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ExtraSls from the Port-folio of a Man of Letten. 



ARCHBISHOP BOULTF.n. 



HUGH Boulter, Arclibilliop of Ar- 

 iiingh, was born in Loudon, and 

 Kluuateri in Meicliant-Tavior.i'-Scliool, 

 from whence he went to Oxford. He 

 taught Piince Frederic (tlie King's fa- 

 tlior) the EngliOi Unii^aage. He wns pro- 

 moted to tlie hilhopnc of Brillol in 

 1719 ; and in 1721 was uominnted to the 

 archbifliopric of Armagh and primacy 

 of Ireland. In xXk. winter of the year 

 ■ 1720 all kinds of provilion bure a pi-ice 

 in Dublin beyond tiie means of tlio poor, 

 and the nation being threatened wilh a 

 famine^ our Primate took upon him the 

 aelief of the ditlreli'ed. The evil by his 

 means was in a great meafure averted, 

 and the good prelate received the thanks 

 of the Irilh Iloufe of Commons on the 

 occalion. A like fcarcity Impfiened in 

 the year 1740, and the Primate's charity 

 was again extended to the poor. It was 

 computed that two thoufand five hundred 

 pcrfons were daily fed in the \\'orkhoufe 

 of Dublin from January to Augult, chief- 

 ly at the Primate's expence ; wheieupon 

 liis portrait was painted with a groupe of 

 objects of both fexes, and all ages, round 

 liim, as waiting for food. Tliis picture 

 was placed in the faid Workhoufe, and 

 nndcr a mezzotinto ])rint engraved from 

 it a curious gentleman has written the 

 following lines: — 



Of pomp prelatic a vain fliew inftead, 

 Clothed arc the naked and the hungry fed : 

 Such Boulter was, and fuch fliould Bilhops he. 

 As well prepared to work as to preach cha- 

 rity. 



Archhilliop Boulter died full of good 

 v.orks at his houfe in St. .James's Place, 

 in .Tune 1742, aged 72, and is buried in 

 Weltmiiutor Abbey. 



IXOCCI.ATIOX or THE SMAt.I,-POX. 



The following account will ferve to 

 flic-.v thellowprogrefs of fraall-pox inocu- 

 lati'jn, from the tirli trial of it. — Tiie in- 

 fant loll of Lady Mary \\ortley Monta- 

 gu was the fnfl child of Englilh parents 

 inocuhitcd for the finall-pox. Lady JMa- 

 ry'., letter, dated from Belgrade, March 

 2.'), 1718, lias thefe words, "tlie boy 

 V as eiifsrufted lafi Tuefday.''* The expe- 

 riment of inocidation was tried (ui hve 

 j'rrfons under icntcnce (jf death, in the 

 year 1721. Of this number four receiv- 

 ed tiie infection, which ilifl not appear 

 on the tifih. 'J'his fiftli jierfoii was a wo- 

 man, wlio confefll'd that llie had receiv- 

 ed it wiien a child, but concealed the 



* Sec the laic edition of her Works, 5 voh. 



truth in hopes of faving her life ; whi^h 

 was the condition Inadc to the wholA 

 number for undergoing the operatiow. 

 The trial was made under the infpef'Uoh 

 of the College of Phylicians, and th* 

 operation performed by Mr. Muitlrtud, 

 furgeiin to the embaiTv to Coiiftantniopi(j. 

 In the " Weekly Journal, or Saturday'} 

 Pott," of 21 April, 17xi2, is the follow- 

 ing article of intelligence, under the head 

 of London News : — " In a few days th.e 

 fmall-pox is to be inocuhited on their 

 IlighnelTcs the Princefles Amelia and Ca- 

 rolina, by Mr. Maitkmd, tlie Princel's 

 Ami iia\ ing had them alread_\ ." 



PROlESsIONAL INFLl'ENCF. 



Every man conlideVs things according 

 to his habits of life, or in the way of Ins 

 trade, calling, or profeirion. There is an 

 anecdote related by St. Evrcnoud uhicii 

 proics this ^■cry foicibly. The Duchefs 

 of x^L^zarine, whilii in London, was daily 

 vifitcd by all tliat wci'C plilite, as \\ ell tli 

 the Englilli as of the Fivnch nation. — 

 In one of thefe alleinblies a lampoon was 

 read, fatiri/.ing the courtiCrs belonging to 

 Lewis tlie Fourteenth. In this fatn'c the 

 Duke de Candale was defcribed ia the 

 following terms : — 



Le vieux Due de Candale au teint have & 

 plombe. 



The old Duke de Candale with pale cadaver- 

 ous looks. 



There hnp}>encd to be prefcnt a plivll- 

 cian of great vogue, v,ho, on hearing 

 the defcription, fpoke out loud enou«;h 

 to be heard by the wliole ctmipany — ■ 

 " Oh," faid he, " the Duke might cafily 

 mend his complexion ; phlebotomy in llio 

 arm, and gentle cathartics would iiiii- 

 prove his looks." Wht ihcr the company 

 laughed out at this ihrewd ol.fervation, 

 fo congenial with tlie piofeihon of the 

 jiarty who made it, is not mentioned; 

 hut there are at this time many who re 

 fiMubie this worthy phyiicia'n, tor it wiO 

 be always found that '• Every Man in his 

 Humour" is Itili the cafe. 



P.KAIID?. 



Shaving the beard, according to Roft 

 (" View of all Religions"), came in with 

 tli.e doctrine of traaful-fiantiation, firft 

 taught by Peter Lombard, in tiie vear 

 ilbO. Innocent t!ie 'lliird elhiblilhed it 

 with the monks at (he Council of Ij«tc« 

 ran, nimo 1200. This Pojic look the 

 cup from the hiity, and forbade the 

 pricfts to marry. The reafon which 

 Aveighed with the Council for the injunc- 

 tion of Ihaving beards was, hli in receiv- 

 in|^ the Sacrament the beard mij^ht touch 

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