Item, I bequeath to the reverend Doctor Patrick Delany, my medal of Queen Anne in silver, and on the reverse, the Bishops of England kneeling before her most sacred Majesty.

İtem, I bequeath to the reverend Mr James King, prebendary of Tipper, my large gilded medal of King Charles the First, and on the reverse, a crown of martyrdom with other devices. My will, nevertheless, is, that if any of the abovementioned legatees should die before me, that then, and in that case, the respective legacies to them bequeathed, shall revert to myself, and become again subject to my disposal.

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Item, Whereas I have the lease of a field in trust for me, commonly called the Vineyard, let to the reverend Doctor Francis Corbet, and the trust declared by the said Doctor; the said field, with some land on this side of the road, making in all about three acres, for which I pay yearly to the Dean and chapter of St Patrick's. ****

WHEREAS I have built a strong wall round the said piece of ground, eight or nine feet high, faced on the south aspect with brick, which cost me above six hundred pounds sterling: and, likewise, another piece of ground as afore

Mrs Pilkington's description of Naboth's Vineyard, is probably correct, though the mode in which it is given may be apocryphal. "I'll send for your husband," said the Dean, " to dine with us, aud in the meantime we'll go and take a walk in Naboth's vineyard."-" Where may that be, Sir?" said she. "Why, a garden," said the Dean, "I cheated one of my neighbours out of." When they entered the garden, or rather the field, which was square, and enclosed with a stone wall, the Dean asked her how she liked it?" Sir," said she, "where is the garden?" "Look behind you," said he. She Why, pray, did so; and observed the south wall was lined with brick, and a great number of fruit trees planted against it, which being then in blossom, looked very beautiful, "What are you so intent on?" said the Dean. "The opening bloom," replied she; which brought Waller's lines to her remembrance,

"Hope waits upon the flow'ry prime.”

"Oh!" replied he, "you are in a poetical vein; I thonght you had been taking notice of my wall. It is the best in Ireland. When the masons were building it, (as most tradesmen are rogues,) I watched them very close, and as often as they could, they put in a rotten stone; of which however I took no notice, until they had built three or four perches beyond it. Now, as I am an absolute monarch in the liberties, and king of the rabble, my way with them was, to have the wall thrown down to the place where I observed the rotten stone; and by doing so five or six times, the workmen were at last convinced it was their interest to be honest."

said, of half an acre, adjoing the burial-place, called the Cabbage-garden, now tenanted by William White, gardener: my will is, that the ground enclosed by the great wall may be sold for the remainder of the lease, at the highest price my executors can get for it, in belief and hopes, that the said price will exceed three hundred pounds at the lowest value: for which my successor in the Deanery shall have the first refusal; and, it is my earnest desire, that the succeeding Deans and chapters may preserve the said vineyard and piece of land adjoining, where the said White now liveth, so as to be always in the hands of the succeeding Deans during their office, by each Dean lessening one-fourth of the purchase money to each succeeding Dean, and for no more than the present rent.

And I appoint the Honourable Robert Lindsay, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas; Henry Singleton, Esq. Prime Sergeant to his Majesty; the Reverend Doctor Patrick Delany, Chancellor of St Patrick's; the Reverend Doctor Francis Wilson, Prebendary of Kilmactolway; Eaton Stannard, Esq. Recorder of the city of Dublin; the Reverend Mr Robert Grattan, Prebendary of St Audoen's; the Reverend Mr John Grattan, Prebendary of Clonmethan; the Reverend Mr James Stopford, Vicar of Finglass; the Reverend Mr James King, Prebendary of Tipper; and, Alexander M'Aulay, Esq.; my executors.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, and published and declared this as my last Will and Testament, this third day of May, one thousand seven hundred and forty.

JONATHAN SWIFT.

Signed, sealed, and published, by the above-named
Jonathan Swift, in Presence of Us, who have
subscribed our names in his Presence.

Jo. Wynne.

Jo. Rochfort.

William Dunkin.

CODICIL TO THE WILL OF DEAN SWIFT;

Which it is believed was never published in any edition of the Life or Works of the Dean of St Patrick's.

[Dr Barrett, who has obligingly given me this copy, had not met with it when he published his "Essay on the Early Part of the Life of Swift."]

In the name of God Amen. I JONATHAN SWIFT, Doctor in Divinity, and Dean of the Cathedral Church of St Patrick's Dublin, being weak in body but sound in mind, do make this Codicil part of my last will and testament, and do appoint this writing to have the same force and effect thereof.

Whereas the Right Honourable Theophilus, Lord Newtown, deceased, did, by his last will and testament, bequeath unto Anne Brent a legacy of twenty pounds sterling a year during her life, in consideration of the long and faithful service of her the said Anne: And whereas the said Anne, since the death of the said Lord Newtown, did intermarry with Anthony Ridgeway, of the city of Dublin, cabinetmaker; and that the said Anthony, Ridgeway and Anne his wife, for valuable considerations, did grant and assign unto me, the said Dr Swift, the said annuity or rent charge of twenty pounds sterling, per annum, to hold to me, my excutors, and administrators, during the life of the said Anne; and the said Anthony Ridgeway being since dead; Now I the said Dr Swift, do hereby devise and bequeath unto the Reverend Dr John Wynne, chanter of St Patrick's Dublin, the Reverend Mr James King, Curate of St Bridget's, Dublin, and the Reverend Dr Francis Wilson, Prebendary of Kilmactolway, and the survivor or survivors of them, their heirs, executors, and administrators, the said annuity or yearly rent charge of twenty pounds sterling, per annum; devised by the said Lord Newtown to the said Anne, to have, receive, and enjoy the same during the life of the said Anne, to the uses, intents, and purposes herein after spe cified; that is to say, it is my will, that my said trustees, and

the survivor or survivors of them, his, and their heirs, executors, and administrators, shall, (so soon after as they shall have received the annuity, or any part thereof, as conveniently as they can,) pay or cause to be paid unto the said Anne Ridgeway, the said annuity of twenty pounds sterling, per annum, during her life. In witness whereof, I, the said Dr Jonathan Swift, have hereunto set my hand and seal, and published this Codicil, as part of my last will and testament, this fifth day of May, 1740.

JONATHAN SWIFT.

Signed, sealed, and published in presence of us,
who witnessed this codicil, in presence of the
said testator.

John Lyon,
William Dunkin,
Roger Kendrick.

PRESENT STATE OF ST PATRICK'S HOSPITAL.

It may be interesting to the Reader to know something of the history and present state of the Hospital, for the foundation of which Swift bequeathed his fortune.

It has been observed in the Memoirs, that Oxmantown- . Green was at one time proposed for the site of the intended asylum, (See page 444.) But this plan was laid aside, and the building, as directed by Swift, in his will, was erected in the vicinity of Dr Stephen's Hospital, adjoining to James's Street, in the city of Dublin. The Dean is said to have observed, that if it could be made to reach from thence to the Phoenix Park, there would be always a sufficient number of occupants.

The trustees were incorporated by charter, 5th August 1746. The funds bequeathed by the Dean being found inadequate to complete the building on the scale intended, they were augmented by contributions and legacies of well-disposed persons, and in 1757 the asylum was opened for reception of patients. The building, as it stands at present, forms a parallelogram, of which one of the more narrow

sides is still open. The Hospital consists of three stories; the female wards to the west of the building, ranging from south to north, and the wards for men toward the east, and ranging to the same points. The basement contains the offices necessary for the establishment. The cells are one hundred and sixty-nine in number, and the health of the unhappy patients is provided for by six separate galleries for exercise, which can be heated or ventilated according to the season of the year, and are kept in the highest order. These galleries open upon gardens, and airing grounds, which the patients occupy when the nature of their cases will permit. I am informed, that the utmost order and cleanliness prevails throughout this asylum, and that the unfortunate inhabitants are, upon no occasion whatever, subjected to punishment or severity. The Hospital, like the Bedlam of London, was formerly open to the public, but no visitors are now admitted without a ticket from one of the Governors.

In order to maintain this extensive establishment, itwas found necessary to admit patients of the better ranks as boarders at different rates, according to their circumstances. There are at present in the hospital thirteen patients of the first class, at one hundred guineas per year; forty-one boarders of the second class, at sixty guineas per year; six respectable females maintained as boarders, but without expence; fiftyone paupers in the female, and fifty two in the male wards ;amounting in all to one hundred and sixty-three patients.

From the funds bequeathed by the Dean, and by various other testators, particularly Sir Richard Levinge, Bart. Dr Sterne Bishop of Clogher, Reverend John Worral, Dr Joshua Pullen, and others, the endowment of the Trinity Hospital, amounts to L. 2500 a-year. Various grants have been made by the Irish parliament, amounting in all to L.8000 for the purpose of discharging debt and enlarging the establishment. The annual expenditure of the Hospital amounts to L. 5500 yearly, which is faithfully and judiciously laid out for the benevolent purposes of the institution.

These particulars are abridged from the information furnished to Mr Hartstonge by the Reverend Dean Keating of St Patrick's, whose unremitting attention to this excellent charity is beyond all praise, and by Mr Campbell, the present Master of the Hospital, whose judicious and humane management ought not to be forgotten in this place.