European Magazine, For MAY Droffiana, No. XXXII. Anecdotes of illuftrious and extraordinary Persons, [continued] Account of Seringapatam, Page 323 326 327 328 336 Account of the Fortrefs of Bangalore, Extracts from Original Letters from Edward Wortley Montague, jun. Efq. to an Eminent Phyfician in London, dec. 329 334 Mrs. Draper's Letters, [concluded] Additional Anecdotes of John Kyrle, Efq. commonly called The Man of Rofs, An Account of fome of the Antiquities of Babylon found in the Neighbourhood of Bagdad: Alfo of what is deemed to have been the Tower of Babel, and of the Yezidis. By M. de Beauchamp, 338 Receipt for the Bite of a Mad Dog, Friendly Hints relative to the Modern Practice of Physicians. By An Old Patient, London Review, with Anecdotes of Authors. Mrs. Robinfon's Vancenza; or, The Dan gers of Credulity, The Hiftory of Rome, from the Foundation of the City by Romulus to the Death of the Emperor Marcus Antoninus, 3 Vols. 8vo. 342 343 344 348 352 A Pious Meditation composed in the laft Century, by John Whitfon, Efq. Alderman of Bristol, &c. To which is prefixed fome Account of the Author. By George Symes Catcott, Account of the Expence incurred by the Solicitors employed by the House of Commons in the Impeachment against Warren Haftings, Efq. Captain Forrest's Voyage from Calcutta to the Mergui Archipelago, lying on the East Side of the Bay of Bengal, &c. 353 ib. and Writings, of Thomas Harmer, 362 Farther Account of Dulwich College, 363 Original Letter from Dr. Franklin to N. Webster, Jun. Efq. Account of the Trial of Warren Haftings, Efq. [continued] 370 Journal of the Proceedings of the Second Seffion of the Seventeenth Parliament of Great Britain; including Lords Debates on the Libel, Scotch Epifcopalian, and Slave Trade Bills; and Com. mons Debates on Scots Burghs, West. minster Police, and Slave Trade Bills, Mr. Grey's Motion for Reform of Parliamentary Representation, &c. &c. 371 Theatrical Journal: including Prologue and Epilogue to "The Fugitive;" Mrs. Wells's "Addrefs to the Town on her Benefit-night; Prologue and Epilogue to "The First Part of Henry IV." as performed at Mr. Newcome's at Hackney, Poetry; including, Sonnet to a Friend on the Northern Circuit; Sonnet written in a Retired Situation on the Coast of Suffex, in Sept. 1781; Verfes to an Evening Primrose; To an Afs; To Charles B-, Efq. an Invitation to Dinner in the Country in 1784; On reading Mrs. Robinfon's "Vancenza;" Epigram by James Boswell, Esq.; Anfwer to the Same, &c. &c. Eaft India Intelligence from the London Gazettes Extraordinary, LONDON: Printed for J. SEWELL, Cornhill; [Entered at Stationers-all.] We must be under the neceffity of apologizing to our Poetical Correfpondents in general The number of pieces in hand will, as the fummer advances, be duly attended to. S. I. is received and will be inferted. The Article from Dulwich in our next. J. B.'s Letter on the Measurement of Tonnage is come to hand, and will appear on our next AVERAGE PRICES of CORN, from May 5, to May 12, 1792. THE EUROPEAN MAGAZINE, AND LONDON REVIEW, For MAY 1792. An ACCOUNT of JAMES QUIN*. THIS celebrated actor was born in King-street, Covent Garden, 24th Feb. 1693 t. His ancestors were of an ancient family in the Kingdom of Ireland. His father, James Quin, was bred at Trinity College, Dublin, from whence he came to England, entered himself of Lincoln's Inn, and was called to the bar; but his father, Mark Quin, who had been Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1676, dying about that period, leaving him a plentiful eftate, he quitted England in 1700, for his native country; taking with him his fon, the object of our prefent attention . The marriage of Mr. Quin's father was attended with circumftances which affected the future intereft of his fon fo materially, as probably to influence his future deftination in life. His mother was a reputed widow, who had been married to a perfon in the mercantile way, and who left her, to purfue fome traffick or particular bufinefs in the West Indies. He had been abfent from her near seven years, without her having received any letter from, or the least information about him. He was even given out to be dead, which report was univerfally credited; fhe went into mourning for him; and fome time after Mr. Quin's father, who is faid to have then poffeffed an estate of 1000l. a-year, paid his addreffes to her and married her. The confequence of this marriage was Mr. Quin. His parents continued for fomne time in an undisturbed state of happiness,when the first husband returned, Soon after the death of Mr. Quin there appeared a pamphlet entitled, "The Life of Mr. James Quin, Comedian, with the Hiftory of the Stage from his commencing Actor to his Retreat to Bath." 12mo. Printed for Bladon, 1766. From this Life, which is written with a most cenfurable degree of inaccuracy, the account in the Biographical Dictionary, publifhed in 1767, is taken; where it has fince continued to misinform the Reader through two editions. It is unnecessary to add, that no regard is due to the authority of this pamphlet or of the Biographical Dictionary in this inftance. +Chetwood's Hiftory of the Stage, 152; and Hiftory of English Stage, 1741, p. 152. In the Life of Anthony a Wood we have the following account of another James Quin, who was probably of the fame family. "In this month James Quin, M. A. and one of the fenior Students of Christ Church, a Middlefex man born, but fon of Walter Quin, of Dublin, died in a crazed condition in his bedmaker's house, in Penny farthing-street, and was buried in the Cathedral of Chrift Church. A. W. had fome acquaintance with him, and hath feveral times heard him fing with great admiration. His voice was bass, and he had a great command of it. It was very strong and exceeding trouling, but he wanted skill, and could fcarce fing in concert. He had been turned out of his ftudent's place by the vifitors; but being well acquainted with fome great men of those times that loved musick, they introduced him into the company of Oliver Cromwell the Protector, who loved a good voice and inftrumental mufic well. He heard him fing with great delight, liquored him with fack, and in conclufion faid, "Mr. Quin you have done very well, what fhall I do for you ?” To which Quin made anfwer with great compliments, of which he had command with a great grace, that "His Highness would be pleafed to restore him to his ftudent's place;" which he did accordingly, and fo kept it to his dying day." Life of Wood, p. 139′′ claimed |