left a Will drawn up by himself; which, though not couched in legal terms, is very minute and particular. By this Will (which was proved April 17, 1799) he bequeathed his noble Collection of Books, Medals, Drawings, &c. to the British Museum, of which he was a Trustee; 1000l. to his College; 500l. to his School; 100l. to the Westminster Infirmary; a few small legacies to particular Friends; and the remainder of his fortune to his Sister Mrs. Anne Cracherode (the sole Executrix), who died July 17, 1802, in her 85th year.-Memoirs of this amiable Scholar may be seen in Chalmers's "Biographical Dictionary," vol. X. p. 444; to which these particulars are supplementary.

P. 441, 1. ult. Mr. Cadell often spoke of B as a very successful letter to him; and instanced Blackstone, Blair, Buchan, Burn. P. 444, for "X." r. “ XIV."

P. 452. Mrs. Clarges had also a son, Sir Thomas Clarges; and
Betham says she married, secondly, Sir Roger Gilbert, bart.
P. 453. Of Dr. Harris an account is given in a future page.
P. 457, note, 1. 13, r. "discovered."

P. 460, note, 1.6, for "tunc," r. "quæ;" 1. 19, r. "dilectissimæ.”
Ibid. 1. 34, r. "Earl Clinton."

P. 464, note, l. 5, r. "in 1769 ;" 1.7, "the Rev. Josiah Sandby." Ibid. 1 8. Dr. George Sandby died at Denton, Norfolk, aged 90, March 24, 1807. He was Rector of that Parish 1750, and of Skeyton in the same County, and Chancellor of the Diocese of Norwich 1768. He was formerly of Merton College, Oxford, where he took the degree of M. A. in 1743. He was afterwards Master of Magdalen College, Cambridge, where he took his Doctor's degree in 1760, and served the office of Vice-chancellor of that University the same year. With Dr. Sandby died the oral tradition, if it may be so called, of the Expulsion from Merton College, Oxford, of six Fellows, by James II. in 1684. He was ordained by Dr. Hough, Bishop of Worcester, one of the said six Fellows, who died at the age of 92.

P. 465. "I have now before me a Political Caricature Print, called The Motion ['printed for T. Cooper, at the Globe in Paternoster-row, 1741. Published according to Act of Parliament. Price Three Pence'] with a humourous Song under it, in which Lyttelton is thus noticed:

"Who's dat who ride astride de Poney,
So long, so lank, so lean, and bony?

O he be de great Orator Little-toney." J. D.

P. 471. William, son of Nathaniel Weston (who had been the Schoolmaster of Bishop Warburton, and was afterwards Vicar of Campden in Gloucestershire), was of St. John's College, Cambridge; B. A. 1731; M. A. 1735; B. D. 1742. He published, 1. "A Sermon, preached before the University of Cambridge, 1789." 2. "An Enquiry into the Rejection, &c. 1746." 3. "Ob

servations

servations on some Remarks on the Enquiries into the Rejection of Christian Miracles, &c. 1747." 4. "Dissertations on some of the most remarkable Wonders of the primitive Times, 1748." 5. "New Dialogues of the Dead, 1762."

P. 472. "There seems to be a mistake in the critical conjectures in this page. The 'Academick,' 1750, is an ironical, motley composition, unequally written, the joint performance of many, with whom Mr. Hurd could have no communication; he had been a writer in the same controversy, but with a different view of the points in debate. See 'Opinion of an eminent Lawyer.' The Academick was smartly animadverted upon in an excellent Pamphlet, printed by Payne and Bouquet, 1751, intituled Considerations on the late Regulations at Cambridge,' avowedly by Dr. John Green, King's Divinity Professor, Master of Bene't College, afterwards Bishop of Lincoln. There is in it, if a pun may be excused, a pleasant quotation from Terence, 'Non sat commode divisa sunt temporibus tibi, Dave, hæc.' Andria, Act III. Sc. 1. alluding to the principal of the supposed Authors of the Academick, Mr. Davie, of Sidney Sussex College, where he resided many years, a Master Commoner, not upon the Foundation or in orders; rather an eccentric character, not eminent in literature, but in political squabbles a busy Party-man. He died rich and intestate; it was some time before Relations could be found to administer to his property. To him, perhaps, from the date, may be applied the following description in the Catalogue of Cambridge Graduates: DAVIE, ALEX. Sid. A.M. Comitiis Regiis 1727. At the time of the Academic controversy he had the appearance of a person between 50 and 60 years of age; born between 1690 and 1700.-The Latin quotation in this paper not introduced for the wit of the pun, but to shew that the Author of the 'Considerations' supposed Mr. Davie to be the Author or one of the Authors of the Academick." AN OLD CANTAB. P. 474, note 1, r. "Neither — is."

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P. 476, 1. 4, "the Author"— add, "if I know who, &c." (See Letters to Lowth.)-P. 484, 1. 8, for "Scenes," r. "Shades." P. 486, 1. 29, for "nôsse," r. posse."

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P. 487, 1. 17, for " quasi," r. "quali."

P. 489, note, 1. 19, for "1775," r. " 1776."

P. 490. The Hon. and Right Reverend Dr. Brownlow North is a younger son of the first Earl of Guildford, and younger brother of the Prime Minister Lord North, in whose administration he obtained a mitre, 1771, at the age of 30. He was educated at Trinity College, Oxford; elected Fellow of All Souls; became M. A. in 1766; and LL. D. 1770. From a Canonry of Christ Church he was promoted to the Deanry of Canterbury in 1770; and from thence, the following year, advanced to the See of Lichfield and Coventry, on the translation of Dr. John Egerton to Durham. In 1774 he was promoted to the Bishoprick of Worcester, on the death of Dr. James Johnson; and in

1784 to Winchester, on the death of Dr. John Thomas. He has had a large family (three sons and several daughters) by his wife (Miss Bannister) now deceased, a lady well known in the Fashionable World. To comply with her wishes, Farnham Castle, the Episcopal Palace, was some years ago repaired at a vast expence; and with her the Bishop passed some years in Italy. His Lordship, like all the Norths, is of an amiable, generous, and yielding temper; and of a most kind and attractive disposition.

A Portrait of the benevolent Prelate is here annexed.

P. 496. Mr. Thomas Gainsborough, the justly-celebrated Painter, was born at Sudbury in Suffolk in 1727. His father, on his outset in life, was possessed of a decent competency; but a large family and a liberal heart soon lessened his wealth. The son very early discovered a propensity to Painting. Nature was his teacher, and the woods of Suffolk his academy, where he would pass in solitude his mornings, in making a sketch of an antiquated tree, a marshy brook, a few cattle, a shepherd and his flock, or any other accidental objects that were presented. — In the neighbourhood of his father was a very respectable Clergyman, of the name of Coyte. With the sons of this gentleman young Gainsborough and his brothers passed much of their time, and from the instructions of the old man reaped some advantage. The Parson's garden having been plundered of a great quantity of wall-fruit, much pains was taken, but without effect, to discover the thief. Young Gainsborough having, one Summer morning, risen at an early hour, and walked into the garden to make a sketch from an old elm, seated himself in an obscure corner, and had just taken out his chalk to begin, when he observed a fellow's head peeping over the wall of the garden, which was next the road, with an apparent intention of seeing if the coast was clear. He made a sketch, upon a rough board, of the head of the man; and so accurate was the resemblance, that he was instantly known to be a man from a neighbouring village; and, upon a close enquiry, proved to be the fellow who had before robbed the garden. From delineation he got to colouring; and, after painting several landscapes from the age of ten to twelve, he quitted Sudbury in his thirteenth year, and came to London, where he commenced Portrait-painter; and from that time never put his family to the least expence. The person at whose house he principally resided was a Silversmith of some taste; and from him, he was ever ready to confess, he derived great assistance. Mr. Gravelot the Engraver was also his patron, and got him introduced at the old Academy of the Arts in St. Martin's-lane. He was afterwards placed under the tuition of Mr. Hayman, with whom he did not long remain; but afterwards, for a short time, resided in Hatton-garden, and practised painting of portraits of a small size, and also pursued his favourite subject, Landscape. In or about the year 1747 he married a young lady, who possessed an annuity of 2001.; and then, retiring to Ipswich, lived in a house of which the rent was only 61. a year. When Mr. Thick

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