Prices of Grain-Theatrical Regifter.-Bill of Mortality.

AVERAGE PRICES of CORN, from Sep. 10, to Sep. 15, 1787.

6 Cheshire

BILL of MORTALITY, from Sept. 4, to Sept. 25, 1787.

EACH

DAY'S PRICE OF STOCKS IN SEPTEMBER, 1787.

15 16

N.B. In the 3 per Cent. Confols, the highest and lowest Price of each Day is given; in the other Stock the highest Price only.

Meteor.Diaries for Octob. 1787, and Nov.1786846 | Letter from Mr. Ramberg on a famous Portrait 876
Original Letter from Cowley to Dr. Bufby 847 Addrefs of Heritors in Scotland to K. Geo. 1. 877
Panegyrical Epiftle, HAWKINS . JOHNSON 848 True Hiftory of Clarke's Skeleton at Dublin ib.
Emblematic Painting on old Glafs explained 849
Curious Natural Query to the Medical Society 850
Warton's Remarks on Calvinifm vindicated 851
Singular Hiftory of Hendia, a Maronite Girl 851
Remarks on Raphael's Hiftorical Designs 853
Critique on his Seven truly famous Cartoons 854
Authentic Memoirs of the late Sir Rich. Jebb 855
The pernicious Effects of indolent Indulgence 857
Forefts near Portsmouth, Nurferies for Timber 859
Antipathy to Game, how to be accounted for? 861
Remarks on Abbé Mann and Lord Montague 362
Some Particulars of the Abbé's perfonal Hiftory 863
Character of Mr. Fox, by Editor of Bellenden 865
Letter from the Editor of "Tanner's Notitia" 87
Queftion about Mrs. Doddridge fettled 869 & 886
Character of Dr. J. Jebb, formed from his Life 870
On the Cambridge MS. of New Teftament 872
Remarks on Dr. Taylor's Letter to Johnfon 873
M. de Sauffure's late Journey to Mont Blanc 374
Some ludicrous Anecdotes of Orator Henley 875

Reigning Sin of the Age, and its Remedies 878
Obfervations on Moral and Political Subjects 879
Monument propofed for Sir Walter Blackett 880
Antiquity of the famous Box-trees on Box-hill ib.
Seal of a Bifhop of Exeter, found at Bodmin ib.
Original Letter on Mr. Hutchinfon's Writings 881
New Catalogue of a Young Lady's Library 883
True Nature and Ufe of the Lombardy Poplar 885
Proceedings in the laft Seffion of Parliament 886
Portrait in our laft, why probably Milton's 892
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS 893-909
Letters occafioned by OXFORD DICTIONARY 910
Index Indicatories-Correfpondents anfwered 911
Monthly Catalogue of the New Publications 91.
SELECT POETRY, ancient and modern 912-916
Foreign Affairs, E. and W. India News, American

Intelligence, Domestic Occurrences, 917-930
Marriages, Deaths, Preferments, &c. 931-938
Prices of Grain-Theatrical Regitter, &c. 939
Daily Variations in the Prices of Stocks

940

Embellished with a beautiful EMBLEMATIC PRINT, from ancient Stained Glafs, applied to MODERN TIMES; with Three PUBLIC BUILDINGS in or near DUBLIN; and a curious SEAL of an old Bishop of EXETER.

By

SYLVANUS

URBAN,

Gent.

LONDON, Printed by JOHN NICHOLS, for D. HENRY, late of SAINT JOHNS GATE.

846 Meteorological Diaries for October, 1787; and November, 1786, METEOROLOGICAL TABLE for October, 1787.

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8 o'cl.
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W. CARY, Mathematical Inftrument-Maker, oppofite Arundel-ftreet, Strand.

Novem. Barometer.
Days. Inch. 20ths

Thermom.

Wind.

Rain
Toothsin.

Weather in November, 1786.

OBSERVATIONS.

2

The oaks in moift woods remain in fuil leaf, and many in good verdure, while the beeches in general have lost their foliage. The limes have caft all their leaves.-3 Tit-mice (pari) are often feen in beechen woods, and at this time feed on the kernels of the maft of that ree-4 Freezes within door.-5 All leaves fallen except from the oaks, whofe foliage is of the midfammer-fhoot.

Diary after the 10th returns to the ufual place, three miles South of London.

THE

Gentleman's Magazine:

For OCTOBER, 1787.

BEING THE FOURTH NUMBER OF VOL. LVII. PART II.

"SIR,

"I fhould have made you this mean prefent before, but that I have been out of town; and as fome things are too great, foe this is too little to bee fent farre. If I were not well acquainted with your candour, and your particular favour to mee, it would be madnes to venture this criminal in the pretence of foe great and foe long-practifed a judge of thefe inatters. It may be a fitter entertainment for fome of your fchollars than for yourself, and is a more proportionable companion for the hyfop than the cedars of Lebanon. I afk, therefore, your pardon for this liberty, and am, with great refpect, Sir, your moft humble, and moft faithful fervant,

A. COWLEY.

"My character cannot be completely ruined, "till myfelf ftep forward in its defence." Ex ore SIR JOHN HAWKINS.

Mr. URBAN, Od. 26. *TW WO canons of criticifm are undifputed; that an author cannot fail to use the beft poffible word on every occafion, and that a critic cannot chufe but know what that word is. Note on the Dunciad, H. 1.

And if thefe rules hold good in words, why not in fentences? These points being granted, it follows, that whenever Sir John Hawkins, in quoting any part of Johnfon's Works, adopts a reading different from the editions, it is to be replaced in the text, and the other difcarded. Now to apply. We read in the vulgar editions of London, vol. XI. p. 319.

And fix'd on Cambria's folitary fhore." But how much better is Sir John's reading (56)!" And fix'd in Cambria's folitary fhore." I would not believe that Johnfon wrote otherwife, though Johnfon himself thould affirm it. Again, in the laft number of the Rambler, vol. VII. p. 395. Johnson fays, or is made to fay, "I have endeavoured to refine our language to grammatical purity." How tame, dull, flat, lifeless, infipid, profaic, &c. is this, compared to what the Knight has substituted (291)

grammar and purity. A fine inftance of the figure Hen dia duoin! like Virgil's pateris et auro; or like-but I will not overpower you with my learning; or, more properly fpeaking, with my lettered ignorance; for that is the ftatut able phrafe, and fo it ought to have been printed in the verfes on Levett, vol. XI. p. 366. upon the authority of the Knight (555), instead of lettered arrogance: Lettered ignorance is a beautiful oxymoron, and hints that people who affect to be men of learning, may be very ignorant notwithstanding. Examples, I fuppofe, will occur to every reader. Here I cannot help hazarding, though fomewhat out of its place, a conjecture of my own upon a pallage in Sir John's work (311). "Among men of real learning there is but one opinion Ought it not to be, "Among