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that the author of so great an enormity could 

 have been continued in the service of the Crown. 

 Still the essayist, who wrote nearly a century ago, 

 thus closes his recital : — 



" When I had heard this horrid narrative, which indeed 

 I remembered to be true, I turned about in honest con- 

 fusion, and blushed that I was a man." 



I hope some of your correspondents may be 

 able to clear Frampton from the dreadful impu- 

 tation. B. 



Longueville MSS. (Vol. iii., p. 449.).— This col- 

 lection (of 187 volumes) is better known by the 

 name of the Yelverton MSS., from having belonged 

 to Sir Christopher Yelverton, Bart., who died in 

 1654, and whose son Henry (by Susan, Baroness 

 Grey of Ruthin) was created Viscount Longue- 

 ville in 1690. From him (who died in 1704) 

 tliese MSS. descended to his grandson, Henry, 

 third Earl of Sussex, who deceased in 1799 without 

 male issue. In April, 1781, this collection of MSS. 

 (then stated to consist of 179 volumes, and eight 

 wanting to complete the series) was offered for 

 purchase to the trustees of the British Museum for 

 3000 guineas, and declined. The loss of these eight 

 volumes is accounted for by a note of Gough 

 (written in 1788), in Nichols' Literary Anecdotes, 

 vol. iii. p. 622., by which it appears, that in 1784 

 tlie collection was submitted to sale by public 

 auction ; but " after the sale of a few lots, the sale 

 was stopped." Gough adds, " They were all given 

 by Lord Sussex to Lord Calthorpe, whose mother 

 was of that family [Barbara, eldest daughter of 

 Henry, Viscount Longueville], and at his death 

 had not been opened, nor perhaps since." These 

 MSS. are now, I believe, in the possession of the 

 present Lord Calthorpe. F. Madden. 



Coopers Miniature of Cromwell (Vol. iv., p. 

 368.). — The miniature of Oliver Cromwell, in- 

 quired for by Lord Braybrooke, I think was 

 shown to me at a party in London, about five or 

 six yearssince, by Mr. Macgregor, M.P.,— at least I 

 suppose it to be the same, though I had forgotten 

 the name of the painter ; but Mr. Macgregor prized 

 it very highly, as being the only original miniature 

 of Cromwell, and I think he said it was the one 

 that had belonged to Sir Joshua Reynolds. This 

 slight recollection of having seen it, is almost too 

 vague to be worth alluding to, but as no one 

 appears [to have replied to the inquiry, it may 

 lead to connecting the true history to the minia- 

 ture, and thereby enhance its value. R. N. 



Pope and Flatman (Vol. iv., p. 505.). — Your 

 readers will probably be tired of the subject, still 

 Mr.Breen may like to know that the resembling 

 passages in the two copies in question, are quoted 

 with the names of the authors in the sixty-third 

 number of The Adventurer, dated June 12, 1753, 

 and Pope is directly accused of having copied from 



one of the vilest Pindaric writers, in the time of 

 Charles II. 



The same paper, and a subsequent one, No. 95., 

 contain some excellent remarks upon the allega- 

 tion of resemblance between authors, and the 

 charge of plagiarism so frequently raised upon it, 

 but not always to be allowed with equal readiness. 



In conclusion, let me express a wish, that the 

 essays which I have pointed out could be perused 

 by some of your correspondents, because I am 

 convinced that we should in future have fewer 

 discussions on parallel passages, which seldom 

 possess much real interest, and frequently have a 

 tendency to injure the fair fame of our most gifted 

 writers, by calling in question their literary 

 honesty without establishing the charge brought 

 against them. B. 



Voltaire (Vol. iv., p. 457.). — Your correspon- 

 dent J. R. is quite correct as to the name " Vol- 

 taire" being an anagram of " Arouet L. J." The 

 fact, however, was first made public by M. Lepan 

 in the Details Preliminaires sur les Biographies de 

 Voltaire, prefixed to his Vie Politique, Litteraire et 

 Morale de Voltaire, many years before the com- 

 munications to the Gentleman^s Magazine and the 

 Dublin Review, referred to by your correspondent. 



Your correspondent states that " Voltaire was a 

 little partial to his paternal name," * and oddly 

 enough gives two extracts from his letters to 

 L'Abbe Moussinot, which prove the very contrary. 

 Those extracts are also to be found in M. Lepan's 

 work, who has adduced them to show " son mepris 

 pour son nom de famille." Vie de Voltaire, p. 11. 

 edit. 1817. James Cornish. 



TudurAled (Vol. iv., p. 384.). — Your correspon- 

 dent A Student will find nine poems by Tudur 

 Aled, including the famous description of the 

 Horse, in a 4to. collection of ancient Kymric poetry, 

 published at Amwythig, in 1773, by Rhys Jones. 

 It is entitled Gorchestion Beirdd Cymrit. Should 

 A Student wish to extend his acquaintance with 

 this old bard, he will find other poems of his 

 among the Welsh MSS. in the British Museum, in 

 vols. 14,866. et seq. T. S. 



Latin Verse on Franklin (Vol. iv., p. 443.). — 

 The verse " Eripuit ccelo," &c., seems to be a 

 parody of the following line of Manilius (Astronom. 

 L 105.): — 



" Eripuitque Jovi fulmen, viresque tonanti." 

 I am unable, however, to say who adapted these 

 words to Franklin's career. Was it Condorcet ? 



R. D. H. 



The inscription — 

 "Eripuit coelo fulmen, sceptrumque tyrannis" 

 under Franklin's portrait, was written by Mirabeau. 



James Cornish. 



• This was a misprint for "so little partial." — Ed. 



