THESE verses appeared with Churchill's name to them, in the
London Magazine for 1765, and there is no reason to doubt
their being genuine, which is far from being the case with
respect to several lines ascribed to him in the Foundling
Hospital for wit, and several other miscellaneous collections :
When Pope to Satire gave its lawful way,
And made the Nimrods of Mankind his prey;
When haughty Windsor heard through every wood
Their shame, who durst be great, yet not be good;
Who, drunk with power, and with ambition blind,
Slaves to themselves, and monsters to mankind,
Sinking the man, to magnify the prince,
Were heretofore, what Stuarts have been since :
Could he have look'd into the womb of time,
How might his spirit in prophetic rhyme,
Inspired by virtue, and for freedom bold,
Matters of different import have foretold !*
How might his muse, if any muse's tongue
Could equal such an argument, have sung
One William,t who makes all mankind his care,
And shines the saviour of his country there!
One William, who to every heart gives law;
The son of George, the image of Nassau !
* Pope would have foretold no such thing, if we may judge from the following couplet in honour of Queen Anne, and her family:
Rich industry sits smiling on the plains,
And peace and plenty tell a Stuart reigns.
+ William, Duke of Cumberland, born in 1721, among
his other high offices, held that of ranger and keeper of Windsor Great Park; while his more familiar appellation as recorded by both Sir C. H. Williams, and Horace Walpole, was Nolkejumskoi, but why or wherefore he was so called, they have not condescended to inform us. He was the hero and the leader of the Whigs, in their opposition to the Bute faction, while his victory and alleged severities at Culloden, made him particularly obnoxious to the Scotch of all parties. He had previously distinguished himself at the Battle of Dettingen, but was not equally successful in Flanders, in 1747, owing to some variance between him and the Prince of Orange, who was, as Mr. Pelham said, assuming, pedantic, rationating, and tenacious; while our young hero, was open, frank, resolute, and perhaps hasty. In 1757, the Duke commanded an army of observation to defend the Electoral territories, but being greatly out-numbered, if not out-generaled, he afforded the Tories a triumph, by his submitting to what they designated the shameful capitulation of Closter Seven; soon after which, he resigned all his military employments, and spent the remainder of his life in retirement and rural improvements. He died suddenly in his house in Upper Grosvenor Street, in October, 1765. He is represented as possessing a very good understanding, a quick apprehension, and a very attractive way of delivering his own sentiments, while he was equally engaging and agreeable in listening to those of others.
He had the additional merit, in contradistinction to his almost imbecile elder brother, Frederic, of evincing an implicit and apparently genuine feeling of filial obedience to, and reverence for, his father; and deserved and at the same time enjoyed the affectionate confidence of his exemplary mother, Queen Caroline.
Considered in all his relations, military as well as civil, we think we are doing no injustice to the illustrious house of Hanover, by coming to the conclusion that William, Duke of Cumberland, may for talent, ability, and conduct, be considered as the most distinguished prince it has produced since its accession to the British throne.
BERDEEN, see Scotch Universi-
ties.
chilles, a play by Gay, iii. 236.
ckman, an obscure actor, account
of, i. 14.
ctor, The, a poem by Robert
Lloyd, i. 1, 37.
ctors, their poverty, i. 8; cen-
sured for introducing the pecu-
liarities of a favourite character
into all their parts, 50; not to
be estimated according to their
personal merits or defects, 86;
lively description of itinerant
companies, and their mode of
travelling, 54; censured for
their assumed consequence, and
the self importance of their ma-
nagers ridiculed, 135.
Addison, Joseph, lines by, in praise
of Dryden, i. 143; his ghost
said to haunt Holland House,
ii. 292.
Addresses on the peace of 1763;
dishonourable means used to
obtain them, i. 247.
Æsopus, a Roman actor, his im-
mense fortune, i. 9; costly dish
given by him at a feast, ib.
Aldrich, Rev. Stephen, contributes
to the exposure of the Cock
Lane Ghost, ii. 333.
Alembert, Mons. D', saying of, i.
Allen, Ralph, a correspondent of
Pope, and the Allworthy of
Fielding's Tom Jones, i. 43; his
benevolence, iii. 315.
Almack's, Old, a noted Tory club-
house in Pall-Mall, iii. 144;
the name since transferred to a
côterie of female noblesse, held
in King Street, St. James's
Square, ib.
Almon, John, bookseller, his Me-
moirs and Correspondence of
Wilkes, ii. 103; first publisher of
Wilkes's letter to Lord Temple,
254; iii. 117.
Amboyna, cruelties of the Dutch
at, ii. 135.
Amyand, George and Claudius,
eminent merchants, account of,
iii. 85-7.
Annet, Peter, put in the pillory
for blasphemy, iii. 25, 106.
Apicii, the, anecdotes of, iii. 228;
a nobleman stigmatized as Api-
cius, 235.
Apology, The, addressed to the
Critical Reviewers, prefatory
note to, i. 115, 120; supplemen-
tal note on Garrick, 146-152.
Arblay, Madame D', anecdote of
Dr. Johnson, from her Diary,
iii. 181.
Aristocracy, the author's preference
of an absolute monarchy to, i.
xciii.
Armstrong, Dr. John, excites the
resentment of Wilkes and
Churchill, iii. 308; his ana-
thema against port-wine, 309;
his description of the sweating
sickness, 311.
Arne, Dr. Thomas Augustine,
account of, i. 73, 74, 75.
Arrow, ii. 261, 303.
Artaxerxes, opera of, notice of, i.
Augurs, college of, ii. 226; con-
sisted of fifteen persons of the
first distinction in Rome, ib.;
quotation from Hudibras on it,
227.
Augusta, princess dowager of
Wales, account of, ii. 97, 104.
Austin, an actor, account of, i. 51.
Author, The, preliminary note to,
ii. 167.
Ayliff, John, account of, i. 227;
hung at Tyburn, 228; Chur-
chill's satire of Ayliff's Ghost,ib.;
fragments of this poem, 255-6;
additional note on, 254; allusion
to, ii. 11, 17; lines intended for
that satire, 184; iii. 315.
Bacon, Lord Chancellor, ii. 204.
Baker, Sir Richard, chronicler of
the marvellous, ii. 241.
Barge, belonging to the City, its
voyage from Westminster, iii.
59.
Baron, the French comedian, com-
pared with Roscius and Garrick,
i. 148.
Barrow, Dr. Isaac, neglect of, at
the Restoration, ii. 134; distich
written by him, ib.
Barry, Spranger, account of, i.
14, 87, 90, 91; epigrams on,
148.
Barry, James, paintings by, at the
Society of Arts, ii. 306.
Bartholomew Fair, duration
abridged, i. 11.
Bartsch, Adam, his opinion of
Hogarth's works, i. 249.
Battiad, The, a mock heroic poem
by Moses Mendez, iii. 118.
Beard, John, Covent Garden
Theatre managed by, i. 34;
account of, 76.
Beardmore, under-sheriff, account
of, iii. 60.
Beattie, Dr. his abusive lines on
Churchill, i. lix.
Beckford, Lord Mayor of London,
1762-3, ii. 325; notice of, 342 ;
his son the author of Vathek,
343.
Beggar's Opera, The, its success
Benefit of clergy, origin of, iii.
and profits, i. 73.
Bentham, Jeremy, his unintelli-
gible gibberish, iii. 107; in the
list of sceptics, ib.; his vanity as
a codeficator, 109.
Berenger, J. P., Garrick's genero-
sity to, i. 147.
Berkeley, Colonel Norborne, se-
cond to Lord Talbot in his duel
with Wilkes, ii. 101; letter of,
ib.; his pungent letter to his con-
stituents, iii. 107.
Betterton, Thomas, account of, i.
93, 96; his excellence as an
actor, 97; figures in a picture
Billingsgate, humorous lines on,
by Hogarth, ii. 95.
Blakes, account of, i. 54.
Blacow, the informer, ii. 188.
ackfriars Bridge, clamour against | Brocklesby, Dr., Wilkes's humor-
its erection, iii. 61; criticised ous letter to, ii. 5.
in Hawkins's Life of Dr.Johnson, Brown, Rev. Dr. John, account
lackstone, Sir William, account
of, iii. 176.
olingbroke, Lord, furnishes Pope
with the plan of his Essay on
Man, ii. 157; included in the
list of sceptics, iii. 107.
Booth, Barton, account of, i. 97.
Boscawen, William, author of a
translation of Horace, ii. 186;
inferior to those of Francis and
Duncombe, ib.
Boswell, James, his report of a
conversation about Garrick, i.
147; anecdote of Warburton
and Edwards, ii. 53.
Bottle Conjurer, The, advertisement
of, iii. 119; refrain of a ballad
written on this imposture, 120.
Bower, Archibald, patronized by
Lord Lyttelton, iii. 265.
Bow Street, Police Office, under
the old system, iii. 38.
Boyce, William, the musician, ac-
count of, ii. 82.
Boyle, John, Earl of Orrery, his
want of candour in his memoir
of Swift, iii. 138; Warburton's
animadversion upon, 139.
Boyle, Robert, ii. 204.
Bransby, account of, i. 53.
Brent, Miss, account of, i. 75.
Bride, Miss, account of, i. 79, 80.
Bridgeman, Sir Henry, bart. M.P.
moves that strangers withdraw
from the House of Commons,
when Garrick was in the gal-
lery, i. 149.
Briefs, reading of, in churches,
abolished in 1828, ii. 22; origin
of, 23; list of the fees on, 24.
Briton, The, written by Dr. Smol-
lett, in favor of Lord Bute's ad-
ministration, i. 191, ii. 180.
of, iii. 44; anonymous ode to,
44-7; his absurd letters to Gar-
rick, 109; The Cure of Saul, a
sacred ode by him, set to music,
extracts from, 302.
Browne, Dr. William, mention of,
Brougham, Lord, his invective
against Wilkes, i. lxxxi; under-
rates Junius, iii. 182; error of,
respecting Wilkes's comments
on Churchill, 313.
Bruce, James, or Abyssinian, his
retort upon Single-speech Ha-
milton, iii. 281.
Bruce, Dr. Samuel, account of,
iii. 114; designated as Crape,
ib.
Brussels Gazette, notorious for its
falsehood, ii. 309.
Brutus, maxim of, ii. 130.
Buckingham, George Villiers,
Duke of, raised to that rank by
the perverted affection of James
I. ii. 124; one cause of the un-
popularity of Charles I. ib.;
Hume's character of, ib. ; Chur-
chill's lines on, engraved on a
cup presented to Wilkes, 125.
Bulls and bears of the Stock Ex-
change, iii. 80.
Burke, Edmund, his high com-
mendation of Garrick in the
House of Commons, i. 149;
his humorous remarks on Lord
Talbot's efforts at economy in
the royal kitchen, iii. 83; apo-
thegm of, in his charges against
Warren Hastings, 126; his quo-
tation from Horace on Wilkes's
return to London, 137; com-
pliment paid by him to Glover,
298.
Burnet, Bishop, his character of
King James I. ii. 119.
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