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Other and Henry.

Antony was at length heir to the whole eftate. He married Rofe, daughter of Sir William Lock, by whom he had iffue fix fons, and a daughter named Mary.

Walter the third fon, who refided at Kew in Surry, married Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas Staines of the county of Effex, Efq; by whom he had iffue three fons,

Dixie, William, and Walter, the eldest of whom married Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Henry lord Windfor, by whom he had iffue

Thomas Windfor-Hickman, who was fent governor to Jamaica in 1665, and created earl of Plymouth as above-mentioned. On the 15th of July 1685, he was made colonel of the 4th regiment of horfe, and died in 1687. His lordship was twice married. By his first wife Anne, fifter to George Savile mar quis of Halifax, he had a fon named Other, and two daughters. By his fecond wife Urfula, daughter and coheir to Sir Thomas Widdrington of Sherburne-Grange, in the county of Northumberland, knt. he had four fons and five daughters. Thomas the eldeft fon of this lady, was created viscount Windfor in Ireland in 1699, and baron Mountjoy in England in 1711, having been feveral times elected member of parliament for Bramber and the county of Monmouth.

Other, eldett fon and heir by the first wife, died in his father's lifetime. He married Elizabeth, daughter and fole heir to Thomas Turvey of Walcote in Worcestershire, Efq; and by her had

(zd E.) Other, who, in 1687, fucceeded his grandfather; and married Elizabeth, daughter and heir to Thomas Whitley of Peal in Cheshire, Efq; by whom he had two fons,

(3d E.) Other the eldeft, who was born June 30, 1707, on the 26th of December, 1725, fucceeded as earl of Plymouth; and on the 7th of May 1730, married the only daughter and heir of Thomas Lewis of Soberton, in the county of Southampton, Efq; by whom, in May 1731, he had a fon named

(4th E) Other-Lewis, who fucceeded his father the 27th of November 1732, and his mother died alfo in 1733. His lordship was

made constable of the castle of Flint, and comptroller of Chefhire and Flintshire in March 1750; and on the 9th of November 1754, lordlieutenant and cuftos rotulorum of and in the county of Glamorgan, comptroller of Cheshire, Flintshire, and conftable of Flint-Caftle in 1758. On the 11th of Auguft, 1750, he married Catharine, eldest daughter of the lord Archer, by whom he hath had iffue, five sons and two daughters,

His lordship's titles are, Earl of Plymouth, lord Windfor, cuftos rotulorum of Flintshire, constable of Flint Caftle, lord-lieutenant and cuftos rotulorum of the county of Glamorgan, comptroller of Cheshire and Flintshire, and L. L. D

Arms.] Gules, a faltire, argent, between twelve cross croflets, or. Creft.] On a wreath, a buck's head erazed, proper, attired, or.

Supporters. Two unicorns, argent, armed, crefted, tufted, and hoofed, or.

Motto.] Je me fie en Dieu. I trust

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ANECDOTE of DEAN SWIFT.

WHEN Dr. Swift was dean of and the dean was fo pleased, that

he rewarded the compofer with a guinea, declaring, at the fame time, he was a better poet than Ambrofe Philips. The following were the lines repeated under the dean's window:

St. Patrick's, he was informed by one of the chapter, that the beadle of the cathedral was a poet. The doctor fent for him, and afked him fome questions relating to his poetical talents, which he modeftly disclaimed, afferting that he wrote only for his hell. It being winter, the doctor infifted he should compofe fome verses on the fifth of November, and repeat them under his win-Tis a cold frofty morning, and fo good dow; which accordingly he did;

To-night's the day, I fpeak it with great forrow, [morrow; That we were all t'have been blown up toTherefore take care of fires and candlelight,

night.

An IMPOSTOR detected.

IN the month of April 1738, two bakers of St. Albans, going with their bread to Colney, faw a poor miferable girl half-naked, lying on the fide of a ditch; hearing her groans, they went up to her; and the appeared to be fo very weak, that they led and fupported her to an ale-houfe near the turnpike, where they left her to the care of the publican's wife; fhe, feeing her in a dangerous condition, being almost starved and emaciated, fent for Mr. Humphries, a very able apothecary and furgeon in the town, who, by proper cordials, gave her relief. She was then put to bed, and great care was taken of her for fome time, when her ftrength began to return, and she was vifibly amended in her health.

In the mean time the ftory got about the town, and the moft confiderable people of the place went to fee her. The girl, who had the most perfect innocence in her face, and was about nineteen years of age, behaved with the utmost de.

cency, and became the general objet of compaffion; and as fhe grew better, was invited to the houses of the principal people of the town to tell her ftory.

Her name, the faid, was Mary Ramfay, born in Hull, her father a very eminent furgeon and manmidwife, lately dead, who had left her to the care of his brother, with a fortune of feven thoufand pounds; that he had lived with her uncle in a manner becoming her circumftances, and about a month before that time, her uncle had fignified to her his intentions of fending her up to London for education, and accordingly gave her a letter to a gentlewoman (whofe name fhe had forgot) who kept a fchool, with whom he was to board and lodge, and by her to be inftructed in the feveral accomplishments neceffary for the formation of a young lady of fashion; that he obliged her to travel in the common waggon; that the was dreffed in a riding-habit and jocky-cap, and went therein,

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with other company, as far as Stamford, where, ftopping to dine, fhe accidentally dropt the above-mentioned letter in the inn-yard, which being found by a perfon who was alfo a paffenger with her, and to whom he had related her story, the was by him perfuaded to open the letter, which he did, and found that directed to the school-mistress, to be only a cafe or cover of another letter, directed to captain , (the could not recolle&t his name, but she was sure he was a fea-captain) which was to this effect:

SIR,

The perfon who brings you this is the young woman I told you of. I acknowledge the receipt of half the money agreed on, and expect

the remainder as foon as convenient."

This, the continued, was figned by her uncle. That the perfon hereupon perfuaded her to return to Hull and expofe her uncle, which the promifed to do; but dreading to see a man who was capable of fuch projects, fhe took a refolution to elope from the waggon and waggoner, whom flie now looked upon as a confederate with her uncle, and to travel on foot to London, where she said he had a fifter, married to one Mr. Cooke, a man of great fortune in the county of Suffolk, and a barrister at law; that accordingly The gave the waggoner the flip, and began her journey through byeways and lanes; that after a day or two, her money being all gone, fhe fold her jockey-cap to an old woman, and afterward parted with her riding habit in exchange for an old gown and fome trifle of money, which enabled her to reach London; where, not being able to find her

fifter Cooke, fhe refolved to return to Hull; fhe accordingly fet out without a farthing of money, or even one neceffary for fo long a journey; when, after two days, being weary and in want of the common fupport of nature, the was found in the manner and condition defcribed above.

This ftory, wild and extravagant as it was, gained an universal belief; compaffion and pity took root in every heart, and poor Mifs Ramfay was the topic of every one's converfation.

The mayor of the town, a very moved at this melancholy tale, that humane and good man, was fo

he recommended her to his wife's other ladies, a fubfcription was fet protection, who introducing her to on foot to cloath the young lady, and fend her home in a manner fuitable to her rank.

She was now presently put into better garb, and lived at the mayor's houfe.

Happy was the family who could entertain Mifs Ramfay, and hear her ftory, which he told fo very well, fo glibly, and with fuch amazing facility, often shedding tears at the moft affecting parts of it, and never varying in the leaft circumstance, that not a foul doubted of the reality of the relation.

At this time a gentleman, an inhabitant of the town, who had been abfent fome time, returned from London, and being informed of this extraordinary young lady, fufpected the ftory, and declared his opinion publicly; but in return, met with that contempt too frequently attending endeavours to stem the torrent of infatuation, and to bring men back to the use of right reason.

He argued with Mr. Mayor, Mr. Alderman, Mr. Alderman—,&e.

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but all to no purpofe; fhe was fo young, fo innocent, he could not frame fuch a story herself; it was impoffible fo really good, fo truly pious, her story must be true, they would have it true, and therefore it

was true.

Mifs Ramfay was now in the zenith of her happinefs, when this very fingular gentleman recollecting that he had an acquaintance in Hull, a man of probity, fortune, and honour, wrote to him, informing him of the particulars, and defiring him to make all due enquiry, and acquaint him with what he fhould learn concerning Mifs Ramfay, her father, uncle, and family.

The anfwer received was to this effect: "That a furgeon of the name of Ramsay had formerly lived in the neighbourhood of Hull, who was very poor all his life-time, and who was confined for debt in the caftle of Lincoln, and died there about ten years before; that he had two daughters, abandoned wretches and common proftitutes, who ftrolled about the country under various and fallacious pretences; that upon the ftrictelt enquiry, he could not find that Ramfay had a brother; and that if the people of St. Albans would pafs her to Hull, fhe would there meet with her defert."

This letter was read to the gentlemen of the town, and to the girl herself, who faid, that the knew the gentleman who wrote it very well, and that he was a particular friend of her uncle's, and an affociate in the trepanning fcheme before mentioned.

This was fufficient for her friends, they all agreed it was fo; it was to no purpose to talk to them, they were convinced of the poor dear girl's innocency, and the injuftice done to her, and they refolved to protect her.

The mayor, however, was advised to write himself to Hull for greater certainty; he accordingly addreffed himself to two gentlemen there, who confirmed the account before received. He was then convinced of his error, read the two letters to the girl, and admonished her to confefs the truth; fhe became fullen, would make no reply, upon which the mayor committed her to the Bridewell of the town.

There, without friends to encourge her wickedness, and fupport her falfhood; without confederates to countenance her guilt, and reason her into a belief, that the crime confifted folely in the discovery, and not in the act itself; without managers, collectors, fubfcribers, advertifers, puffers, twenty attornies, and twice as many affidavit-men; with a good parcel of hemp to keep her in exercife, the jail allowance, and a proper time for reflection, debarred of all company, brought her to reafon, and the confeffed the whole to be falfe from the beginning to the end.

The confequence of this was, fhe was publicly whipped at the cross next market day, and was afterwards paffed away as a vagrant to Hull.

The truth of the above is well known to the inhabitants of St. Albans.

T.

GENTLEMEN,

To the Author of the ROYAL MAGAZINE.

AS much damage is often done in bean-crops by the Dolphinfly, any thing that may tend towards remedying fo great an evil, cannot but be acceptable to your readers. It is generally after a long drought this black fly proves fo very deftructive to all forts of beans: I am apt to think that they are more particularly tempted to attack this crop, by the fap which exfudes from the pores of the plant being more fuited to their tafte than the fap of any other vegetable.

It may poffibly be the food defigned for them by nature; and this is more probable, as they increase fo faft on beans, and are fcarcely found elsewhere.

Being in a weak, and perhaps infantine ftate, when they first attack the beans, it is natural to imagine that they should prey upon the most tender part, and that which is beft adapted to give them a fupply of fap, or, perhaps, of tender food in a condition to be macerated by their yet delicate organs: the top therefore of the vegetable is the place

where they are firft feen; there they begin their ravages, and fpread downwards, till they have deprived the farmer of the pleafing hopes he had entertained of having a good crop.

It would be fome alleviation of this misfortune, if when the infect first attacked the crop, the farmer fhould fend into the field one or more men, provided each with a fcymeter or hanger with thefe they could eafily lop off the heads of the beans, by which means a crop has been often faved; for this fly is feldom known to rife again when it once falls with the bean-top to the ground. Another remedy may be applied to this evil, but it is only practicable in small plots, which lie near the home- ftall: the remedy I mean is, to turn all the turkies and poultry into the field; thefe will devour an amazing number of the infects, and have often been known to fave a crop of beans. I am,

Sir,

Your humble Servant, A Farmer.

STORY from M. Pollnitz's Memoirs, Vol. I. p. 14.

ticeship to a taylor, at Tangermunde. Having a mind to fee Berlin, he came to a paffage of the Elbe; but being unable to pay, the ferrymen refused to carry him over. It vexed him, he threw his knapfack into the river, curfed the trade of a taylor, went back to Tangermunde, lifted for a foldier, and was beloved by his officers, who made him known to the elector Frederick - William, who faw him in every part of the

and finding him a man of sense, advanced him to the highest employments. The courtiers envied his fortune, and said, Marshal Dorffing would always retain the air of a taylor.

"True, faid he, I was a taylor, and have cut out cloth; but now (clapping his hand to the hilt of his fword) I have an inftrument in my hand, with which I will cut off the ears of any man that dares to affrom me.'

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