27. Mr. GOUGH to the EARL of BUCHAN. "MY LORD, Enfield, Oct. 22, 1787. "A packet from my printer this evening conveyed to me your present of the drawings of the monuments at Costorphin, for which, as well as for that of Bishop Kennedy, which I ought to have acknowledged sooner, you will accept my thanks.

"I am happy in having excited a spirit in your countrymen of preserving the monuments of their ancestors, as well as being instrumental in giving the public representations, which differ so materially in shape and proportion from the like figures in England. I will take care that the drawings be restored to your apartment in the state in which I received them *.

My Lord, I confess my vanity is hurt in seeing my name mentioned in the Gazetteer of the 4th instant, in the way of an announcement of my second volume, which is yet young in preparation. Nothing but the giving a spur to the national taste for antiquarian research could justify such an announcement. I am sure your Lordship will feel the justness of my complaint. I am, my Lord, your obliged humble servant, R. GOUGH."

28. The EARL of BUCHAN to Mr. NICHOLS. "SIR, Jan. 5, 1793. "Lord Bute will probably communicate to you the particulars of a valuable discovery I have made of a choice collection of the chef-d'œuvres of Peiresc's correspondence in Italy †, prepared for the press, the publication of which at London would do honour to Britain and to the republic of letters.

My notion is, that Lord Bute will patronize the edition, and that you and Mr. George Nicol will be chosen to be the editors. I am, Sir, with regard, your obedient humble servant, BUCHAN."

29. "DEAR SIR,

"I have read with great pleasure that excellent part of our friend Thomas Search's Journal which is addressed to you, and was not the less charmed with those addressed to Dr. Simmons and myself, the last of which was very useful to me in preparing my literary report to my Society of Antiquaries when my health happened to be so infirm that I was unable to draw much from my own resources.

"The inclosed copy of Latin verses came anonymously to my hand sometime ago; and as the hand-writing of the original is unknown to me, I am unable to guess to whom I am indebted for the very partial compliments contained in it, so partial that I was at first tempted to destroy the original, but on a second thought resolved to send a copy of it to you as curious in collecting literary pieces of that sort; and supposing that it was *The drawings were never engraved. + See before, p. 495.

possible my friend Search, who had seen my letter to Lord Kaimes, transformed into a discourse delivered to the Literary and Antiquarian Society at Perth, which is alluded to in the Ode, Stabilemque legem injecit amni materia; ut tumet,' &c. might have permitted his friendship to riot in such a way at the expense of the blushes of, dear Sir,

"Your obedient humble servant,

BUCHAN."

30. Mr. WASHINGTON to the EARL of BUCHAN. "MY LORD, Philadelphia, May 1, 1792. "I should have had the honour of acknowledging sooner the receipt of your letter of the 28th of June last, had I not concluded to defer doing it till I could announce to you the transmission of my portrait, which has been just finished by Mr. Robinson, of New York, who has also undertaken to forward it. The manner of the execution of it does no discredit, I am told, to the artist, of whose skill favourable mention had been made to me. I was further induced to intrust the execution to Mr. Robinson, from his having informed me that he had drawn others for your Lordship, and knew the size which would best suit your collection.

"I accept with sensibility and satisfaction the significant present of the box * which accompanied your Lordship's letter. In yielding the tribute due from every lover of mankind to the patriotic and heroic virtues of which it is commemorative, I estimate, as I ought, the additional value which it derives from the hand that sent it, and my obligation for the sentiments that induced the transfer.

"I will, however, ask that you will exempt me from compliance with the request relating to its eventual destination. In an attempt to execute your wish in this particular, I should feel embarrassment from a just comparison of relative pretensions, and should fear to risk in justice by so marked a preference. With sentiments of the truest esteem and consideration, I remain your Lordship's most obedient servant, G. WASHINGTON."

31. "MY LORD, Philadelphia, April 22, 1793. "The favourable wishes which your Lordship has expressed for the prosperity of this young and rising country, cannot but be gratefully received by all citizens, and every lover of it; one mean to the contribution of which, and its happiness, is very judiciously pourtrayed in the following words of your letter, to be little heard of in the great world of politics. These words, I can assure your Lordship, are expressive of my sentiments on

* A box made of the oak that afforded shelter to Wallace after the battle of Falkirk.

this head; and I believe it is the sincere wish of United America to have nothing to do with the political intrigues or the squabbles of European nations, but, on the contrary, to exchange commodities, and live in peace and amity with all the inhabitants of the earth; and this I am persuaded they will do if rightfully it can be done. To administer justice to, and receive it from every Power they are connected with, will, I hope, be always found the most prominent feature in the administration of this country; and I flatter myself that nothing short of imperious necessity can occasion a breach with any of them. Under such a system, if we are allowed to pursue it, the agriculture and mechanical arts-the wealth and population of these States will increase with that degree of rapidity as to baffle all calculation, and must surpass any idea your Lordship can hitherto have entertained on the occasion. To evince that our views (whether realized or not) are expanded, I take the liberty of sending you the plan of a new city, situated about the centre of the union of these States, which is designed for the permanent seat of the government; and we are at this moment deeply engaged, and far advanced, in extending the inland navigation of the river Potomac, on which it stands, and the branches thereof, through a tract of as rich country for hundreds of miles as any in the world. Nor is this a solitary instance of attempts of the kind, although it is the only one which is near completion and in partial use. Several other very important ones are commenced; and little doubt is entertained that in ten years, if left undisturbed, we shall open a communication by water with all the lakes northward and westward of us, with which we have territorial connections; and an inland, in a few years more, from Rhode Island to Georgia inclusively, partly by cuts between the great bays and sounds, and partly between the islands and sand-banks, and the main from Albemarle sound to the river St. Mary's. To these may also be added the erection of bridges over considerable rivers, and the commencement of turnpikeroads, as further indications of the improvement in hand.”"

In the preface to the "Picturesque Antiquities of Scotland, etched by Adam de Cardonnel," Svo, 1788, is this paragraph: "In providing materials for this little work, I am under great obligations to the noble founder of the Society of Scottish Antiquaries, who generously gave me every assistance in his power."

In 1794 the Earl of Buchan, under his favourite signature of ALBANICUS, Communicated to the Gentleman's Magazine an Essay by the Rev. Donald Macqueen; his letter introductory of which was re-printed in vol. V. of this Work, p. 402.

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RICHARD BEATNIFFE,

THE AUTHOR OF THE NORFOLK TOUR."

This eminent bookseller and worthy man was a native of Louth in Lincolnshire, and was born in 1740. He was brought up by an uncle, the Rev. Samuel Beatniffe*, Rector of Gaywood and Bawsey, in the county of Norfolk, whose kindness and attention he thus gratefully acknowledged in a note appended to "The Norfolk Tour." "If fastidious criticism should discover that too much is here said of an obscure village (Gaywood) and an obscure mán, let gratitude be permitted to make the following reply. The compiler of this humble performance here spent great part of his early years, and, being the adopted son of this worthy man, pays this small tribute to his memory †.”

* This gentleman was born in 1702, and received his academical education at St. John's-college, Cambridge, where he proceeded to the degree of A. B. in 1724. In 1728 he was presented to the Rectory of Bawsey; and in 17.. to that of Gaywood. He deceased on the 10th of August 1781, and was interred in the chancel of the latter church, with the following inscription to his memory:

In Memory of

The Rev. SAMUEL BEATNIFFE, M.A.
who died at Lynn, August 10, 1781,
in the 79th year of his age,
having been Curate and Rector of this parish
and Bawsey 55 years.

He was benevolent and charitable;
his mind was cheerful, easy, and unsuspicious;
to all mankind he was just and friendly
and to his relations generous.

He lived respected, and died lamented.

There is an error in this inscription, as Mr. Beatniffe appears never to have proceeded to the degree of A. M.

↑ Norfolk Tour, p. 282.

At an early age he was placed with Mr. Hollingworth, a bookseller at Lynn, when becoming, after having completed two years of his apprenticeship, dissatisfied with his situation, he waited on his uncle at Gaywood, to complain of the harsh treatment of his master. His uncle, after eying him attentively, said, "Richard, you look well;" to which Richard immediately replied, "Yes, Sir, I am perfectly well in health." "Then go back to your master," said his uncle, "and serve out your apprenticeship; and never come again to me with your complaints." This advice of the uncle was implicitly obeyed; and Mr. Beatniffe completed his term of servitude to the complete satisfaction of his master. He was, however, the only apprentice that ever did; for, although Mr. Hollingworth was in business for more than forty years, and always had four apprentices at a time, they all, with the exception of Mr. Beatniffe, either ran away, went to sea, or enlisted into some regiment. Nor will this occasion any surprise, when it is known that they were all compelled to sleep in the same bed, had clean sheets but once a year, and were dieted in the most economical

manner.

At the expiration of his apprenticeship Mr. Hollingworth offered him the hand of his daughter, accompanied with the tempting lure of a share in his business; but the lady being very deformed, and not according with Mr. Beatniffe's taste, he declined the offer, and repaired to Norwich. Here he worked for some years as a journeyman bookbinder, and was in the constant habit of frequenting the theatre at half-price on every Saturday night, arrayed in his best suit, and decorated with ruffles.

On the failure of Mr. Jonathan Gleed, a bookseller in London-lane, in the parish of St. Andrew, Mr. Beatniffe, with the assistance of his old master, who generously lent him five hundred pounds, pur