of the said College of St. Omers. But being regained was afterwards by Laud's means chosen Fellow of All Souls College, proved a good scholar, and is yet living.” To this passage the following note is added in the edition of Wood by Gutch, and which I apprehend contains the only biographical notice of Mr. Birkhead that has yet been compiled.

"H. Birkhead proceeded M.A. June 5, 1641, and was made Senior of the Act celebrated in that year; entered on the Law line, kept his Fellowship during the times of usurpation, and had liberty allowed him by the Delegates of the University in Apr. 1653, to propose a Dispensation in the ven. Conv. for the taking of the Degree of Doctor of Physic (not that of Law) by accumulation, conditionally that he perform all Exercises requisite thereunto, but whether he did so or took that degree it appears not. After the restoration of K. Ch. II. he resigned his Fellowship, became Registrary of the Diocese of Norwich (which he resigned in 1681), had a Chamber in the Middle Temple, lived some time there and elsewhere in a retired and scholastical condition for many years. Harry Birched now lives 1693, worth, as 'tis said, 1000l. ATH. OXON. 2d edit. v. ii. c. 1006, and MS. Note of the Author in Tanner's Copy in Bodl. Lib."-Wood's History and Antiquities of Oxford, by Gutch.

In addition to these particulars, I find that the Professorship of Poetry at Oxford was founded by Henry Birkhead, Fellow of All Souls College. The Statute was published in Convocation, July 13, 1708.

Langbaine's style is not sufficiently precise to discountenance the conjecture, that Mr. Birkhead's residence in Bristol took place during the latter part of his

life; where he probably acquired at least a part of that fortune which he appropriated to the dissemination of poetic taste.

T.

BRISTOLIANA.

"Scattered Anecdotes, &c. relative to Bristol, might be appropriately called Bristoliana."

Letter to the Editor from Dr. WATKINS.

1. THE FIRST BANKING-HOUSE IN BRISTOL.— Bristol, August 4th. Last Wednesday the first inst. the Bristol Bank was open'd in Broad-Street,* under the direction of the following gentlemen, who are at the head of this noble design, intended for the general good and conveniency of trade in this part of the nation, and indeed for the kingdom in general, viz. Mr. Isaac Elton, Mr. Harford Lloyd, Mr. William Miller, Mr. Thomas Knox, Mr. Hale. Such large sums of money daily offer, that the Tellers and Clerks meet with difficulty to dispatch the discompts fast enough.”—Universal Magazine for August 1750.

2. LiverpooL AND BRISTOL.-What are the causes by which Liverpool has gained the precedence of Bristol as a commercial city?

3. ST. PETER'S PUMP.-In the 9th vol. of the Antiquarian and Topographical Cabinet, there is an elegant little engraving of St. Peter's Pump, described at p. 130. The same work contains a print of the Bristol High Cross, as it now stands at Stourhead.

* In the house which is now the Bristol Dock Office.

4. THE REV. DR. SMALL.-A pair of handsome silver Wine-coolers, with the following inscription engraven on one side, and Dr. Small's coat of arms on the other, were purchased at the auction of the Doctor's effects, by Mr. Jackson, silversmith, on the Quay, and are now for sale at his shop. If the Doctor has left any relatives, they would surely wish to possess such a memorial of him.

"To the Rev. J. A. SMALL, D. D. by the Commissioners for building the Church of St. Paul, in the City of Bristol; in testimony of the high sense they entertain of the important services he rendered the Parish, as their Chairman, during the whole progress of that extensive undertaking: which commenced A. D. 1789, and was compleated A. D. 1794."

5. ADMIRAL SIR WILLIAM PENN.-This eminent commander (the father of the celebrated William Penn) is described on his monument in Redcliff-church, as a native of Bristol; but Wood says (Ath. Ox. II. 1050) he was born at Mynety in Wiltshire, where his father, grandfather, &c. lived in a wealthy condition.

6. THE FIRST MAP OF BRISTOL.-The earliest engraved map of our city that I can trace, was published in 1575, and is called "A map of the city of Bristowe, by George Hoefnagle," on a sheet.-See Ames's General History of Printing, p. 538.

7. SELDEN'S Daughter.—A daughter of the illustrious Selden married a tradesman of Bristol.-Aubrey's Lives.

8. BISHOP HUNTINGTON.-Robert Huntington, Bishop of Raphoe, was born at Deerhurst in Gloucestershire, in 1636, and received his early education at Bristol.-Nichols's Literary Anecdotes, vol. i. p. 13.

9. WHISTON AND CATCOTT.-In the year 1726, the learned and ingenious Whiston lectured in Bristol on a model of the Tabernacle of Moses and of the Temple at

Jerusalem. He relates, in his Memoirs, the following anecdote of Mr. Catcott, which occurred at that period. "One thing, however, I will add as to this model, when twenty-two years ago I explained it at Bristol, viz. that a schoolmaster there, Mr. Catcot, by name, one of my auditors, was so affected and pleased with the model and the lectures, that long before I had made that scheme or ground-plot which is now in my Josephus, he, from his memory, made one for himself, and brought to me to be corrected. This Mr. Catcot I then took to be one of the best scholars, and of as sober a mind as any of my auditors or friends at Bristol; whatever unhappy biass afterward made him a proselite, to my real grief and surprize, to that wild Hebrew enthusiast, Mr. Hutchinson."-Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Mr. William Whiston, written by himself, vol. i. p. 284. The following instance of the intolerant spirit of the clergy towards this eminently useful man, occurs in the same page. “ It may also be worth mentioning, that in this year, 1726, and at my course at Bristol, the Bishop of the diocese, Hooper, who had been one of the court of delegates, that sat upon me in contradiction to the opinion of good bishop Waddington, who used to kneel by me when we were there at the communion together, sent orders to the incumbent of the parish to refuse me the communion; which was signified to me by my old friend, Dr. Siddal, afterward bishop of Gloucester. Upon which I quietly withdrew, without making any complaints to the public of so great an hardship.'

10. JOHN LEWIS.-The following notice of some unpublished works by Mr. Lewis, was met with after the article respecting him, at p. 187, was printed.

Mr. URBAN,

June 1.

"A Life of the Right Reverend and learned John Fisher, S. T. P. Lord Bishop of Rochester and Chancellor of the University of Cambridge; being a sequel to the Lives of Dr. John Wickliffe and Bishop Reginald Pocock, in order to complete Archbishop Usher's History of the Succession of the Christian Church, written in the years 1730 and 1731; in which is an Abridgment of the Bishop's Works, or Writings, containing 261-330 leaves in folio, very fair; and an Appendix in 43 numbers, written by Mr. Lewis and other gentlemen, 122-186, with index.

"An Historical account of the Life and Writings of the learned and Reverend George Hickes, D. D. Dean of Worcester and an eminent Nonjuror; to which is added a Collection of Papers relating to it. Collected and written in the years 1744 and 1745; with a List of the Deprived Bishops and Clergy at the Revolution in 1689, &c.; to be added to the Collection at the end of Dr. Hickes's Life: in three pieces, half bound."

The above works of Mr. Lewis were sold, at the sale of his library, at Mr. Langford's in Covent Garden, 1749, and bought by the late Sir Peter Thompson, knt. of Poole.

It would be a gratification to many of your Correspondents to know where they are now to be met with.

H. H.

Gentleman's Magazine, June 1816.

LIVING AUTHORS,

Natives of Bristol, or residing in that city and its vicinity.

[Continued.]

GOLD, FRANCIS, Surgeon.

Travels in the Pyrennees, from the French of Ramond. 8vo. 1813. GRINFIELD, THOMAS, M.A. (Trin. Coll. Cambridge) Clifton.

Epistles and Miscellaneous Poems. Fc. 8vo. 1815.-War contemplated by Religion, in a Sermon delivered at St. Werburgh's Church, Bristol, Jan. 18, 1816. 8vo.

HARFORD, CHARLES JOSEPH, Esq.

Account of Antiquities found in Somersetshire. 4to.

HOBHOUSE, Sir BENJAMIN, Bart. F. R. & A. S. M.P. for Hindon, and Commissioner between the East-India