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with a kind of emotion, " to the truth lowing; repeating it two or three times of Christianity. The precious pro- in a winter, as he finds occasion. G. S. "mifes of the gospel are my support and "confolation. They alone yield true "fatisfaction in a dying hour. I am "not afraid to die. The gospel of "Chrift has raised me above the fear of

"it; for I know that my Redeemer liveth; and that if this earthly houfe " of our tabernacle were diffolved, we "have a building of God, an houfe not "made with hands, eternal in the hea

vens."

A little before he died, he was raifed up, and with his own hands took fome refreshment, and lay down again compofed to reft; when in less than fix minutes, without any agony or ftruggle, without a figh or a groan, he quietly breathed his laft, and fell afleep in the Lord. O happy end of fuch a life! Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright; for the end of that man is peace. Blefjed are the dead, who die in the Lord, that they may ref from their labours, and their works do follow them.

Account of the Cure of Worms in Horfes, by the Ufe of Sea-Salt, Sal-Prunella,

or Salt-Petre.

HE virtues of falt having been re

Tcommended, I was induced to try

it on a foal, which after weaning, was brought very low by fmall yellow worms about an inch long (feveral of which were found in his dung) called in thefe parts, needle-worms. I thought the ufual remedies too ftrong for a foal; and therefore ordered him a fpoonful of common falt, in a mash of oats and wheatbran, every other night for a fortnight, keeping him in the ftable at night, and turning him out in the day-time.

This fucceeded to my utmost with: I could discover no worms after he had taken the falt a week; and he is now in full Spirits and fine order.

I am told by a gentleman who conftantly uses it, that there is no better prefervative against the greafe, than either fal-prunelle or falt-petre: his method is, to give his horfe, at first taking him into the ftable, three dofes of two ounces each, in mashes, one at night, and the fecond and third the morning and evening fol

Authentic Memoirs of the late Mr. JAMES
QUIN, Comedian.

MR. James Quin was born in the pa

rish of St. Paul, Covent-Garden, the reports of his family. Some have London, in the year 1693. Various are and that James was the illegitimate iffu averred, that his father was an American, of a criminal correfpondence, which his from the western hemisphere, and that on father kept up in Ireland, upon his return this account he was deprived of his patrimonial expectations. This imaginary lineage was never allowed by Quin himfelf: on the contrary, he clways afferted that his father was an English gentleman, who, fome years after his fon's birth, fettled in Ireland, and was poffeffed of a fmall fortune, which his natural generofity and beneficence greatly incumbered. James's education was fuch as fuited the ftation which feemed to be allotted for him, that of a gentleman: after having gone through the neceflary prelude of the univerfity of Dublin, where he regrammar-fchool learning, he was fent to mained till he was near twenty years of age.

His father destined him for the bar; and at this period he came over to England to purfue his ftudies in jurifprudence. To this end he took chambers in the Temple; and for fome time tudied Coke upon Littleton with the ufual fuccefs of young Templars, who confider their fituation, fo particularly adapted for pleasure, as no way compatible with fo dry and tedious an application. A life of gaiety and diffipation took place, and he found a much stronger difpofition to read Shakefpeare than the ftatutes at large.

About this time his father died, when he found his patrimony fo very small, that there was no poffibility of his fupporting him felf upon it; and this naturally induced him to begin feriously to think of availing himself of thofe talents which nature had bestowed upon him, and repair by his own merit, the effects of his father's generosity and too liberal hofpitality. His good fenfe foon pointed out to him, that as he had made but a very

fmall

fmall progrefs in the study of the law, fo he could not expect to reap the fruits of his prefent purfuit but at a very diftant period: a young counfellor of the greatest merit has many obftacles to furmount, before he obtains any confiderable practice; chance and intereft are great auxiliaries to his fuccefs, as many a veteran barrifter has much reafon to complain. Besides, his finances were fo circumfcribed, that there was fearce a practicability of his accomplishing himself in this profeffion without fome temporary fupport.

These reasons foon induced him to quit his prefent pursuit, and there appeared to him no where fo fair a profpect as the ftage. He had many requifites to form a good actor: an expreffive countenance; a marking eye; a clear voice, full and melodious; an extenfive memory, founded upon a long application to our beft claffic authors: an enthusiastic admiration of Shakespeare; a happy and articulate pronunciation, and a majestic figure. He had for fome time affociated with most of the capital actors of this period; he was frequently in company with Booth and Wilks, and formed a very strict intimacy with Ryan. It was to the laft of these that he opened his mind with respect to coming upon the ftage. Ryan was charmed to find his friend fo fincerely approve of his plan of life, as to be defirous of adopting it; and he introduced him to the managers of the Theatre-Royal in Drury-lane, who engaged him in August 1717, to appear the fucceeding winter.

Mr. Quin made his first appearance at Drury-lane in the year 1718. At that time of day, feniority of date was confidered with as much jealoufy in the green-room, as in the army or navy; and an actor that should at once have rufhed upon the town, with all the powers of a Betterton or a Booth, in a capital character, would have been looked upon by his competitors for fame as little better than an ufurper of talents and applaufe. Befides, the manager confidered acting as a mere mechanical acquifition, that nothing but time could procure; and therefore, every one in his company was to ferve his apprenticeship before he attempted being even a journeyman actor. This accounts for Quin's remaining for a long time the mere scene drudge, the faggot of the drama. He, at length,

however, performed fome capital parts, and his name made its appearance in the bills, (though not in CAPITALS) annexed to Banquo in Macbeth, and the Lieutenant of the Tower in Richard the Third.

It was not till the year 1720, that he had an opportunity of displaying his great theatrical powers. Upon the revival of the Merry Wives of Windsor, at Lincoln's Inn-Fields, of which the late Mr. Rich was then manager, there was no one in the whole company who would undertake the part of Falftaff; Rich was therefore inclined to give up all thoughts of reprefenting it, when Quin happening to come in his way, faid, if he pleased, he would attempt it." Hem!" faid Rich, taking a pinch of fnuff" You attempt Falstaff!--why, (hem!) you might as well think of acting Cato after Booth.-———The character of Falstaff, young man, is quite another character from what you think;" (taking another pinch of fnuff) "it is not a little nivelling part, that-that-in short that any one can do.-There is not a man among you that has any idea of the part but myself. It is quite out of your walk.- -Nɔ, never think of Falstaff- -never think of Falstaff-it is quite-quite out of your walk, indeed, young man.

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This was the reception his firft effort of ftepping out of the faggot-walk met with, and for fome days he laid afide all thoughts of ever doing Faiftaff, or indeed fpeaking upon the ftage, except it were to deliver a meffage. Ryan, who at that time had the ear and confidence of Rich, having beard Quin, long before he thought of coming on the ftage, repeat fome paffages in the character of Falstaff, prevailed upon the manager to let Quin rehearfe them before him; which he accordingly did, but not much to his maíter's fatisfaction. However, as the cafe was defperate, and either the Merry Wives of Windfor must have been laid afide, or Quin perform Falstaff; this alternative, at length, prevailed upon Rich to admit James into this part.

The first night of his appearance in this character, he furprized and aftonifhed the audience: no actor before ever entered into the fpirit of the author, and it feemed as if Shakespeare had by intuition drawn the knight fo long before for Quin only to reprefent. The just ap

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plause he met with upon this occafion is incredible: continued clappings, and peals of laughter, in fome meafure intersupted the reprefentation; though it was impoffible that any regularity whatever could have more increafed the mirth, or excited the approbation of the audience. When Quin first engaged at Drurylane, he fucceeded the elder Mills in all the capital parts of tragedy; and Delane fupplied his place at Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, after having performed for fome time with tolerable fuccefs at Goodman's. Fields. But it was upon Booth's quitting the ftage, on account of his illness, that Quin fhone forth in all his fplendor; and yet he had the diffidence upon the first night of his appearing in Cato, to infert in the bills, that the part of Cato would be only attempted by Mr. Quin. The modesty of this invitation produced a full house, and a favourable audience, but the actor's own peculiar merit effected more. When he came to that part of the play where his dead fon is brought in upon the bier, Quin, in fpeaking thefe words,

Thanks to the Gods!-my boy has done his duty,"

fo affected the whole houfe, that they cried out with a continued acclamation, Booth outdone! Booth outdone!

Yet this was not the fummit of his applaufe; for when he repeated the famous Joliloquy, he was encored to that degree, that, though it was fubmitting to an impropriety, he indulged the audience with its repetition.

We now approach that period, when Mr. Quin's lots to the ftage was, in many refpects, irreparable. At the end of the winter of the year 1748, Quin having taken umbrage at Rich's behaviour, retired in a fit of fpleen and refentment to Bath, notwithstanding his being under engagements to that manager. Though Rich ought to have known that Quin never put up with any infult, and though he too late repented of what he had done, yet he thought by treating him with filent contempt, to make him fubmit to his own tèrms. On the other hand, Quin, whofe generous heart began now to relent having ufed his old acquaintance fo cavalierly, refolved to facrifice his refentment to his friendship, and wrote early the

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This reply coft the public one of the greateft ornaments of the ftage; for as he and Mr. Garrick did not agree very well together, whilft they continued rival actors, he could not brook fubmitting to his competitor in dramatic fame; and as he now took a firm refolution of never engaging with "fo infolent a blockhead," as he tiled Rich for this anfwer, there was no theatrical door open for him, unless he had turned opera finger. He nevertheless came from Bath in the year 1749, to play the part of Othello at Covent-Garden theatre, for the benefit of the unhappy fufferers by the fire in Cornhill, which happened on the 25th of March, in the year 1748; and he afterwards continued ftantly to London, to perform the cha many fucceffive years to come conracter of Sir John Falltaff, for his old and trufty friend Ryan; but in the year 1754, having lost two of his front teeth, he was compelled to decline the task, and wrote a comic epiftle to Ryan upon this occafion.

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Mr. Quin had, during the courfe of his acting, from his judgment in the English language, and the knowledge of the history of Great Britain, corrected many mistakes which our immortal bard Shakespeare had by overfight, or the volatileness of his genius, fuffered to creep into his works; he also changed many obfolete phrases in his favourite poet, and reftored the proper pronunciation of va rious words to the stage, from whence it had been long banished. These talents, joined to his merit as an actor, recommended him to the obfervation of his late royal highnefs the prince of Wales, father to his prefent majeity, who appointed him

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to inftruct his children in the true pronunciation of their mother tongue, In order to accomplish this the more effectually, it was neceffary they should accuftom themselves to the reading of Milton, and fome of our beft dramatic poets; this naturally created in them a defire to perform the parts they rehearsed; and his late royal highness, who was a tender and indulgent father, readily gratified their inclination. Mr. Quin perfected his royal pupils in their parts, and his prefent majefty, with his brothers and fifters, reprefented feveral plays under his tuition at Leicester-house.

Nothing could furpafs the joy he felt, when he was from time to time informed of the virtuous and gracious difpofition of his royal pupil, contemplating with pleafure the felicity of the nation under fo good and juft a prince; and upon being informed with what elegance and noble propriety his majefty delivered his first gracious fpeech from the throne, he cried out in a kind of extafy- "Ay-I taught the boy to speak!"- Nor did his majefty forget his old tutor, though fo remote from court; and it is pofitively averred, that foon after his acceffion to the throne, he gave orders, without any application being made to him, that a genteel penfion fhould be paid Mr. Quin during his life.

It is true, that Mr. Quin was not in abfolute need of this royal benefaction; for, upon quitting the ftage, he thought it was prudent to make fome provifion for the remainder of his days, and as he was never married, and had none but diftant relations, he refolved to fink half of his small fortune, in order to procure an easy competence. The duke of B, who always profeffed a great regard for him, hearing of his defign, fent for him, and very generously told him, that he would grant him an annuity for his life, upon much better terms than any he could procure from perfons who made a profeffion of granting annuities; and fo in reality he did, for Mr. Quin obtained two hundred pounds a year for two thoufand pounds. With this provifion then, and about two thousand more he had in the funds, he retired to Bath, a place he had always in his eye for a retreat, as the manner of living, and the company that affociated there, were fo entirely confonant to

his plan of life; he accordingly hired a house there, and had it fitted up in a decent, not elegant manner.

We may now fuppofe Mr. Quin at Bath; but before we fix him there for good, we must relate an adventure that happened at the Bedford coffee-house about this time. The. Cibber, whose impertinence conftantly kept pace with his vanity, having taken fomething amifs that Quin had faid concerning his acting, came one night ftrutting into the coffeehoufe, and having walked up to the fireplace, he faid, "He was come to call that capon-loined rafcal to an account for taking liberties with his character." Somebody told him, that he had paffed by Quin, who was fitting at the other end of the room in the window-" Ay, fo I have fure enough," fays he, “but I fee he is bufy talking to Rich, and I won't difturb them now, I'll take another opportunity."-" But, continued his informer, finding the backwardness of Cibber, and willing to have fome sport, "he fets off for Bath to-morrow, and may not, perhaps, be in town again this twelvemonth.""Is that the cafe," faid Cibber, (fomewhat nettled at finding his courage was fufpected) “ then I'll e'en chaftife him now."-Upon this he goes up to Quin, and calls out aloud, "You -Mr. Quin I think you call yourself, I infist upon fatisfaction for the affront you gave me yesterday-damme.". you have a mind to be flogged, (replied Quin) I'll do it for you with all my heart, d-mn me."- "Draw, fir," refumed Cibber, "or I'll be through your guts this inftant.”- "This (faid Quin) is an improper place to rehearfe Lord Foppington in; but if you'll go under the Piazza, I may perhaps make you put up your fword faster than you drew it."Cibber now went out; Quin followed, when they immediately drew.-Cibber parried, and retreated as far as the garden rails, when Quin, tired with trifling fo long, made a lunge, in doing which he tumbled over a ftone: Cibber taking the advantage of the accident, made a thrust at him, flightly wounded him in the forehead, and run off full fpeed towards the church, as if for fanctuary.

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From the time that Quin retired from the ftage, a good harmony fubfifted, and a regular correfpondence was carried on,

between

the miferable here below. That from the nature of pleasure and pain, the wretched must be repaid the balance of ❤ their fufferings in the life bereafter.

Y friends, my children, and fellow

MYffered, when I reflect on the di

between Mr. Garrick and him; and when he paid a visit to his friends in the metropolis once a year, as he generally did in autumn, he as conftantly paffed a week or two at Mr. Garrick's villa at Hampton. His laft excurfion thither in the fummer of 1765, was productive of the moft agreeable fallies of wit and merri-ttribution of good and evil here below, I find that much has been given man to enjoy, yet ftill more to fuffer. Though fhall not find one man fo happy as to have nothing left to with for; but we daily fee thoufands who by fuicide fhew us they have nothing left to hope. In this life then it appears that we cannot be entirely bleft; but yet we may be completely mi

ment. Mr. Garrick's travels furnished

fuch-new and entertaining topics of difcourfe, and Mr. Quin's remarks fuch unexpected ftrokes of fancy, as enlivened the converfation to a degree that is almoft

incredible.

During the stay he made at Hampton, he had an eruption on his hand, which the faculty were of opinion would turn to a mortification; and this intimation greatly damped his fpirits, as the thought of lofing a limb appeared to him more terrible than death itfelf; he therefore refolved, let what might be the confequence, not to fuffer an amputation. Whether this dreadful perspective to violently affected his fpirits as to throw him into an hypocondria, or whether the natural bad habit of his body brought on a fever, this much is certain, that one of the malignant kind fucceeded; and when he was out of all danger with respect to his hand, he was carried off by this fatal diforder.

During his illness he had taken fuch large quantities of bark, as to occafion an inceffant drought, which nothing could afluage; and being willing to live as long as he could without pain, he difcontinued taking any medicines for upwards of a week before his death, and during this period he was in very good spirits. The day before he died he drank a bottle of claret, and being fenfible of his approach ing end, he faid, "He could with that the last tragic fcene were over, though he was in hopes he should be able to go through it with becoming dignity." He was not miltaken, and departed this life on Tuesday the 21st of January, 1766, about four o'clock in the morning, in the feventy-third year of his age.

The Vicar of Wakefield's Sermon to bis Fellow Prifoners. From a Novel just publifhed, and faid to be written by Mr. Goldfmith, Author of the Traveller, a Poem.

The equal dealings of Providence demonfrated with regard to the happy and

we fhould examine the whole world, we

ferable.

Why man fhould thus feel pain, why our wretchedness fhould be requifite in the formation of univerfal felicity; why, when all other fyftems are made perfect only by the perfection of their subordi. nate parts, the great fyftem fhould require for its perfection, parts that are not only fubordinate to others, but imperfect in themfelves; these are queftions that nelefs if known. On this fabject Proviver can be explained, and might be usedence has thought fit to elude our curiofity, fatisfied with granting us motives for

confolation.

In this fituation man has called in the friendly affiftance of philofophy, and heaven feeing the incapacity of that to confole him, has given him the aid of religion. The confolations of philosophy are tells us that life is filled with comforts, if very amufing, but often fallacious. It we will but enjoy them; and on the other hand, that though we unavoidably have miferies here, life is fhort, and they will foon be over. Thus do these confolati ons destroy each other; for if life is a place of comfort, its shortness must be mifery; and if it be long, our griet's are protracted. Thus philofophy is weak; Man is here, it tells us, fitting up his but religion comforts in an higher strain. mind, and preparing it for another abode. When the good man leaves the body, he has been making himself a heaven of and is all a glorious mind, he will find happiness here; while the wretch that has been maimed and contaminated by his vices, fhrinks from his body with terror, and finds that he has anticipated the vengeance of heaven. To religion then we must hold, in every circumftance of life,

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