At Paris, M. Naderman, the composer, and professor of the harp at the Conservatoire de Musique. At Genoa, aged 25, Anne Mary, eldest dau. of Sir George Bowyer, Bart. March 11. At Paris, in his 72d year, William J. Lentball, esq. of Bessels Leigh, Berks, and late of Broadwell, co. Glouc. He was fifth in paternal descent from the Speaker of the Long Parliament, and descended from Sir Rowland Lenthall, of Hampton Court, co. Hereford, Master of the Robes to Henry IV. Ambassador to France, and one of the Commanders at Agincourt. March 28. At Lisbon, in his 25th year, Prince Augustus Charles Eugene Napoleon, Duke of Leuchtenberg, con Males sort of the Queen of Portugal. He was born Dec. 9, 1810, the elder son of Eugene Viceroy of Italy, (the step-son of the Emperor Napoleon,) by the Princess Augusta-Amelia of Bavaria; and brother to Hortense the widow of Dom Pedro, exEmperor of the Brazils. This young Prince was one of the richest men in Europe. 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NICHOLS AND SON, 25, PARLIAMENT STREET. 258 18 20 pm. 37 36 pm. 36 37 pm. MINOR CORRESPONDENCE.-Valpy's and Grant's Latin Grammars-The Me- lancthon MSS.-Lines from Hudibras-Family of Markenfield, &c. &c. 562 563 569 570 Recollections of the late William Linley, Esq. By Rev. W. Lisle Bowles...... 574 Witchcraft at Benhall in Suffolk THE NEW RECORD COMMISSION, No. I.-Close Rolls of King John.. MEMORIALS OF LITERARY CHARACTERS, NO. VI. Letters of Congreve to Tonson the Bookseller, 609.-Family of Dr. Donne, Arms of the Family of Cavendish, at Cavendish, Suffolk Professor Heeren on the ancient Commerce of India, 613.-Beetle-Opium, 615 Deified Head of Hadrian found in the Thames Hope's Historical Essay on Architecture, 619.-Heraud's Descent into Hell, 627.-History of Foundations in Manchester, 630.-Bertrand's Revo- lutions of the Globe, 630.-Johnson's Life of Thomas Linacre, 633.-Ri- chardson's English Dictionary, 634.-Loudon's Arboretum Britannicum, 635-Doering's Horace, 637.-Dalzel's Analecta Græca, 638.-Christian Freedom; Hollins's Memoirs of George III.; Taylor's Catechism of the Currency, 639.-Courthope's Synopsis of the Baronetage; Strickland's ANTIQUARIAN RESEARCHES.-Society of Antiquaries, &c... OBITUARY; with Memoirs of Emperor of Austria; Lord de Dunstanville; Sir Charles Mill, Bart.; Lt.-Gen. Sir W. Cockburn, Bart.; Sir Peter Parker, Bart.; Sir George I. Tapps, Bart.; Sir A. M. Mackenzie, Bart.; General Sir H. Johnson, Bart.; General Freeman; Major-Gen. J. P. Mur- ray; Capt. Bastard, R. N.; Capt. Brewer, R. N.; Prince Hoare, Esq.; MINOR CORRESPONDENCE. VALPY'S AND GRANT'S LATIN GRAMMARS. The Editor, at all times desirous of not unnecessarily wounding the honest feelings of any respectable man, regrets that he inadvertently permitted insertion, in the last number, to a short article signed "A Lover of Justice," reflecting on the literary conduct of Mr. Grant. He was not aware, at the time, that the charge now so unreasonably revived, (in Mr. G.'s opinion, as "a sort of literary or bookselling puff, or to serve some other selfish or mercenary purpose"), had been amply and satisfactorily exposed by Mr. G. well nigh thirty years ago, in a long article inserted in Vol. XXVII. part 1, for 1809, of the Monthly Magazine. Mr. Grant requests the Editor to intimate, that, "when called on in an open, manly, and candid manner, he is quite ready to defend himself, and to repel impertinent charges, but that he must decline holding any direct communication with any anonymous slanderer." Mr. W. Y. OTTLEY remarks: "At p. 488 I find a brief mention of the Catalogue of Dr. Kloss's curious Library, now on sale at Messrs. Sotheby's, which might possibly lead your readers to suppose, that I, in some measure at least, was instrumental in discovering that numerous printed books and MSS. in this collection formerly belonged to Melancthon, were I not to give this explanation. The fact is, I had no part whatever in bringing to light those before unknown treasures, the merit of which entirely belongs to Mr. Leigh Sotheby; though it is true that, in two or three instances, Mr. Sotheby consulted me as to the probable date of the paper upon which some of them are written; when it so happened that my opinion of the age of the paper-marks chanced to agree with his previous conjectures." H. remarks: "Your correspondent, in p. 338, has only quoted one half of the Hudibrastic lines: For he that fights and runs away, Now, it is true these very lines are not to be found in Hudibras; yet exactly the same sentiment is compressed into the single couplet For those that fly may fight again, Which he can never do that's slain; which will be found in Butler's poem, Part III. canto 3, v. 243. But its original is a Greek proverb attributed to Demosthenes. ex Ανηρ ὁ φευγων και παλιν μαχήσεται. We beg to acknowledge a more tended communication, nearly to the same purpose, from Mr. WILLIAM BAILEY. To the inquiry of our correspondent (p. 450) respecting the family of Thomas Markenfield, who was attainted of treason in 1569. X. Y. can add a few scattered memorials. A part of his possessions were granted by the Queen (4 Nov. 14 Eliz.) to Sir George Bowes, under certain limitations; John Markenfield, his brother, was confined in Durham jail on the 1st Jan. 1569-70; in the list of his "household and retainers" appear the names of George Markenfield and Nynye Markenfield. William Markenfield, in all probability a lation, was in 1579 employed as a confidential agent of Sir George Bowes, in the management and disposal of his farming produce, whilst Sir George was Deputy Governor of Berwick; and in a deposition respecting Sampson Norton, near re Markenfield states that he was "unfor tunately" engaged in the rebellion of the Earls.-W. P. refers to a pedigree of Markenfield, in the Yorkshire Visitation of 1584. G. H. wishes to learn in whose hands the MS. Journal of Sir Thos. Gresham, cited by Ward, (Lives of the Gresham Professors, Vol. I) is now? H. S. is desirous to procure copies, for publication, of the autographs of Stephen Hawes, Bishop Corbet, Giles Fletcher, Quarles, Habington, Lovelace, and Roscommon, and will feel grateful for information that may enable him to obtain either of them. S. would be obliged if any of our Correspondents could inform him where the carving that formerly existed in the great room at Bagnigge Wells Tea-Gardens, said to represent the effigy of Nell Gwynn, surrounded by festoons of fruit and flowers, has been removed. The rumoured death of the Hon. Mr. Moreton (p. 442) was a false report.The late W. Cary, esq. (p. 558) died in July last, in his 89th year; he was only once Sheriff of Staffordshire, in 1808 His father was the Rev. Henry Cary; and for Killaloe read Killala. Col. Cary died July 19. THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE. Works of Cowper, by JOHN S. MEMES, LL.D. Vol. I. NO present could be more acceptable to the public, than a complete and authentic edition of Cowper's Works; while any additional information, with regard to the history of the Poet's life, will be gratefully received. The chief defect in Mr. Meme's edition we conceive to consist in the controversial character of the life; for which room is unfortunately given both by the opinions of Cowper in matters of religion, and by the silence or suppression of important facts on this subject, by his friend and first biographer, Mr. Hayley. With regard to Cowper's melancholy aberration of mind, we agree with Mr. Memes, that it sprang from a constitutional malady, and was not produced or even increased by his views of religion, further than as they formed the perpetual theme of his dark and unhappy meditations, and thus, as it were, exhausted the little mental strength which was left, and retarded or precluded recovery. But this may be more justly considered the effect, and not the existing cause; for insanity is shown by the perpetual presence of one leading idea, excluding all others, or converting them into its own form: Cowper's insanity showed itself when he was a worldly man, being in the world; and though Mr. Memes's reflections on this part of the subject sound a little harsh, we have little doubt of their justice. Upon the whole, so far from considering the society with which Cowper intimately lived, and which he deeply loved, as prejudicial to the peace of his mind, or the soundness of his intellect, we should rather consider him as cast providentially among those who, by years of constant vigilance, unwearied affection and respect, tender solicitude, and calm retired habits, preserved his mind for long periods cheerful and even happy; kept an anxious eye and a wise judgment over his gloomier hours, preserved him sacred from all vulgar and worldly intrusion, and probably saved him from a continued life that would have been worse than death, and darker than the grave. We have seldom seen assembled round any man friends at once so tender, so affectionate, and so wise: the eyes of love were upon him for near forty years, and followed him to his grave. Mr. Memes has passed over a very delicate portion of Cowper's historythat relating to the rupture with Lady Austin. That it arose from some jealousy (who shall call it unjust, or even unkind?) on the part of Mrs. Unwin, no one can doubt; and it seems just to have interposed in time; for the present biographer more than hints, that Lady Austin would have married the poet, whom she had long fascinated: and what would have been the effect of such a change, on such a mind, it is impossible to think without alarm! Perhaps they were both saved from very great sorrows and disappointments. The close of Cowper's life must still have been clouded; and, at best, Lady Austin would have had the grateful but most melancholy task of performing what other hands were fated to do; and watching as a wife the ruins of that gentle and lovely mind, which she had designed to crown with happiness, when she gave herself away. This was |