[ 288 ] METEOROLOGICAL DIARY, BY W. CARY, STRAND. From August 27, to September 26, 1825, both inclusive. 17 14 pm. 1518 pm. 15 12 pm. 1311 pm. 59 pm. 59 pm. 7 3 pm. 4 pm. 71 pm. 7 2 pm. par. 4 pm. par. 3 pm. 5 8 3 pm. 5 8 3 pm. 3 5 pm. 3 5 pm. 3 5 pm. 3 5 pm. 4 3 pm. 3 5 pm. 56 pm. 5 7 pm. 6 4 pm. 6 4 pm. 24 pm. 3 pm 2 pm. 2 pm. 1 pm. 1 dis. par. 3 pm. 2, 4 pm. 3 pm. par. 4 pm. par. 13 pm. 1 4 pm. 3 1 pm. 3 1 pm. par. 3 pm. par 3 pm. 31 pm.. 2 4 pm. 4 5 pm. 4 5 pm. 4 5 pm. 4 5 pm. 5 4 pm. c 5 pm. RICHARDSON, GOODLUCK, and Co. 104, Corner of Bank-buildings, Cornhill. JOHN NICHOLS AND SON, 25, PARLIAMENT STREET. A GENEALOGIST states, that "Among the errors of the new edition of Debrett's Peerage, 1825, are the following somewhat extraordinary-not of omission, but of commission. Speaking of the descendants of the Princess Mary Tudor, by Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, as the last instance of the marriage of a Princess of England with a subject, p. cxxxv, he names thirty-one families; and out of these 31, fifteen I believe that have no pretension (the greater part certainly no colourable pretension) to this honour. The fifteen I allude to are, the Dukes of Devonshire and Rutland, the Earls of Carrick, Dartmouth, Carlisle, Fortescue, Galloway, and Shannon, Viscount Granville, the Duke of Gordon, the Earls of Orrery, Powis, Portsmouth, Aberdeen, and Viscount Torrington.-On the other hand, Lady Willoughby of Eresby, the Marchioness Cholmondeley, the Marchioness of Bute, Lord Guilford, and the Earl of Dunmore, besides many private families, are omitted. A singular blunder is made about Lord Bayning. He is a Clergyman, but is confounded with his second cousin, Col. Townshend, who commands the Grenadier Guards, and who is brother to Lord Sydney.-The whole arrangement of the work has been completely transposed, in many respects for the worse; and great pains have been taken to curtail some families, as well as (in the same partial spirit) to amplify others." ་ N. R. S. remarks: "The lines quoted in Part i. p. 125, These lone walls,' &c. were written by the Rev. Charles Davy for the purpose of being placed under the view of Lavercost Priory, drawn by T. Hearne, engraven by W. Byrne, and published in their Antiquities,' Dec. 21, 1780. It may not be generally known that a portrait of Mr. Davy in the act of contemplating the ruins, was inserted in this plate by his grateful friend W. Woollett. The figure, though only an inch in height, was an accurate resemblance; and from it Mr. Davy appears to have been a portly episcopal-looking man. The lines quoted in p. 2, 'Oh! it pities us,' &c. were written to accompany the View of Malmsbury Abbey, drawn by T. Hearne, engraved by W. Byrne and S. Middeman, and published about the same time. -A poem by Mr. Davy, being a translation of some Latin lines entitled "Edes Solitarie," written in the reign of James I. and applied by him to his residence, Onehouse, is printed in "The Suffolk Garland," introduced by a short memoir.-Mr. Davy, as I have lately heard, attended Woollett in his painful illness; and read the funeral service over his grave in Pancras Churchyard, in such an impressive manner as to draw tars from the artists who were present, among whom were Hall, Byrne, &c. Woollett's tombstone is engraved in Smith's IIlustrations of Pennant's London." W. H. LL. remarks: "It is stated in the Obituary, p. 277, that the late Sir Robt. Bateson Harvey was uncle to the present Sir Robert Bateson of Belvoir Park, co. Down.-This was not the case, but he was uncle to the present Sir Robert B. his successor in that Irish Baronetage of Killoquin (created 12 Aug. 1789), who is resident (I believe) at Londonderry. Sir Robt. Bateson of Belvoir Park, co. Down, is a more distant relation of Sir R. B. Harvey, and his Baronetage is British (creation 3d Oct. 1818)." S. E. T. remarks: "The inscription on the obverse of the Gold Coin of Valens, found in Mr. Champante's garden at Taunton (see p. 261), should be D. N. Valens, P. F. Aug. It is of the same age as the Roman silver coins found in the grounds of Downing Blake, esq. at Holway, near Taunton, in 1822. These coins settle the point that the Roman soldiers were in possession of the country surrounding Taunton, from A. D. 378 to A.D. 410.” SEXAGENARIUS of Bath observes, "Admiral Charles Powel-Hamilton (whose ser- . vices and death you notice in Part i. p. 562) was one of the representatives of the very antient family of Powel, of Broadway, Carmarthenshire, whose pedigree is recorded at full length in several of the volumes of Harleian MSS. as far back as A. D. 382. He was son of Lord Anne Hamilton, by the coheiress of Sir Thomas Powel, bart. by his wife Judith, heiress of Sir James Herbert of Coldbrook. Sir Thomas was son of that intrepid Judge Sir John Powel, who so manfully protected the Bishops in the time of James II. Howel Powel, esq. the second branch, left two daughters co-heiresses, Mary, wife of John Dalton, esq. and Margaret, wife of her cousin John Bevan, esq. Anne, a younger daughter of Sir Thomas Powel, married Sir Thomas Pryce of Newtown Hall, bart. The deceased Admiral was descended from the ancient Kings of Wales, from the Royal houses of Stuart, Plantagenet, and Tudor, and froin Charlemagne." AMICUS of Halesworth is assured that the writer of the Review to which he refers is a truly conscientious and liberal Clergyman of the Church of England; and his sentiments, we are persuaded, were not intended to countenance licentiousuess, but to deprecate cant and hypocrisy. The address of G. T. (p. 214) is requested by a highly respectable member of the Rokeby family. THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE. OCTOBER, 1825. ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. ORIGINAL LETTER FROM MISS LINLEY, AFTERWARDS MRS. SHERIDAN, Y the kindness of a valued literary friend, we are enabled to present to our By the kinde fol ofving original and interesting Letter, from the pen of the accomplished Miss Linley (afterwards Mrs. Sheridan), addressed to her confidential friend Miss Saunders. At the present time, when Mr. Moore's Life of the celebrated Sheridan, reviewed in p. 345, is exciting universal attention *, and in which this amiable and highly-gifted woman forms so prominent a character, this auto-biographical sketch of the most eventful period of her life will be regarded as a literary curiosity. In the notes we have occasionally subjoined some interesting particulars, as related by Mr. Moore, which tend to elucidate many circumstances connected with Miss Linley's narrative. Bath, May 2, 1772. AFTER So long a silence, and after the many unfavourable reports which must, I dare say, have prejudiced my dear friend against me, how shall I endeavour to vindicate a conduct which has but too much deserved her censure? But if my dear friend will suspend her judgment till I have made her acquainted with my real motives, I flatter myself she will rather be induced to pity than condemn me. At the time I wrote last my mind was in a state of distraction not to be conceived; but I little thought then, I should ever be forced to the cruel necessity of leaving my friends, and becoming an exile from every thing I hold dear. In your answer to that letter, you hinted that you thought I loved Mr. R—————, and that that was the cause of my uneasiness; but in that you as well as many others have been deceived. I confess myself greatly to blame in my behaviour to him; but I cannot explain myself on this subject, without acquainting you with the first cause of every uneasiness and indiscretion I have since been guilty of. Let me, then, my dear girl, beg your patience; for though my story is long and not very enlivening, yet such is the affection I have for you, that I cannot bear to think it possible, by the various reports which are so industriously propagated, I may entirely lose your good opinion and esteem,-a thing of all others I should most regret. Excuse my being tedious, and when you know the motive which induced me to take this last step, I flatter myself you will once more restore me to your friendship. At the age of twelve years, I was brought from the country, where I had been all my life, and introduced into public, with a heart capable of receiving the softest impressions, and too sincere ever to suspect deceit in another. I was led into scenes of dissipation; when reason and experience were not allowed to assist me in the many temptations which ever surrounded a young girl in such a situation f. But though my credulity often In a note, dated Oct. 18, the Publishers inform us that "the whole impression of 'Moore's Life of Sheridan' is entirely sold off, and they have not a single copy remaining." A second edition in 8vo was published on the 31st. + The father of Miss Linley was connected with the Bath Theatre, of which his daughter was then the brightest ornament, both in person and accomplishments. Mr. Moore, in his "Memoirs of Sheridan," observes: "There has seldom, perhaps, existed a finer combination of all those qualities that attract both eye and heart than this accomplished and lovely person 288* Original Letter from Miss Linley, afterwards Mrs. Sheridan. [Oct. made me feel for the pretended distresses of others, yet my heart was entirely free from love, nor could I be seduced by flattery and compliments; I always considered them as words of course; and never looked upon those people as my friends who made too much use of them. In an evil hour my father was introduced to Mr. Mathews, as one who wished to serve him. My father, who is like me, too apt to believe every one his friend who professes himself so, gladly embraced the opportunity of gaining the friendship of a man who had it in his power to be of service to him in his business; little did he think he was seeking the serpent who was designed to sting his heart. Mr. Mathews, from the first moment he saw me, resolved to make me his prey, and (child as I then was) left no means untried to make himself master of my affections, thinking but too justly that an impression fixed so early in life could not easily be removed. If it was possible to describe the many arts he made use of to effect this end, you would I am sure at once excuse me ; but as these are not to be conceived by any one but those who are capable of acting so basely, I must still rely on your goodness. For three years he never ceased his assiduities to me, and though at times my conscience would upbraid me, yet by his respectful behaviour, his counterfeit distress, and by averring sentiments foreign to his heart, he made me instead of flying from him, not only pity him, but promise him my friendship. This was my first fault; he saw too plainly that he was not indifferent to me, and made use of every artifice to increase my regard. About this time the people began to take notice of his particular behaviour to me, and my friends all spoke to my father to hinder my seeing him; but my father thinking that my youth was a sufficient safeguard for me, and unwilling to lose as he thought a good friend, took no notice of this first alarm. I then began to feel myself for the first time wretchedly involved in an unhappy passion for a man whom (though I thought him equally to be pitied), yet it was criminal in me even to think of. When he went into the country for the summer, I resolved whatever it cost me to tear him from my heart, and when he returned, to avoid him every where. With these resolutions I consoled myself till winter. When he returned, he had not been in town a week before we had repeated invitations to his house. Conscious that I could never forget him, if I was always to be exposed to his solicitations, I informed my mother of every thing he had said to me, and at the same time told her how far he had gained my heart. Oh, my dear friend, had my mother but then acted properly, I had now been happy; but she too much attached to interest, laughed at my uneasiness, and told me that novels had turned my head; and that I fancied if any one was civil to me, he must certainly be in love. She desired I would put such thoughts out of my head; for no man could think seriously of such a child. Thus was I again led into temptation, and exposed to all the artifices of a man whom I already loved but too well, and who was but too sensible of it. I could not fly from the danger; after my first reproof, I was ashamed to mention it again to my mother, and I had every thing to fear from my father's violent temper. person exhibited. To judge by what we hear, it was impossible to see her without admiration, or know her without love; and a late Bishop used to say that she seemed to him the connecting link between Woman and Angel'."-In another place this biographer remarks ; "Miss Linley went frequently to Oxford, to perform at the oratorios and concerts; and it may easily be imagined that the ancient allegory of the Muses throwing chains over Cupid was here reversed, and the quiet shades of Learning not a little disturbed by the splendour of these Angel visits.' The letters of Halhed give a lively idea, not only of his own intoxication, but of the sort of contagious delirium, like that at Abdera described by Lucian, with which the young men of Oxford were affected by this beautiful girl." Mr. Moore states that Mathews was a Captain in the Army, and a married mati, who presuming upon the innocent familiarity which her youth and his own station permitted between them, had for some time not only rendered her remarkable by his indiscreet attentions in public, but had even persecuted her in private with those unlawful addresses and proposals which a timid female will sometimes rather endure, than encounter that share of the shame which may be reflected upon herself by their disclosure. For |