THE AVERAGE PRICES of NAVIGABLE CANAL SHARES and other PROPERTY, in wark Bridge 61. 10s. Discount.-Highgate Archway, 91. per Share. Chelsea WaterMarch 1815 (to the 25th), at the Office of Mr. SCOTT, 28, New Bridge-street, London.Neath Canal, 2401. ex Half Year's Dividend, 71. 10s.- Leeds and Liverpool, 2147. ex Dividend. Warwick and Birmingham, 2731.-Monmouth Canal, 165/. ex Dividend 104. clear.-Grand Junction, 2151.-Rochdale, 584-Kennet and Avon 20%New Ditte, 34. Discount.-Ellesmere, 837.-Lancaster, 207.-Grand Union, 70%-Severn and Wye Railway, 351-Wey and Arun, 331. Discount.-West India-Dock, 1541 per Cent.-London Ditto, 911. 874-Globe Insurance, 1094.-Imperial 491-SouthWorks, 121. 5s.-Gas Light, 91. 15s. Premium.-London Institution, 40%. 19s.Russell Ditto, 184. 18s.-Covent-Garden Theatre, 4004 4054-Drury-Lane New Ditto, 561. Ex. Om. Bills. 2 pr. nium. 4 dis. 1 pr. 44 4dis. dis. 34 dis. 4 pr. 4 pr. 3 dis. 4 pr. 3 dis. 2 pr. 2 pr. 4 dis. 3 pr. 44 dis. 1 pr. par 44 54dis. 9 84dis. 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Salop-Sheffield2 Sherborne, Sussex Shrewsbury Staff-Stamf. 2 Word. 2-YORK 3 Sunday Advertiser Some of Bowyer's Conjectures unfounded...325 .339 .347 Meteorological Diaries for March & Apr.290,382 1 By SYLVANUS URBAN, GENT. 384 Printed by NICHOLS, SON, and BENTLEY, at CICERO'S HEAD, Red Lion Passage, Fleet-str. London; where all Letters to the Editor are desired to be addressed, POST-PAID. THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, For APRIL, 1815. Mr. URBAN, HAY April 3. JAVE the goodness to insert the Epitaphs contained in this Letter in the next Number of the Magazine. They appear to me pathetic, elegant, and beautiful compositions. Readers of the Poetry of the present age, and indeed Readers of every class, must, one would think, approve the observations of a great Critick, who flourished before the Gospel-beams of Revelation had dispersed the darkness of Pagan idolatry. As his remarks would lose much of their beauty by being translated into our language, they are subjoined in his own: "Quæ solida et ampla sunt diu placent; quæ autem lepida el concinna paululum quidem mutant, sed cito satiant*." J. C. Is all the hope thy hapless Mother knows. JAMES THOMSON †. JII. At Northampton. To the memory of PHILIP DODDRIDGE, D. D. Twenty-one years Pastor of this Church, Director of a flourishing Academy, and Author of many excellent Writings; by which his pious, benevolent, & indefatigable zeal to make men wise, good, and happy, will far better be made known, and perpetuated much longer, than by this obscure and perishable the humble monument, not of his praise, marble; but of their esteem, affection, and regret, who knew him, loved him, & lament him, and who are desirous of recording, in this Inscription, their friendly but faithful testimony to the many amiable & Christian virtues that adorned his private character; by which, though dead, he yet speaketh, and still present in remembrance, forcibly, though silently, 'admonisbeth his once beloved and ever grateful Flock. He was born June 26, 1702, and died October 26, 1751, aged 50. GILBERT WEST, LL. D. + See the Poet's Seasons, "And art thou, Stanley, of that sacred band?" IV. In St. Bride's Church, Fleet-street. Near the foot of this Pillar lyeth the body Has Death enwrapp'd thee in this cloud of night, [their cheerful ray? Whilst Youth, Hope, Pleasure, gleam'd So fades Aurora's ineffectual light [day. When the pale morning blushes into See by his dying form mild Patience stand, Composing Agony with healing wing; Hope, Ease, and Comfort, wait on ber command, [quiems sing. And o'er the mournful bed sweet reCare, Pain, and Death, terrific gleam no more, [Heaven; But seem to pave a golden way to The race to reach the destin'd goal is o'er; The toil is ended, and the prize is given. And when on yonder star-pav'd plain [clay, And pitying view us, active forms of Accept this last sad tribute of our love, The best the Brother and the Friend, JAMES ASHley. you rove, ean pay. Mr. URBAN, No PLAGIARIST. April 5. IT is a little extraordinary that so much has been said, and evidently so many mistakes made, about the marriages, and names of the wives, of our celebrated Poet Milton. Your Correspondent, p. 22, says he married for his first wife Mary, the eldest daughter of Mr. Richard Powell: this seems doubtful, and I cannot make it more clear. Mr. Todd informs us that the second wife was Catharine, daughter of Captain Woodcock of Hackney. Mr. Lysons, in his Cheshire, says, he had a third wife of the Minshull family, and that she died in 1726. This was Elizabeth, who long survived him. In the (iu general very accurate) Index to the " Literary Anecdotes,”. vol. VII. p. 268, the name of the second wife is given instead of the third. The following are in my possession : "April 26, 1669. "Rec'd then of Samuel Simmons five Pounds, being the second five Pounds to be paid mentioned in the Covenant. F say received by me, JOHN MILTON. Witness, Edmund Sipton." "I do hereby acknowledge to have received of Samuel Symonds, Citizen and Stac'oner of London, the sum of Eight Pounds, which is in full payment for all my right, title, or interest, which I have, or ever had; in the Coppy of a Poem intitled Paradise Lost, in Twelve Books, in 8vo. by John Milton, Gent. my late husband. -Witness my hand this 21st day of December, 1680. Witness ELIZABETH MILTON, William Gapp,-Ann Gapp." I have another printed form of a general release, running thus: Know all men by these presents, that I, Elizabeth Milton, of London, late wife of John Milton, of London, Gentleman, deceased, have remised, &c. &c. and for ever quit clayme, unto Samuel Symonds, of |