from him, who poffeffes that Employment, to another? And how far is this confiftent with the Act of Settlement, or our ConAitution? 4. What does the faucy Scribler mean, by ftyling the Lieutenancy of Ireland an bonourable Exile? Or who dares circulate, A at the public Expence, a Paper exprefsly calculated to fhew that we are under the abfolute Dominion of a Subject? 6. What Nobleman of any Merit, Diftinction, or Virtue, will condefcend to accept of this Office, or continue in it, after fuch a publick and minifterial Infult upon the Dignity of it? are falfe, I can't fee how I am more con cern'd to defend 'em than Mr Martin is. He fays moreover, that it is not conceiva Body, can form articulate Sounds. ble how the Soul, when dislodg'd from the Thing is done, a fufficient Argument that Is our Ignorance of the Manner how a it cannot be done? If it be, then it will follow that Human Ufiderstanding is the 5. Whether a certain auguft Affembly finite is commenfurable to that which is Standard of Truth; that that which is have not Reafon to refent the Infults of infinite: If it be not, the Objection va this anonymous Hireling; and whether nifhes. Again, Is there any thing abfurdy the Irish Nation may not expect it from every living Nobleman, who hath had the B there is, it will follow that incorporeal or unphilofophical in this Notion? If Honour to govern that Kingdom, to infift Beings are not capable of exerting huupon an Explanation of the Words, honourable Exile, as well as a Declaration who man Actions; but this is contrary to Matthe Man is, who confers that Office upon knowledges in his Bibliotheca, p. 233. ter of Fact, as Mr Martin himself acany Nobleman as an Affront? poffibility of a Thing cannot be inferred If there is not, 'tis manifeft that the Imfrom the Incomprehenfibility of it. Tis, demonftrable, I own, that the Apparition Mr Martin mentions (p. 117) could not but to conclude from hence, as Mr Marbe the Soul of the Perfon it resembled; tin feems to do, that feparated Souls never appear, is a Confequence that I don't fee NB. Thefe Queries are not defign'd Inftances of the Apparition of Spirits may the Neceffity of. How this and the like to affront the Mr, but to procure Juftice to an injur'd Nation; for if it his forementioned Book, fhews us, but be accounted for, Mr Martin, indeed, in, Thould ever happen that the very Perfon how to account for a Story fo remarkably employ'd to profccute thofe, whom fome People efteem'd Libellers, should also have as I know of, given the leaft Hint. I de circumstanc'd as mine is, he has no where, a fecret Commiffion to employ others in, fired Mr Martin to reconcile his Principle Libelling, without Fear of Profecution, E with certain Texts of Scripture I menwhat would become of us, in fuch a Cafe? We might, indeed, like and fays, it will be Time enough to do tioned; (See p. 75) But he fhifts it off, one of the minifterial Writers, fubfcribe this, when I have fhewn that the ExFreeman; tho' every Man, who is not a Courtier, might actually be a Bond-flave. iftence of the Soul is a Point of Reves lation rather than of natural Knowledge.. HIBERNICUS. 'Tis my prefent Opinion that both Reafon and Confirmation of the Soul's Existence. and Revelation jointly concur in the Proof If I am mistaken, and Mr Martin will be fo good as to undeceive me, he will merit the Thanks of feveral of his Readers,: and, amongst the reft, of his and your Painfwick, Gloucestershire, humble Servant, John Walker. April 20, 1739. 7. Who will think themselves fafe in an Employment, which, whenever they. leave, fhall be called Horfes (that is, Beats of Burthen) turn'd adrift ? Both REASON and REVELATION prove the Soul's Existence. Mr URBAN, TR Martin's indirect and evasive An MR fwers (p. 117) to my Queries (p. D F 75) will, I hope, fufficiently apologize for my giving him this farther Trouble. G This learned Gentleman, inftead of fhewing how my Story may be accounted for upon his Principle, afferts that it can not be accounted for, upon mine, i. e. From FAULKNER's Dublin Journal upon Supposition of the Soul's Existence. Pard Gent, both of the City of Kil A CURE for the GOUT,. To fupport his Affertion, he argues, that Ublished by Thomas Sandford, and Edthe Temporary Separation of the Soul is kenny, in Ireland, not doubting but that contradictory to fome common Notions; his Majelty will provide for the Publifh very well. Now thefe Notions are eiers, as to his Majefty in his great Wildom Thall feem meet, his Majefty being alrea dy petition'd about 14 Months upon the ther true or falfe. If they are true, Mr Martin's Principle must be falfe; If they H Weekly ESSAYS in fame Subject, which Petition lies in the Lord Harrington's Office. Halt an Ounce of Hiera-picra and eight Grains of Cochinéel, both in fine Powder, put both into a Pint of the beft Red Port. Let it ftand at least 24 Hours, fhake the Bottle well and often during that Time, but shake not the Bottle for 3 or 4 Hours: before you draw off any of the Tincture. for Ule; take of this half a Gill, to near a Gill, according as you find yourfeif ftrong or weak, you must continue taking of this every fecond, third, or fourth Day, till you take the whole Pint, and if pro the Gout returns, take another Pint as before, and fo do to every Fit. This Tincture, if taken in a Fit of the Gout, in a few Hours diffolves all the Particles in the Blood, which caufe thé Páin, and if purfued, as before directed, will in Time work them all out of the Blood. It likewife carries off all new Swellings foon, and all old Swellings in Time; you may ufe Poffee Drink with this as with other Phyfick, yet if you take nothing after it, it will work very well; the pereft Time of taking it is in the Motning fafting, or at Night if you do not eat or drink for 4 or 5 Hours before; conti nue in Bed from the Time of taking it till it purges you downwards by Stool; which will be in about 12 Hours Time; but if you have not a Stool in that Time, take a large Spoonful more. If you have the Rheumatifm, or Sciatica, take the Tincture as before, but in a larger Quantity. I caution all People that take this, to have Special Care that they do do not take Cold, for it will caufe many to sweat greatly for a Time, who if they take Cold will be apt to be griped, which if they are, a little mull'd Port Win, or a Spoon-. ful of the Tincture immediately cafes them, Mr URBAN, T MA. Y. 1739. 259 In the Craftfman of the 5th, 12th, and 9th, are 3 Letters figned Hampden, on Parliaments and the Conftitution, which Subject has been fo often handled. The Weekly Mifcellany of the 26th, fhews that Ordination does not give Authority to preach without a Licence from the Bishop, and that Mr Whitefield, &c. act against their Oaths and the Laws of their Country; and that thote His Majesty's MESSAGE to both Houses of who go to hear him are liable to a Penalty. Parliament, May 10, GEORGE R. H for the Peace and Weinare of these Kingdoms, and defirous to contribute, as far as in him lies, towards preferving the publick Tranquillity, and the Balance of of Power in Europe, has concluded with the King of Denmark a Treaty, agreeable to that which expired in 1737, and has ordered the fame to be laid before thi Houle, that he may have their Support, Engagements which he has thereby enand Concurrence, in making good the tered into. And as Events may happen, during fuch jelty to have the immediate Advice and Time, as it may be impoffible for his MaAlfitance of his great Council, upon any Emergency, arifing from the prefent Pos nearly concern the Honour, Intereft, and ture of Affairs in Europe, which may Safety of thefe Kingdoms; he hopes he making fuch further Augmentation of his fhall be fupported by his Parliament, in Forces, either by Sea or Land, as may become abfolutely neceflary; and in con certing fuch Measures, as the Exigency. of Affairs may require: And whatever Augmentations fhall be made, or Services performed, an Account thereof shall be laid before the Parliament at their next Seffion. (See the Addrefs p. 270.). I HAVE fent you, according to Promise, an Account of the Appulfe of the Moon to the fix'd Star Aldebaran, July the 19th, 1739, 2 Minutes 2 Seconds paft Two Birmingham, May 19, 1739. o'Clock in the Morning, apparent Time, when the Star will be 4 Minutes 52 Seconds to the South of the vioon's Periphery, inveftigated for the Town of Birmingham, La titude 52° 36' North, and 1° 14' Weit Longitude from London. Tho' this Phenomenon falls out at an unfealonable Time for common Obfervation, yet it's hoped the Curious in Aftronomy will think it worthy of Note; by reafon Mr Weaver, in your Mag. for Dec. 1738, as well as in his Almanack for this Year, afferts it to be an Occultation. In the Operation I have allow'd all the Advantages that feem to favour it as an Occultation; in that I make the Place of the Moon's Node 29' 54", which is more than Mr Weaver's by nearly 2'; and have alfo made ufe of the greatest Inclination of the Lunar Orbit with the Ecliptic, i. e. 5° 17' 20" bath which augment ance will terminate (in fomé meafure) in my Favour: The nearest Approach of their the Moon's true Latitude fo that I doubt not but the AppearCenters (which would have been the Middie were it an Occultation) I make 3 Minutes 42 Seconds before vilible Conjunction, or foremention'd Time. The Appearance the nearest Approach of their Centers, may be expected according to the following Type. Moon's apparent Semidiameter 14' 44"; and visible Latitude 5° 10' 14". S. D. Mr URBAN, PLEA YORK, April 27, 1739 LEASE to infert in your next Magazine the following Calculation and Type of the Sun's Eclipfe, that will happen on the 24th of July, 1739, in the Afternoon; which I have calculated from Leadbetter's Tables for the Latitude of York, with the principal Appearances thereof. Yours, &c. W. SCHOOLCROFT. Figure of the Eclipfe at York. P.M. Moon's visible Latitude at Beg 10 12}N.D. 13 The principal PHENOMENA of this Solar Eclipfe are as follows. Time. Lat. North. Longitude. Rifes centrally eclipfed in unknown}3 03 2371 Ocean N. W. of America. Centrally eclipfed in the Meridian in the frozen Ocean. Centrally eclip fed in Nonagef. Degree, North of Lapland 11 06 45 23 18 08 86 "} Sets centrally eclipfed in the Eaftern 3 49 94 74 3 00 32 01 00 Eaft 14 15 09 57 35 00 55 38 15 Eaft: The Eclipfe ends at Sun-fetting, in 26 07 26 25 the Defart of Barbary Sun's upper just touch'd by Moon's lower Limb in the Meridian. N. W. Atlantic Ocean. Duration of the General Eclipfe Central Eclipfe 3 18 08 41 33 4 56 20 I 11 46 Having found that the Lives, which we have inferted of eminent Perfons, were very favourably received by the Public, we believe it will oblige our Readers to give them fome Account of the Life of the Excellent Mrs Rowe, that Ornament of her Sex, on whom we daily receive A Encomiums in Verfe, and who herself was pleafed fometimes to honour us with her Correspondence. RS_Elizabeth Rowe was born at Mlichefter in Somerset hire, Sept. 11, B "to reconcile his Neighbours, or to right the Injur'd and Oppref'd, the reft of his Hours are entirely devoted to his I private Devotions, and to Books, which are his perpetual Entertainment. 'Of Mrs Rowe's two Sifters, one died in Childhood; the other furvived to her twentieth Year, a lovely Concurrent in the Race of Virtue and Glory. She had the fame extreme Paffion for Books as her elder Sifter, chiefly thofe of Medicine, in which Art fhe arrived to a confiderable Infight; and if it could not be laid of them both, in the Letter, as of the virtuous Woman in the Proverbs, that their Candle went not out by Night, yet it frequently burnt till after the Middle of it; fo great was their Thirst of Knowledge, and the Pleature they had in gratifying it. Those who were acquainted with this extraordinary Perfon in her childifl Years, cbferved a great many Things not common in that Age of Life, which then promised the bright Day that aiterwards enfued; and it muft have been with peculiar Satisfaction that Mr Singer, in whom parental Affection confpired to D heighten the Pleasure, beheld the early Dawnings of a great and good Mind in this his charming Daughter. 1674, being the eldeft of three Daughters of Mr Walter Singer, a Gentleman of a good Family, and Mrs Elizabeth Portnell, both of them Perfons of very great Worth and Piety. Mr Singer was not a Native of f Town now-mention'd, nor an Inhabitant, before his Imprifonment there for his Nonconformity in the Reign of K. Charles II. Mrs Portnell C thinking herself obliged to vifit thofe who fuffer'd on that Account, from hence that Acquaintance commenced, which terminated in the Nuptial Union. Till her Death Mr Singer refided at Ilchefter, but, foon after her Decease, removed into the Neighbourhood of Frome in the fame County; where he became fo well known and diftinguished for his good Senfe, primitive Integrity, Simplicity of Manners, uncommon Prudence, Activity and Faithfulness in difcharging the Du ties of his Station, inflexible Adherence to his Principles, and at the fame Time truly catholic Spirit, as to be held in high Esteem, even by Perfons of fuperior Rank: My Lord Weymouth, who was reckoned a very good Judge of Men, not only writing to him, but honouring him with his Vifits; as did the devout Bishop Kenn very frequently, fometimes once a Week; fuch a Charm is there in F unaffected Goodness, and fo naturally do Kindred Souls, warmed and actuated by the fame heavenly Paffion, and purfuing the fame glorious End, run and mingle together with the greatest Pleasure. E The Public cannot but be pleafed with Character of this good Man, as drawn G by his Daughter, after her beautiful and eafy Manner, in a familiar Letter to a Friend. I have Eafe and Plenty to the Extent of my Wishes, and can form Defires of nothing but what my Father's Indulgence would procure. The perfect Sanctity of his Life, and the Benevolence of his Temper, make him a Refuge to all in Diftrefs, to the Widow and Fatherlefs: The People load him with Bleffings and Prayers when ever he 'goes abroad; which he never does but She received the fint ferious Impreffions of Religion, probably, as foon as the was capable of it; at once perceiving her Obligations to the Author of her Being, and, in the fame Meafure, as her opening Reafon difcovered thefe to her, feeling the Force of them. In one of her pious Addrefles the herself thus focaks to God: My Infant Hands were early lifted up to thee, and I soon learned to know and acknowledge the God of my Fathers. (Deyout Exercifes p. 36.) There is fo great a Similitude between Painting and Poetry, that it is no way furprifing, one who poflefied the latter of thefe Faculties in fo high a Degree of Perfection, did very early difcover an Inclination to the other; which has often the fame Followers, perhaps always the fame Admirers. Accordingly Mrs Rowe loved the Pencil when he had hardly Strength and Steadiness of Hand fufficient to guide it; and in her Infancy (one may aimoit venture to fay fo) would squeeze out the Juices of Herbs to ferve her instead of H Colours. Mr Singer perceiving her Fondnefs of this Art, was at the Expence of a Mafter to inftruct her in it; and it never ceafed to be her Amusement, at Times, till her Death. She was alfo, what every one acquainë ༥ 262 The GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, VOL. IX. ted with her Writings will suppose of A But her ftrongest Bent was Poetry and cafions was published at the Delire of C Her Poetical Name, Philomela, which E Though many of thefe Poems are of the religious Kind, and all of them confiftent with the ftricteft Virtue; yet fome Things in them gave her no little Un- F cafinefs in advanced! Life. To a Mind that had fo entirely fubdued its Paliions, or devoted them to the Honour of its Maker, what could not be abfolutely approved, appeared unpardonable; and, not fatisfied facred Caufe of Piery, fhe was difpleafed to have done no Injury to the with her having writ any Thing that did not directly promote it. What first introduced her into the No. tice of the noble Family at Longleat, was a little Copy of Verfes, with which they were fo highly delighted, as to exprefs a Curiofity to fee her; and the Friendship that commenced at that Time, fubfifted ever after; not more to her Honour, who was the Favourite of Perfons fo much fuperior to her in the outward Diftinctions of Life, than to the Praise of their Judgment who knew how to prize, G and took a Pleasure in cherishing fo much Worth. Her Paraphrafe of the 38th Chapter of Job was writ at the Request of Bishop Kenn, who was entertained in that Houle, and gained her a great deal of Reputation. She was not then twenty. up. See had no other Tutor for the French To the Memory of the defervedly celebrated Mrs *See glory fue! fee pleasure court, in vain! + Taftelefs of joy unfhar'd, and private good, Bleft by the mufe, and crown'd with every art Hail matchlefs faint! the facred boaft of earth! Learn hence, ye fair, with emulating ftrife, Such Virtue can beftow; the knows to fhed Grace o'er the blooming cheek, and hoary head: most every Page, thefe Sentiments of Piety are ex- Mrs Rowe by a folemn Vow dedicated all Examples of eminent Virtue and Piety, Alluding to ber Letters, which contain fictitious |