481 485 More in Quantity and greater Mariety than any Book of the Mind and Price. 482 495 REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.-M Woide's Edition of the celebrated Alexandrian MS. of the New Teftament.-Hayley's Elfay on Old Maids, &c. &c. 495-510 Catalogue of New Publications 510 Variety of ORIGINAL POETRY 1 512-516 Foreign Affairs-American, Irish, Scotch, Port, 477 Country, and Domeftic News, &c. 517-526 527 532 A Key to the Idler and Rambler requested 479 Price of Grain, &c. By SYLVANUS URBAN, Gent. LONDON, Prinzed by J. NICHOLS, for D. HENRY, late of SAINT JOHN'S GATE. 445 Meteorological Diaries for July, 1785, and June, 1786. OBSERVATIONS. clouds and fun.10. clouds & fun. dift. thund. & fhow. 1 Therm. 80 at 2 o'clock P.M. Bloom of vines perfumes the garden.-2 Beans and peas plenty. Very low tides.-3 Slight crop of hay. Therm. 78 at 2 o'clock P. M.- Bloom of limes perfumes the air.-5 Therm. 83 at 2 o'clock P. M.-6 Very high tide.-7 Leaves of black and Italian poplars much eaten by the caterpillar of the phalena bombyx falicis. -8 Oats reaped.-9 Rye reaped.-10 Some wheat reaped. Leaves of horse-chefnuts and limes fade. METEOROLOGICAL TABLE for June, 1786. Height of Fahrenheit's Thermometer. Height of Fahrenheit's Thermometer. BEING THE SIXTH NUMBER OF VOL. LVI. PART 1. Bafing ball-Areet, June 20. *** evince my approbation of erecting a MO T NUMENT to comme morate the godlike actions of the living HowXXX ARD, I inclose a draft for ten guineas, to be appropriated to that DESIGN. Perfuaded as I am, that his character and writings will furvive the most durable monument of friendship; yet fuch an example of approbation appears to me calculated to promote many beneficial purposes, though it cannot augment the zeal of this amiable man in the purfuit of leffening human mifery. Public approbation of private and public virtues, whilft it acknowledges a debt due to intrinfic merit, reflects the highest honour on the community; for to reward virtue' is a pleafing proof of its prevalence; and that it does prevail, the MONUMENT of HOWARD will testify. Virtue, whether fhining in the public walks of life, or emitting the foft rays of human benevolence in the dungeons of mifery, will ever obtain its own internal reward beyond all the powers of fculpture; but to exhibit that evidence to the public, to excite emulation in virtuous purfuits, and to induce fpecta tors to go and do fo likewife, nothing feems more conducive than a MONU-MENT to HOWARD. The prefent moment, during his abfence in TURKEY, is the most proper to accomplish fuch a DESIGN. With goodness of heart he unites exemplary humility; and a perfection of mind rarely equalled is veiled by a modety that fhuns praife and adulation; but the public applaufe which is due to great and virtuous actions cannot be ungrateful to the god-like breaft of HOWARD. Suppofe therefore the first FIVE perfons who fubfcribe TEN GUINEAS each, or upwards, be appointed a committee to carry fuch a DESIGN into execution; which committee may be afterwards augmented, by felecting from the fubfcribers at large fuch perfons whofe tafte and abilities may further affift in defigning a MONUMENT to HowARD. JOHN COAKLEY LETTSOM. P. S. If this Paper be thought worthy of infertion in the Gentleman's Magazine, I have no objection to its publication; nor have I any to being appointed to receive fubfcriptions with any banker or bankers, further to enfure fuccefs. As there are many circumftances fingular in the conduct of HOWARD, which tend to his fecurity, befides cleanliness, I thought of adding lome outlines of his hiftory: but, fearful of diverting the public attention from the fubject of a monument, I have refrained from fuch addition, though, would it prove acceptable, I could perhaps pre pare a little effay for a fubsequent Magazine, and am, refpe&tfully, J. C. LETTSOM. **We thankfully accept the offers of this truly benevolent correfpondent; and fhall be obliged to him for his propofed communication. Subfcriptions for the MONUMENT to HOWARD will. now be received by Meffrs. GOSLINGS, bankers, Fleet-freet: Dr. LETTSOM,. Bafinghall-ftreet; and J, NICHOLS, printer, Red Lion Pallage, Fleet-freet; till 448 Statue to Mr. Howard liberally enforced. -Grammatical Speaking. not unfrequently borrows a paragraph from your Mifcellany) on the different merits of oratory and grammar; and the prefent affectation of talking gram. matically has been properly noticed. I fhould think it was a fufficient refutation of that practice, to try the conversation language of all comedies from Thefpis and Plautus to the last in modern times. I have fomewhere read, that what contri-, buted to make the antient comedies obfcure, was the introduction of many words not to be found in dictionaries: call them cant words if you will, or rather corruptions and abbreviations of what is called grammar, fuch as 'em for them, good bye t'ye for God be with you, &c &c. which will never find a place in the beft edition of Johnfon's Dictionary. If converfation and familiar letter writing are to be fettered by grammatical rules, we fhall be as long making a compliment as preaching a fermon or pronouncing a grace, which, God knows, are both fhort enough among fashionable folks. Letters, unlefs of state or business, are underfood to be the first thoughts or obfervations of the writer, who conveys them to his friend without a view of their being printed. But as I think there is a material difference between a want of grammatical precifion, and vulgarity in converfation, I wish to know the origin of certain phrafes which occur in the mouths of perfons who profels, or are raifed, to keep good company. One of thefe inftances is, to get SHOT, SHUTT, or SHIT of any thing; for I have heard it pronounced all thefe different ways. Is it to get difcharged or shot off from? Skinner tells us, boot is in Dutch bieten, in Saxon scoten: an arrow, jebent, fchote. So, to get rid of, is to be rid of. I with fome perfon, converfant in the peculiarities of our different dialects, would give us a dictionary of the provincial language, pointing out its vari⚫ations from that of the capital, and of each county refpectively. We have had enough of blackguard dictionaries. Yours, &c. A. A. MR. URBAN, BED June 20. EING lately on a tour into the country, I ftopped for a day or two at Eton, that first of all fituations for a fchool. Though I was well acquainted with the place, yet to enjoy the remembrance of past times, I never fail to indulge myfelf with ftrolling about the novelty, however, prefented itself to my notice, the ftatue of the pious founder Henry VI. The late fellow, Mr. Betham, having left a fum of 700l. for this purpose, a very elegant flatue in marble has been executed by Mr. Bacon, and last week sent down, in order to be exhibited publicly at the enfuing election: it is placed against the wall in the anti-chapel, fronting the iron gate in the center of the inner one, elevated upon four or five fteps, under a Gothic arch, with this plain infcription under it: POSUIT EDWARDUS BETHAM, COLLEGII HUJUSCE SUCIUS. The founder holds a model of Eton chapel in his hand, very curiously executed. The figure, and the whole, does infinite credit to Mr. Bacon as an artift; but we muft look further, and confider how much praise is due to that gentleman, whofe gratitude prompted him to leave for handfome a fum for perpetuating the founder's memory, to whofe munificence he owed his early education, and, to the lateft day of his life, all his comforts and conveniencies. Of Mr. Betham you have made honourable mention in your Mag. vol. LIII. p. 1063. Permit me to add, that the fame gratitude which warmed his heart for the benefit derived from the founder, and induced him to leave this best monument to his own inemory, had likewife induced him to give a bust of the king to the college library. As a Of Eton much has been faid. feminary, perhaps, it is the firft in the world; for its fituation it furpaffes all, and no college whatever has produced more men of learning. In the great fquare is another statue, of the, founder in copper, the gift of Provoft Godol. phin, who lies buried in the chapel. The apartments of the provost and fellows are well contrived and elegant; but, above all, the chapel may vie with any other for its neatness; and it is but juftice to the clerk, or to whomsoever the care of it is committed, to acknow led ge Remarks on Eton School as a Seminary. ledge he does his duty, and deferves every commendation. The college library is a rich repofitory of the choiceft books and drawings, originally valuable, but much enhanced by the donations of Dr. Godolphin, Dr. Waddington, a late bishop of Chichester, the rev. Mr Reynolds, a late fellow, and of whom a valuable portrait is preferved in the audit room; Nicholas Mann, efq. of the Charter-house, augmented this library by a very liberal contribution; the late Richard Topham, efq. of Windsor, enriched it with books and drawings, collected at Rome with profufion of expence; the late rev. Mr. Hetherington, one of the fellows, left many books to the library, and, at his own expence, built a neat chapel in the town. The upper school, a regular and handsome building, was erected by Dr. Alleftree, a former provoft. Mr. Reynolds, late fellow, from a benevolence which will do him perpetual honour, left a fum of money for the better provifion of young collegians who are fuperannuated: this was a gift of the greateft magnitude. Boys cducated here, and fuperannuated ere they reach King's college (which they muft do by a certain age), are in a very critical and deplorable fituation. Buoyed with the hopes till eighteen years of age, they are then thrown on their friends, who perhaps are not able to maintain them at the univerfity; they encounter difficulties which ftare them in the face at breaking the egg-fhell. Can there be a condition more to be deplored? Having бpped at the ream of knowledge, and impatiently thirsting to drink deep of the ftream, they are in a moment cruelly repulfed. The ftate of fuch a youth should not merely excite our pity, but roufe us to nobler purpofcs, and ftir us into action; prevail with us to follow the laudable example fet us by the late very worthy and reverend Mr. Reynolds, and contribute to a fund which would at once do honour to our feelings, and raise us a more lafting monument than can otherwife be bestowed upon us. Did it not favour of oftentation, I would myfelf be the first to contribute my mite to fuch a fubfcription. A variety of means have prefented themfelves to my mind for increafing fuch a fund. Surely an entrance fum of one guinea for every oppidant would be a proper mode, two guineas every baronet, three guineas every baron, four guineas every vif 449 count, five guineas every earl, and fix guineas every marquis and duke, or eldeft fon of fuch, would be, at coming to this feminary, a proper, and not an unreafonable gift. May I appeal to the feelings of a Duke of Marlborough. Bridgewater, Northumberland, and others, who have received their education here, I fhould be happy; and would myfelf be a volunteer in the active department of collecting their fubfcriptions: or it might not be improper to mention that fubfcriptions would be received at any of the bankers in London; and you, Mr. Urban, I am fure, would perpetuate the names of fuch fubfcribers out of your own benevolence and goodness. But to return to my tour. From Eton I adjourned to the chapel of St. George at Windfor. Here a new scene prefented itself; an elegant and neglected Gothic chapel, perhaps the first in the world for beauty, and fplendour, but dirty, and difregarded to fuch a degree, as to become a nuifance to the eye, and a reproach to the fextons, who, I am told, receive daily handfome donations for fhewing it, yet are regardless to the greatest degree of fhame, not fo much as dufting the monuments, or washing the chapel. An' elegant monument of the Beaufort family is at this moment tumbling into ruins, fome of the principal figures thereon being fupported by common cords or ropes; another, of the Lincoln family, totally in ruins; others, of the Rutland and Exeter families, alike ruinous; certainly for want of a proper report to thofe noble families to whom they belong. This royal chapel is, I am informed, now fhut up for divers repairs and ornaments, which his Majefty has condefcended to bestow upon it, particularly the window so much talked of for the east end, and the cele brated picture by Weft. This is a feafon therefore for all persons, whose anceftors are there interred, to give their particular directions for the repair of thefe fepulchral monuments. And, I flatter myself, we shall fee the pews heretofore ufcd in the fermon time, and the old pulpit, removed. The pave. ment of this royal chapel would be difgraceful to a barn: perhaps his Majesty, whofe monument from his munificence it will become, may direct a new pavement to be laid down, as he takes great delight in this very beautiful templc. Or if the knights companions of the garter were to contribute thereto, and |