1804.] 4 Counte/s of Weftmoreland—Letter from Mr. Thelwall,  $ 
Countefs. of Weftmoreland lived; and 
with to be informed whether fhe has left 
any female defcendants who, like herfelf, 
are of * excellent {peach, bleft with fi- 
lence:’? “of a brave fafhion to wynne 
refpect, without baldnefse ?’’ Some of 
your numerous correfpondents could per- 
ha;s throw light on this matter, which to 
tell you the truth, is not an enquiry of mere 
eurtofity; for you mult know that I ama 
baichelor of about forty, of a re{pectable 
family and handfome fortune, which ii 
fhould be happy to beftow along with my 
perfon, on any lady who could produce a 
certificate of being thus endowed and thus 
defcended ; and if you can procure me 
the defired info:mation you will confer a 
lafting obligation on, fir, 
Your humble Servant, 
TimotHy MarRVEL. 
P.§. If any lady fhould claim affinity who 
is drefled, or rather undrefled, in the modern 
fafhion, you need not trouble yourfelf to fend 
her certificate 5 as 1 fhall be quite certain that 
it i$ a forgery. 
Inguiry-place, near Doncafler, Sune 23, 1804. 
The charadter of the Lady of one of the 
ancient Earls of Weftmoreland, wrtt- 
ten by her bufoand, and infcribed on the 
chimney-wall of a large room at Rid- 
fione-place, in Kent, once the feat of that 
noble family, now in the pofeffion of Wm. 
Rytte, efq- 
©. ..... She feared God and knew 
how to ferve him; the affyned tymes for 
her devotione and kept them: fhe was a 
perfecte wyfe and a trewe friende. She 
joyed moft to oblige thofe neerett and deer- 
eft to me, often preventing my defires : 
difporting none: providenthe managing 
all that was myne: lyving in appearance 
ahove myne eftate, while fhe advanced it. 
She was of a grete {pirit, {weetlie temper- 
ed: of a tharp wit without offence: of 
excellent {peach, bleft with filence: of a 
chearful temper, mildly governed: of a 
brave fafhion to wynne refpe&t'and to 
daunt boldnefse : plefynge to all her fex : 
intire with fewe: delyting in the beft; 
ever avoyding all perfons and places in 
their honour blemyfhed, and was as free 
from doing ill, as givinge the occafion. 
She dyed as fhe lyved, well; and bleft in 
her greteft extremitie: moft patiently 
fending her puse foul with many zealous 
praiors and hymnes to her Maker, pouringe 
oute her affectionate herte in paffionate 
terms to her Saviour.” » 
N.B. The beginning and ending of this 
Infcription being defaced by time, the datg is 
pncertain, 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magaie. 
SIR, 
HE hurry with which, amidft my 
profeffional engagements, both of a 
public and of a private nature, I am 
obliged to ufe my pen (even when I can 
find time tomake ule of it at all) and the 
cloienefs with which one is induced to 
write whatfoever is to be tranfmitted by 
the poft, may have confpired to render 
fome parts of the manufcript I tranfmitted 
to you, relative to the blind and {peech- 
Jefs child in the neighbourhood of Glaf- 
gow, not perfeétly intelligible. From this 
or fome other caufle, fome few errors have 
crept into the printed copy ; which, as they 
either obfcure the fenfe or perplex the 
conitruction, I will be cbliged to you if 
you will notice, and to your readers if 
they will correct with their pens. 
Monthly Magazine, July.—p. 516, col.z. 
l. 10, for ‘* aay individual cafe,” read 
** an individual cafe.” —l.26, for ‘organ’? 
read ‘* organs.”——-p. 517, col. 2, |. 14 
from the bottom, for “¢ its various means,” 
read ‘its narrow means.”—l. 18, from 
the bottom, after the word ‘* certain,’” 
add a note of reference (*) and read here 
the note erroneoufly inferted in p. 518, be- 
ginning—* «It zs only when fhets thus amuf- 
ing herfelf,”’ Gc.—p. 517, 1.17 trom the 
bottom, for ** indication than the effort,”® 
read ‘* indication than of the effort.”— 
p- 518, 1. 9, after “* vocal organs,” in- 
ftead of *, infert +, referring to the fecond 
note below. At the conclufion of the note 
(*) erroneoufly inferted in that page, in- 
ftead of ** finds z¢s way,”” read find their 
way.” 
As the penis in my hand, I will ju 
mention another faét, not intirely irreve- 
lant to the fubje®t of my laft communica» 
tion. Shortly after I had tranfmitted to 
you the cafe of the unfortunate Augafta, 
an inftance was mentioned to me, in the 
courfe of converfation, cf a poor man, in 
this part of the country, who, to all effec- 
tive purpofes, may be regarded as fpeech- 
lefs ; but in whom no apparent caule of 
fuch privation could be difcovered in the 
ftructure of the organs, either vocal or 
enunciative ; and who had arrived at 
the age of thirty years without any 
other verbal language than a very imper- 
fect yes and 20, and two or three indiitiné& 
and monyfyllabic ejaculations. As the 
individual to whom this report related re- 
fides at no great diftance, { had the curio- 
fity to vifit him; but I no fooner beheld 
him, than I was irrefittibly convinced that 
his was a cafe effentially and totally distinct 
from that the unfortunate Augufta. If 
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