playfellow of Horace Walpole!!! Where could be the memory of Mr. P***, (for the. fentiments, both political and religious; and a letter, alluding to a firange book, published in 1785, can leave no room to doubt of the editor,) when fuch an anecdote was fuffered to pafs a fecond time through the prefs? I own, I am not forry for it; becaufe I should be very unwilling to think as ill of lord O. as, had I trufted to the fidelity of this book, I muft have been compelled to think! Still, fome letters in this publication, of which the authenticity cannot be doubted, diminith my opinion of the noble author's tafte, or his honefty! Dr. Jofeph Warton, in his late excellent edition of Pope's Works, vol. II. p. 326, in a note to the eclogue of the " Batlet Table," fpeaks highly of lady M. W. Montague. "There were," fays he, "fix TownEclogues; two written by Mr. Pope, and the reft by lady W. Montague, whofe fine genius and abilities are well known, and from whofe hand I am glad to present the reader with the following fonnet, preferved by Algarotti, in the feventh volume of his works: "Thou filver deity of fecret night, Direct my footsteps through the woodland fhade; Thou confcious witness of unknown delight, The lover's guardian, and the mufes aid. By thy pale beans I folitary rove; To thee my tender grief confide; Serenely fweet you guide the filent grove, My friend, my goddess, and my guide. E'en thee, fair queen, from thy amazing height, fome very curious notices; which, not only myfelf, but I dare fay, all lovers of literary biography, feel obliged to R. H. A. g. b. in your vol. LXIX. p. 1019. So that at least I may congratulate myself on having been, as Falstaff fays, "the occafion of wit in other men."-The anecdote of Johnson is more curious than any to be found in his Biographers regarding his earlier life.-There take the opportunity of throwing together a few more notices regading Harte. Harte, having faid, in his "Hiftory of Guliavus Adolphus, that all good campaigns, if rightly and thoroughly confidered, are nothing lefs than one continued: feries of judicious caufes, and fortunate effects," adds the following curious note: "I remember, in my youth, to have heard the great Earl of Peterborow make a very lively comparifon upon the occafion; • Pope,' faid he, (for Mr. Pope was then laft rhyme of his couplet, and the general fitting at table) always fixes first on the caft of the fecond line: and thus, (continued he) a good commander, at the very dawning of a campaign, thould prefigure to himself, by what action he proposes to conclude it; for the laft ftroke always reckons for fomething in the year enfu ng*.** Harte's name occurs continually in Dr. Jofeph Warton's late truly excellent edition+ of Pope's Works. He feems, therefore, to have been a great favourite of that learned critic. Dr. Warton fays, "there are many admirable paffages in Harte's Elay on Human Reafon; which was much praifed on its first publication, and is fid to have been corrected by Pope †," Harte concludes his "Guftavus Adolphus" with the following words: "And thus, with more labour thin One can expect thanks, I have at lengtla fuifted the life of Guftavus: a prince, perhaps, with whom few heroes may he compared, in the feveral diftinguishing characters of folder, ftate finan, the father * Gustavns Adolphus, Second Edition, 8vo. 1767, Vol. I. p. 304 + It is to be regretted, that there is no proper index to this editon.--But Harie's name orcars (inter alios) in the following places :-Vol. L'p. xii. v. 39, 143, 240, 193. Vol. I. p. 10. 11. Vol. IV. p. 43. Pope's Works, Vol. IV. p. 43. of of his people, and a fincere Chriftian. And Mr. URBAN, H F. S. Jan. 7. OW frivolously metaphorical is the objection of Mr. Beltham to the corruption of human nature, that our Saviour being born of a woman, and taking upon him our nature, muft have been involved in it! Does he forget the exprefs affertion of Scripture, that God made him fin for us, who knew no fin, that we might be the righteoufnefs of God in him," 2 Cor. xv. 21. "He was tempted like as we are, yet without fin," Heb. iv. 15. "He did no fin, neither was guile found in his mouth," 1 Pet. ii. 22. fumption of that nature," taking Mr. URBAN, NOT Jan. 8. TOTWITHSTANDING the. many paffages produced by Dr. Ferriar, of Manchefter, to prove the plagiarism of Sterne, I am still inclined to view him as an original writer. And when I confider the unrivalled vein of humour, and the dazzling blaze of genius, fo confpicuous in all his works, I must confider his fate as an author to be very hard. Is it not a reproach to this nation, that no monument has been erected to him in Westminster Abbey? The man whofe writings have been fojuftly and univerfally admired was indebted to two obfcure individuals, for a common tomb to cover his remains. Add to this inftance of national gratitude, the avidity with which the feeble attempt of the above-mentioned medical gentleman, to tear the laurels from the brow of this celebrated writer, was read by the publick. How precarious literary fame! And how painful the confideration to the man of genius, that, after his remains lie mouldering in the duft, fome fuch daftardly attempt may be made to blaft his reputation; and, if polible, configu his name to oblivion! It is probable that, in the nineteenth century, Sterne will receive that tribute of respect to his memory, which has hitherto been deSo nied him in the eighteenth. CRITO: that he was the only human being, or being that aflumed human nature without affuming its taint. How this was brought about is equally impenetrable with his af *He adds in a note, "The author hath by him, already finished, the History of the Thirty Years War, from the breaking out of the troubles in Bohemia, in 1618, till the death of Guftavus, 1632; in that only fixteen years remain to be compleated."-What is become of this? Who had Harte's papers? This is adopted by the Church in the Communion fervice; the preface for Chriftmas-day ftating, that Chritt "was made very man after the fubftance of the Virgin Mary his mother, and that without jour of fin, to make us clean from all fin,” fer, ter, from Burton's " Anatomy of Melancholy," I have been inclined to the re-perufal of an old author, from whom I receive increased amufement at every repetition.. There appears to me aftriking analogy, in fome paffages of Dr. Johnfon's works, to fome I have obferved in "The Anatomy of Melancholy." I do not mean to charge our great moralift with plagiarim; it will frequently happen, that two authors will have the fame thought when writing upon the fame fubject; but I only wish to afk, Mr. Urban, if you think the following extracts might not have been originally fuggefted by "Burton's Anatomy? From the praife Dr. Johnfon has beftowed upon Burton, it is evident he was no ftranger to "The Anatomy of Melancholy." "If we confider the prefent ftate of the world, it will be found, that all confidence is loft among mankind. It is impoffible to fee the long scrolls in which every con tract is included, with all their appendages of feals and atteftations, without wondering at the depravity of thofe beings, who must be restrained from violation of promife by fuch formal and public evidences, and precluded from equivocation by fuch proctitious minutenefs." Rambler, No. 131. "Our forefathers had wont, Pauculis cruculis aureis, to make all affurances, conveyances; and, fuch was the candour and integrity of fucceeding ages, that a deed to convey a whole manor was contained in fometwenty lines, or thereabouts. But now fo many fkins of parchment will scarce ferve turn, there be fo many words, fuch tautological repetitions of all particulars." Democritus to the Reader, p. 50*. In his beautiful paper on the inadequacy of crimes to punishments, though attributed to Sir Thomas More, Dr. Johnfon fpeaks the opinion of Burton, in "His own Utopia." "This terror (death) fhould be referved as the last effort of authority. If only murder were punished with death, very few robbers would ftain their hands in blood. To equal robbery with murder, is to reduce murder to robbery." No. 114. "Adultery (fays Burton, wifely,) thall be punished with death; but not theft, except it be fome more grievous offence, or notorious offenders." Burton, p. 60. Burton's Anatomy, ed. 1621. Johnfon's Vanity of Human Wishes. "If Democritus were alive now, be would fee frange alterations; a new company of counterfeit vifards, affes, butterflies, monfters, giddy-heads, &c. Were he now to travel, or could get leave of Pluto to come fee fashions, and vifit our cities; fure, I think, he would split the rim of his belly with laughing." Democritus to Reader, p. 27. In thefe paffages, both Johnfon and Burton are imitators of Juvenal. Among the number of learned men who contribute to your celebrated Magazine, there may be fome who poffefs the firft edition of Burton, printed, according to Dr. Ferriar, in the year 1617*: if they will have the goodness to communicate it through the medium of your publication, he will very much oblige, Yours, &c. O. G. THE PURSUITS OF ARCHITECTU RAL INNOVATION. No. XIX. The ANTIENT PALACE of the KINGS OF ENGLAND at WESTMINSTER. I T will firft be neceffary to con fult a few prints that fhew the ftate of this Palace in the fixteenth and feventeenth centuries. The oldeft of thefe is a plan of London in Elizabeth's reign; where, examining that part laid down for Weftminfter, we find the mass of buildings conftituting the Palace much as they have appeared in our times. In the open fpace before the hall, now called New Palaceyard, was a conduit; before it to the North a large tower, and at the Western extremity of the yard, to the right and left, were gateways. On the river fide are to be made out thofe erections which occupy the Eaft fide of the yard; the cloifters and buildings belonging to St. Stephen's chapel, the buildings now called the Court of Requests, *We should also thank O. G. for a fight . of the edition of 1621. EDIT. and Pursuits of Architectural Innovation, No. XIX. [ and the Houfe of Lords; but not either. St. Stephen's chapel, or the Pai ted Chamber, can be particularifed. The Hall is very confpicuous; and we can difcover the other open fpace now called Old Palace-yard, with the Eaft end of the Abbey church, St. Margaret's church, and fome other buildings ranging on the Weft fide of the Hall. Thus much for the information which is to be gathered from this valuable print. The other engravings are views of New Palace-yard only; and (from the drefs of the people) appear to have been taken in Charles II's reign; from which, we fee, the niches in the front of the Hall were filled with ftatues; and that the buildings on the left of the Hall were similar to those we now find on the right, with the great tower and the two gateways, bet not the conduit as put down in the plan. Thus informed, (though not in the rooft fatisfactory manner), we prepare to commence our furvey. New Palace Yard. On the Weft and North fides are ranges of modern buildings only; and we cannot find any traces of the two gateways or the conduit.. The Eaft fide fhews the range of erections found in the plan. The South fide gives the front of the Hall; on the left of which, are fome brick buildings, of the latter end of Charles II's reign. The auguft front of the Hall is indeed ftanding; but how digraced, .mutilated, and hid by paltry huts, I fubmit to any unprejudiced, mind, not vitiated with the rage to defpife our antient fabrics, if they can refift the rifing admiration excited by the rich and noble parts of the tracery and enrichments which arreft our view. The porch, when perfect, muft "have been of the firft clafs of workmanthip; and barbarous muft thofe minds have been, who demolithed the groins of which we now lament the lots. The parapet over, the porch has likewife been deftroyed. in the first flory of the tower on the left, two of the fix niches are cut The Weft fide of the Hall is partly perfect, excepting that on its wall a modern brick parapet has been placed, and towards its Northern extremity we find fome few old chambers left ftanding; but the whole line of its fide is blocked up by every fpecies of modern erections, fo that but little of its defign can meet the eye. The South end of the Hall likewife comes in for its fhare of exclufion; yet we can juft perceive the upper part of the great window and finith of the roof. The Eaft fide of the Hall is much fhut out from obfervation; but the erections there have been raised for neceffary attendant purposes on St. Stephen's chapel, fuch as the cloifters, &c. which we as Antiquaries muft overlook, when they remain no fo great a ftore, fo rich a mine, of up, a hanging buttrefs, and a proarchitectural treafure, to repay our jecting tower. Thefe two latter wonder and curiofity. objects fronting the Thames, and We will at prefent delay making being that kind of work seen on the any obfervations on the exterior of exterior of manfions, or caftle walls, St. Stephen's chapel, its cloifters, againft which the waters of furand contiguous buildings, referving rounding ditches flowed, made me, them for a fucceeding effay; and, when fpeaking of the aqueduct in continuing our courfe, will comment the cloifters of the Abbey church, on the ftate of the Painted Chamber. fuppofe that its direction lay towards On the North fide, the bafement thefe walls, which once, ftory has had fome modern altera- doubt, the river washed with its tions; the principal ftory, two of tideful ftream, notwithstanding the windows, and buttreties remain. there is at prefent fuch a plot of Towards its Eaftern extremity, are ground between them and the water. the veftiges of adjoining cham- The next building which comes bers of rich work, and a modern to our obfervation, and the last that brick parapet has been put as a finifh is in being of this once magnifi-, to the wall. The Eaft end prefents cent and extentive Palace, is the, much of its original work; and, to Court of Requefts. The South end prevent the confequences of fome is indeed a curiofity, a choice remfracture, a prodigious fupporting nant of the firft erections of this pier of brick-work has been built Palace by Edward the Confeffor. up. The upper part of this end Thefe Purfuits have guided us juft has likewife been repaired with in the fortunate moment to catch a modern make-fhift mafonry, dif- look at its defign, as a common gracing the fublimity of this moft kitchen, and its appendages are, curious, and the leaft unaltered, part now raifing up againft it. It may be of the Palace; and which from its thus defcribed. From the ground appearance muft create the greatest line to the fecond story the wall is attention and veneration. The plain, except two fimple quarter South fide, and Weft end, abut round brackets. The line marking against other buildings. That on the cominencement of the fecond its South fide is the prefent Houte ftory has the diagonals: two large of Lords; and that at its Weft end; femicircular-headed windows with a part of the Court of Requefts. the diagonals (topt up) next claim. The walls of the Houfe of Lords our notice Above. modern brickftill preferve much of their old work, work gives a finish to this end of the but are blocked up on both the building. The Weft fide thews the Weft and Eaft fides with modern old wall (plain) to a certain height; apartments, and houfes for the con- and then, modern brick-work gives veniency of the attending Lords. the finifh as at the South end. The The North end abuts against the first story of the North end fhews Painted Chamber, and the South likewife the old wall; and its upper end against the Prince's Chamber. ftory finishes in the modern way, This latter chamber thews its Eaft like the forementioned parts. The end and South fide in their original Eaft fide is entirely hid by the ftate; but the Weft end is hid by a Painted Chamber, and a range of modern colonade, &c. and its North modern apartments leading from fide abuts against the Houfe of Lords. the House of Commons to the From the Eaft end of this Cham- Houfe of Lords, through the Paintber, running Eaft, and then turning ed Chamber. to the North, taking its direction As the fire in the reign of Henry towards the Eaft end of the Painted VIII. confumed the principal part Chamber, are certain remains of of the Palace, and judging from old walls, with windows ftopped, the great Hall and other buildings before |