide. Halo round moon. In a circuit of an hundred miles in Kent did not obferve any feed on the afh-tree; acorns in great plenty.-9 Swallows congregate in large flights.-10 Mulberries ripe. Therm. 70 at 2 o'clock P. M. O 67 58 29,92 rain 68 60 30, fair 61 29,95 rain 63 30, fair fair 69 60 30,5 thowery 60 30,1 W NW W NW NW NE NE NW W W METEOROLOGICAL TABLE for July, 1786. Height of Fahrenheit's Thermometer. Barom. Weather fin. pts.in July 1786. S 68 57 30,1howery 69 57 29,76 fhowery 63 54 29,76 howery 55 29.9 fair W CARY. Mathematical Instrument-Maker. opposite Arundel freet. Strand. THE For Gentleman's Magazine: 1786. JULY, BEING THE FIRST NUMBER OF VOL. LVI. Hermitage, near Bath, July 2. MR. URBAN, T ***** HOUGH it has been my lot (I will not fay my happy lot) to have lived with, and converfed much among, what are the XXX generally called great men of this nation, yet I confider the greatest honour I have received, during a long and chequered life, to be a vifit made me en perfonne by Mr. Howard; his unfolicited name as a fubfcriber to a poor performance of mine; and a prefent of his own immortal deeds; deeds fo fraught with benevolence, and told with fuch modefty, humility, and philanthropy, that he, who can read them without feeling a reverential awe for the doer, must be unworthy of the name of man. I therefore fend you a draft on Meffrs. Hoares for one guinea, that I may contribute my mite towards the erection of a ftatue to immortalize THE PERSON of Mr. Howard; his virtues and his writI am ings will immortalize his name. forry to fay it is inconvenient for me to do more; yet, rather than the work fhould not be carried into immediate execution, while the worthy and modeft object of it is abroad, you may call upon me for nine more; for who would not put themselves to fome inconvenience to render refpect to the memory (as Dr. Lettfom juftly styles him) of the GODLIKE HOWARD? One ftately tree in my garden has long fince borne his name on its rind and may the hand wither, like its leaves in Autumn, who dares to erafe it! Yours, &c. POLYXENA. PART II. MR. URBAN, O June 14. F the propofal, fuggefted by you ingenious and benevolent corre fpondent ANGLUS, to erect a ftatu in honour of Mr. Howard, I mo cordially approve; and where is to t found a man of fenfe and virtue the will not fay the fame? Statesmen a the corruption, and heroes the destroy ers, of the human fpecies; but M Howard is, in the nobleft and most un quivocal fenfe of the word, their pr ferver. I can myfelf feel the impor ance of his fervices more than the g nerality of his readers, as, from m tives not quite diffimilar from his ow I have been long accustomed to vi prifons, and perform, now and the thofe offices of charity which are t much neglected even by wife and go men, and which, if I had not be writing on a fubject endeared to me long and folemn reflection, I thou not have prefumed to mention concer ing myself. But Anglus feems to c upon your readers in general, 1 merely for approbation, but afsistan In what manner then does he w me to affift? for it is a righteous cay and my heart is with it. On A Howard himself it were a waste of 1 negyric to expatiate in that langu which truth itself would warrant. gument and perfuafion are anticipa by the general and just celebrity he attained; and it feems to me, t merely to propose the statue is fuffici to fecure the concurrence of thofe v reverence the character of Mr. H. 1 as to the penurious and the unfeeli I muft fay, with a little accommodat I 36 Liberal Encouragement towards the Monument for Mr. Howard. Salluft, verba viris virtutem non ad for June; and, while warm from the " MR. URBAN, July 19. VERY fincerely with you fuccefs in - your scheme of erecting a ftatue to Ir. Howard, towards which I have iven you my mite with more pleasure han I ever gave any thing in my life, = I never remember an occafion which o much infpired me with a fenfation of oing honour to myself. And let the ochefoucault school chew it if they leafe. We agree with them that every ning centers in felf; nor can it be oherwife; but were there not goodness man's nature, how could he be caable of fuch gratifications as thefe Even the fenfation experienced by the fignificant individual who is fcribbling you, is an irrefragable argument aainft their fyftem; and how much hore ftrong and noble a one is fupplied y the life and actions of Mr. Howard, he god-like man, as he has been well yled, and of whom we have fo much eafon to be proud! What can be a more glorious part to act, than that of The Friend to, Nature, and a Second to God, in the relief of his fuffering crea ures! That is Mr. H's part, and his lace in the fcale of beings. A friend of mine amufed himself fome time ago n delineating that fcale; but though he mployed much thought upon it, he ould not fettle it quite to his fatisfacion. I fend it you as a cud for your eaders to chew, if you think it worthy of them. My friend, I fay, could not ettle it quite to his fatisfaction, as he loubted whether the fecond term in the lefcending feries ought not to be put ower, nay, ought not to be the last but ne. Yours, &c. A SUBSCRIBER. Scale of Beings, or of Merit. Friend to Nature: Tyrannicide: Honeft Man : PLAIN LABOURER. Knave Secular: Saint: MR. URBAN. 6. IT affords me infinite pleasure that my valuable friend, Dr. Lettsom, has feriously aided your God-like propofal of erecting a ftatue for Mr. Howard; as I am certain public and honourable diftinctions to the fuperior excellent must be deeply impreffed upon minds difpofed to promote private and public good, and that fome fuch perfons will become usefully active in fo. ciety; and though in a century there will hardly be a HOWARD, yet actions may be performed that may endear other characters to the community. God grant that many fuch men may come forward, and prove themselves valuable members of fociety! I have depofited my guinea with Dr. Lettfom, and recommend to your notice, as a delightful fpecimen of Howard's exalted worth, Mr. Burke's speech at Bristol Guild. It is the moft nervous that perhaps was ever penned : I Ipeak from my own feelings. W. H. • MR. URBAN, Statfold, July 11. Extract from Mr. BURKE'S Speech at the Guildhall in Bristol, 1780. CANNOT name this gentleman ITHIN the last three hours II (Mr. HOWARD) without remarkhave received my Gent. Mag. W |