1801. ] 
The glove-manufactory indeed employs 
a number of hands, and the fabrication of 
polithed fteel, in whidh Wioodiéek "93 tine 
rivalleé+, furnifhes fupport for a few 
mere; but it is chiefly dependent on the 
cavity that vifit Blenheim, which occa- 
fion a great circulation of cafh among the 
jandlords, from whom it is. diffafed over 
the town. By the indulgence of the noble 
poffeffors of that fpendid palace, the 
houfe, gardens, and park are daily thewn ; 
and as gratuities are always expect ad by 
the various perfons, who admit, who oa 
hibit, or who guide, much money of ne- 
ceffity is {pent by parties of pleafure, who, ° 
of all others, ought to pay moit dearly for 
the gratification, as the tax is voluntary. 
The vicinity of Woodftock to Oxford 
prevents public amufements in a great de- 
gree. Sometimes, indeed, a company of 
{trolling players, when connived at by the 
chief-magiftrate, run the rifk of incurring 
the penalties of the flatute; but they are 
‘little encouraged, and meet with frequent 
interruption froth the univerfity bucks., 
Owing to the latter caufe, affemblies do 
not flourifh here; and though ‘there are’ 
fometimes private balls, they are neither 
well attended, nor regularly fupported. 
Indeed there is little private focial inter- 
courfe between the inhabitants: for, fmall 
as the town is, there are three diftin& fo- 
cieties in it, or three ranks of people who 
fancy themfelves as unequal affociates for 
each other. This does not add to the 
gaiety of the place, nor even to its good 
humour ; but perhaps moft country towns 
labour under fimilar inconveniences. It 
wounds the philanthropift to reflect, that 
man fhould keep at-fuch a diftance from 
man, and diminifh that {mall ftock of coms 
fort which the unavoidable ills of life per- 
mit him to tafte. In all places we find 
jealoufy and envy, mean pride and iliiberal 
counteraétion. Corporation towns are 
particularly noted for party fpirit, even 
though, as in the prefent cafe, they ey all 
draw in the fame harnefs, All who pof- 
fefs exclufive privileges imagine themielves 
above their neighbours ;—all who cannot 
obtain them, envy and f{pite their more 
fortunate poffeffors. 
It fhould be .remarked, howevey, that, 
Woodftock is the fixed or occafional refi- 
of Charles I. Weodftock was a favourite re- 
treat with moft of our fovereigns ; and the 
.franchifes they conferred on the borough are 
by .no means trivial. 
+ A fteel-chain manufaétured here, and 
weighing only two ounces, according to Dr. 
Mavor, has been fold for 1701. 
Woodftock—Corredtion with refpec? to Garrick. 
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dence of feveral worthy families, who are 
a bleffing and a 
poffible to mention the Duke and Duchefs 
of Marlborough, who live fo near it, but 
in termsiof the Hiohett refpect and regard. 
Did the great in general copy their ami- 
able example, Happinefs would be more - 
equally diffufed than it is, and the poor 
be taught to confider the rich as their 
tructt benef faétors. 
Proviuons here are oY but not 
cheap. Houfe-rent alo is high, from the 
want of {pace for new buildings, and the 
defire which many feel to fettle in a place 
where they can walk orride in Blenheim 
Park. Nothing can be a greater induce- 
ment than this for perfons of a {mall inde- 
pendent fortune to chufe Woodfteck for 
their refidence. The extent, the beauty, 
the perfect pana in which the domains of 
Blenheim are kept, vie with any thing of 
the kind in this kingdom, and invite to 
an intimate acquaintance. 
Tt would have - keen grateful to the’ 
writer, who has often vifited Woodftock, 
to have extended this article farther, hid 
not the Blenheim Guide. fo generally in 
the hands of the public, left but little to 
glean on the fubject. 
Dec. 15, 1800. R. 
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To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
N perufing your truly valuable Ma- 
gazine for March, I was firuck by 
a TAO palpable error, which, if not cor- 
rected, may tend to fruftrate the good 
‘intentions of the writer, viz. vindicating 
the character of Mr. Garrick from parfimo- 
ny. The anecdote he has related of him is 
certainly calculated to remove that charge, 
had not, untortanately, the following mif- 
take been inferted ; after reprefenting Gar- 
rick as having relieved Dr. Johnion, he 
concludes, by faying, “* A few months 
atter this donation, the Doctor died ;’” 
whereas Garrick died five years before 
the Doétor. I am, Sir, 
Your’s, &c. 
March 17,1801. ' JUVENIs. 
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To the Editor of the Monibly Magazine. 
SIR, 
OUR infertion of the ftatement I 
tent you Jaft month of the thipping- 
trade of this port during the preceding 
year’encourages me to hope that you wi: iil 
favour with a place in your Mifcellany 
the following remarks on the fitwation, 
extent, and general appearance of the 
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credit to it; and itis im-. 
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