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>apen, the veiy next day he was serred with a varrant, his whole property seized, and his per- «n thrown into prison on a charge of high treason.
1773. In this year the whole Bible, with the Apocrypha, was printed in the Manb language, n folio, under the patronage of bishop Hildes- ey,* at the expense of the Society for promot- ng Christian Knowledge; and in 1776, the. «ciety published another edition of the New Testament. This important translation was made principally by the rev. Philip Moore,t and the rev. John Kelly ,:( though different portions of the libte were distributed for translation among inch of the insular clergy as were best acquainted with the language.
1773, Aug. 22. Died, Geokoe, lord Lyt- rLETON, of Hagley, in Worcestershire, of very ^eat Abilities as a statesman, and of an elegant caste in poetry and polite literature. He was the author of several poems of merit, and some prose works ; but his last literary production was the History of Henry II. 1764, 4to. elaborated by the researches and deliberations of twenty years, and published with the greatest anxiety, rhe story of this publication is remarkable. The whole work was printed twice over, a great part of it three times, and many sheets four or five times.§ The booksellers paid for the first im- pression ; but the charges and repeated opera- tions of the press were at the expense of the author, whose ambitious accuracy, cost him at least JCIOOO. He began to print the work in 1766. Three volumes appeared in 1764, a second edition of them in 1767, a third edition in 1768, and the conclusion in 1771-2. An- drew Reid, a man not without considerable abilities, and not unacquainted with letters or with life, undertook to persuade the noble author, as he had persuaded himself, that he was master of the secret of punctuation ; and, as fear begets credulity, he was employed, at what price is not known, to point the pages of Henry the Second. The book was at last pointed and printed, and sent into the world. His lordship took money for his copy, of which, when he nad paid the pointer, he probably gave the rest away ; for he
- When Bishop BUdesle^ received the last part of the
translation, wldch had lieen so long the object of his desires, and wldch occnrred on Satorday, November aetli, 1772, a few days before his death, he sang the " Nunc Domini dlmittls," or " Song of Simeon," lu the presence of liis congratulating family, as expressive of his grateful feelings.— Chataners' Om. Biog. Met. zvil. p. 479. Mark Hildesley was the son of the rev. Marie HUdesley, rector of Honghton and Wltton, in Huntingdonshire, who was born at Marston, in the county of Kent, In 1498, and educated at Cambridge. His first living in the chorcli was the vicarage of Hltchln, and succeeded bishop Wilson, in the Isle of Man. Be died Dec. 7, 1773.
t The rev. Philip Moore, was born In 17IIS. In the earlier part of his life he was chaplain to bishop Wilson. His character appears to have been excellent, at once exemplary and axniable ; and his death, which happened Jan. 33, 1783, was very generally and deeply regretted.
t John Kelly, LL.D., was born Nov. 1, 176O, at Douglas, In the Isle of Man, and educated at St. John's, Cambridge. Be obtained the vicarage of Ardleigb, near Colchester, which, on being fnaeattd to the rectory of Copford, in the same nelghbonihood, he resigned. He died Nov. 13, I809.
t The work was printed by WUliam Bowyer, of White Friars, and published by Mr. Sandby.
was very liberal to the' indigent When time brought the history to a third edition, Reid was either dead or discarded; and the superintend- ence of typography and punctuation was com- mitted to a man originally a combrmaker, but then known by the style of Dr. Sanders* [a Scotch LLDij Something uncommon was probably ex]>ected, and something uncommon was at last done ; for to the edition of Dr. San- ders is appended, what the world had hardly seen before, a list of errors of nineteen pages.
Lord Georee Lyttleton was the eldest son of sir Thomas Lyti 'n, hart., of Hagley, born Jan. 17, 1709, and educated at Eton and Christ church, Oxford. He was a very early writer both in prose and verse. In politics he joined the opposition against sir Robert Walpoie: in
1766 was chancellor of the exchequer, and in
1767 he was recompensed with a peerage, and rested from political turbulence in the house of lords.
1773, No9.}4. Died, Andrew Bbice, printer, at Exeter, aged eighty-three years, who wilt long be remembered in the west of England, and who was unquestionably one of the most extraordinary characters that ever figured in private life. There is a kind of local celebrity, which, from whatever cause it may spring, entitles the subject of it to the diligent researches of the curious. Characters that have been remarkable for an eccentricity in benevolence, as well as for an innocent and entertaining singu- larity of manners, are undoubtedly remembered with regard, within at least a narrow circle of fame. Of those who have instructed, or even diverted us, when living, we are willing to per- petuate the history, and to preserve the likeness; and, although we cannot place them foremost on the canvass with sages and heroes, yet, in the back ground, we may still have apleasure in recollecting their resemblance. However in- adequate we have been to the task, still we have endeavoured to bring to the remembrance of their professional brethren, at least, some whose names and local celebrity deserve to be rescued irom the hand of oblivion ; and perhaps none would be found more worthy in every respect than the subject of this brief memoir. He was bom at Exeter, in 1690, of parents that were neither low nor eminent, and who in the early part of his life designed their son fora dissenting minister. With this view, they gave him a
- Robert Sanders (a self-created LL.D.) was a character
of groit notoriety in the literary annals of the eighteenth centnry. He was born In Scotland, In or near Breadal- bane, about 1737, and received agood education, and with some talents and a prodigious memory, after serving an apprenticeship toacomb-maker, he followed the profession of a hackney writer. At what time he came to London Is uncertain. He executed a gieat many works for the book- sellers, as Letter Writen, Biitoriet 0/ Englmd, in foUo and quarto, under various names ; but his principal work was the notes he wrote for the bible, which were pub- lished, 1773, under the name of Dr. Henry Southwell (who it Is said received one hundred guineas for the use of it), while the writer of the notes was paid the poor pittance of twenty-five shillings a sheet; such was the dillference between the real and the reputed author. Dr. Sandera died March 24, 1783.
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