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band, and often in his letters mentioned 
that he had been ‘with Lord Mansfield, 
_and that his Lordfhip had been afking for 
his wife by her maiden name; nor did 
Lord Stormont’s family forget the obliga- 
tions they were under to Mr. Young and 
his family for the care of Lord Mansfield, 
but acknowledged it many years after. 
From what is ftated above, it appears 
that when Lord Mansfield went to Wett- 
minfter School, he was about 16 years of 
age; and from the known characters of 
all his matters, while in Scotland, he car- 
ried with him a great fhare of that claffical 
knowledge, which made him fo -conf{pi- 
cuous both at Wefiminfter School and the 
Univerfity of Oxford. 
Ajtter Lord Mansfield was called to the 
bar, he made fome vifits to his mother, 
who, after her hufband’s death, lived in 
Perth, and died there in 1746 3 andthe 
Jaft vifit he made her wasin1738 or 1739, 
and he never after that was in Scotland ; 
but [ well remember fome of his relations, 
and acquaintances going to Newcaitle or 
Carlifle, when he went the northern cir- 
cuit, to wait upon him. 
I thought it proper the, public fhould 
know the above particulars of the early 
part of the life of fo eminent a man, who 
did fo much bonour to his country; and I 
am fully perfuaded of the truth of what I 
have written, 
Betore I conclude, I think it proper to 
mention that the prefent Earl of Mans- 
field is now demolifhing the Houle, or, as 
it is commonly called, the Palace of 
Scoon, and on the fame fite is to erect a 
large and magnificent houfe; and he could 
not have pitched upon a nobler fitua~ 
tion. The-old houfe was built by the 
firft Lord Stormont, in 1621; and though 
there were fome good apartments in it, 
yet it was far from being a good houle. 
The Palace where the Kings of Scot- 
land refided when they were crowned at 
Scoon was in the Abbey of Scoon, which 
was a magnificent building, and had large 
revenues ; but this Abbey was, at the re- 
formation, burned down by the mob from 
Perth, notwithftanding the endeavours of 
John Knox to fave it, as he mentions in 
his Hifiory. The Gowrie family gota 
gift of the Abbey and the revenues of it at 
the reformation ; and, on the forfeiture of 
the laft Earl of Gowrie, King James VE. 
beltowed it on his favourite, the firft Lord 
Stormont. Your publifhing the above in* 
the Montnly Magazine will oblige 
Your conftant Reader, 
Civis PERTHENSIS. 
Montury Mag, Ne. 88. 
‘Hatching of Chickens by artificial Fieat. 
53k 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
OUR Correfpondent Colonus, in your 
lat Magazine, is too foon.difcou- 
raged. The art of hatching poultry ar- 
tificially isno novelty, either in this coun- 
try or in France. In France, Mr. Reau- 
mur paid great attention to it. I appre- 
hend that he is the author of the book. 
which fell into Colonus’s hands in 17335 
and of whom he fpeaks rather flighting- 
ly, as ** having taken it into his head to 
compofe fo much FOR WANT OF BETTER 
EMPLOYMENT.” Ido not mean to ofe 
fend Colonus, when I fay, that the obfer- 
vation feems rather hafty ; and it put me 
in mind of a ftory which I have fome- 
where feen, that fome perfons were fur- 
prifed to obferve a venerable old man, 
with a bafon of foapy water, blowing bub- 
bles from the end of a pipe. They, no 
doubt, thought that he might have been 
better employed. But behold!—It was 
the immortal Newton, making experi- 
ments to difcover the laws of optics. So 
any art whatever is worth purfuing, that 
has the lealt chance of producing public 
benefit, becaufe we can never know before 
hand what improvements may open to our 
minds as we proceed, or what advantages 
may ultimately accrue- And therefore a 
nan is not always trifling, or lofing his 
time, when he may appear, on a halty 
furvey, to be fo doing, 
Bat, to return to chickens.—-Many ex- 
periments, have been made, in various 
ways, in this country alfo; and’ fome 
have proved fuccefsful. In whatever way 
the heat can be regulated to a proper de- 
gree, and kept at that degree, during the . 
full period ; the end will be accomplithed. 
But to-do this with certainty, a perfon 
gt reafonably expect fome difficulties 
nd difappointments, and it can only be 
by repeated trials that full fuccefs can be 
obtained. 
I had a friend, fome years ago, whofe 
patience was equal to that of Dutchmen 
when raifing tulips; for he went on with 
one experiment after another, till at length 
he fucceeded mo? completely, and could 
hatch very large numbers. I remember 
particularly he had 250 chickens on one 
ornings He had alfo got the better of 
the chief difficulty, which, as your Corre- 
{pondent juftly obferves, is the rearing 
them after they are hatched*. 
* His fuccefs attraéted the attention of 
Lord Southampton, Judge Barrington, and 
many others of the Royal Society ; Dr.Black- 
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