3 THE Gentleman's Magazine: APRIL, 1733 A View of the Weekly DISPUTES and ESSAYS in this Month. Grubstreet Journal, March 29. No. 170. Mr. BAVIUS, MHE Gentlemen who Thefaurus, &c. in is ingens literarum difpendium? What do they mean by viciffim? Who ever faid demereri literas? Cure perficiunde & explicanda, I don't understand. Citra renatas literas for poft renatas. Cultu ram magis debitam referrent, is falfe Latin. Culturam juftius, or potiori jure referrent acceptum, would have been right. Hulca fuffecimus, is, we have put hiulca, where there were none before. Accedere eperi fubeundo, is bad. of STEPHENS's Capite ob rem aliquam damnari, they have put Capite aliquem damnare, and then left it among the Paf fives. In a Quotation from SENECA, they made Nonfenfe of it. Under the Words, have left out the Word Creditor, and Tributis damnare, they have added, vulgo contemnuntur; of which let them tell the Meaning.-Dubium effe poteft Latinos e Grecia eam traduxiffe, better, dubi um quin traduxerint. And then, afferit. SCALIGER; which SACLIGER, and were does he fay fo? Not to have read HARDUIN's Notes careis a Crime in thefe Editors. fully, as well as the GRONOVIUS's, &c. CALLIOPIUS. IT T was with no fmall Surprize, the Editors of ROB. STEPHENS's Thefau rus found themselves rudely attack'd by a Writer in the (foregoing) GrubStreet Journal. Jam diutius cœpit, it feems, is faulty, and must be alter'd. So E that when Ter. Adelph. has it, Haud diu huc commigrarunt, we muft read nuper... Nummo immeni; Grandis Pecunia, is a common Expreffion with Tully.-Cum vae nivit is wrong Tenfe. If there's a Difference between venivit & vniverit our Examiner has took the worst. If any Alteration was neceffary, it fhould be vaneat; as that Edition has continued to be fold from its firft Publication to the prefent Year.-Demereri literas is juftifiable upon the fame Principles as De Rep. bene mereri. Civitatem demereri is ufed by Tully and Livy. Acceptum, or in The Specimen affords ample room for F Criticifm. STEPHENS in the Word Damnofus, quotes Jul. ianus. Our Editors, not knowing what to make of it, have put it ful. janus. Damnare, fays STEPHENS, genitivo aliquando jungitur, aliquando ablativo; G they ftrike out the Ablativo, and put the Citations in another Place. Inftead acceptum acceptum referre, was in Allufion to the Roman Method of Book-keeping, their Tabula Accepti & Expenfi, instead of which had they uied our Method of Debtor and Creditor, it would have been as true to have faid acceptum referre, is falfe A Latin, as now to affirm Debitum referre is. Where is the Difference between accedere operi fubeundo, or ad opus fubeundum, and that of Brut. ad Cic. Accedere ad Remp. liberan dam? * nor and Affembly have given us all poffible Encouragement. Our People arried at Beaufort on the 20th of Jan. where I lodg'd them in fome new Barracks built for the Soldiers, while I went myself to view the Savanah River: I fix'd upon a healthy Situation about ten Miles from the Sea. The River here forms a Half Moon, along the South fide of which the Banks are about forty Foot B high, and upon the Top a Flat, which they call a Bluff. The plain high Ground extends into the Country five or fix Miles, and along the River Side about a Mile. Ships that draw 12 Foot Water can ride within ten Yards of the Bank Upon the River Side, in the Centre of this Plain, I have laid out the Town; over gainft it is an Ifland of very rich Land, fit for Paiturage, which I think fhould be kept for the Trustees Cattle. The River is pretty wide, the Water fresh, and from the Key of the Town D you fee its whole Course to the Sea, with the Illand of Tybe, which forms the Mouth of the River, and the other way you fee the River for about fix Miles up into the Country. The Landskip is very agreeable, the Stream being wide, and border'd with high Woods on both Sides. The whole People arriv'd here on the 1ft of Feb. at Night their Tents were got up: Till the 7th we were taken up in unloading and making a Crane, which I then could not get finish'd, fo took off the Hands, and fet fome to the Fortification, and began to fell the Woods. I mark'd out the Town and Common, half of the former is already cleared, and the first House was begun Yesterday in the Afternoon. Mr Whitaker has given us one hundred Head of Cattle. Col. Bull, Mr Barlow, Mr St. Julian, and Mr Woodward, are come up to affift us, with fome of their own Servants. E The Objection to Julianus, contains Extract of Mr Oglethorpe's Letter to the H K Tour most obedient humble Servt J. OGLETHORPE. *They had order'd, 1. That Capt. Macpherion and 15 Rangers (who are Horfefor the Protection of Mr Oglethorpe and men) do repair to Georgia, to abide there his People, till they be fettled. 2. That the Scout Boats do attend them alfo at the Charge of the Publick. 3. That a Prefent be fent forthwith to Georgia of 100 breed ing Cattle, and 5 Bulls, 20 breeding Sows, and 4 Boars; alfo 25 Barrels of Rice. 4. That Col. Bull be defired to go to Geor gia to aid Mr Oglethorpe with his best Advice and Affiftance, From the Daily Poft, April 2. V Maryland Time, YOU know I have been a Factor for of which Character (notwithstanding C I have had, and still have above 20,000l. Capital in that Trade, and I declare I would be glad to wind up my Accounts now with 5 per Cent. for my Money, fince I have there traded, and I have had no D material Loffes, but a fuccefsful Run of Bufinefs. I fhall conclude with observing, that (according to the Free Briton's modeft Scheme) every one who knows the Nature of the Tobacco Trade, will fee that our Commissions are to be reduced to fcarce a Competency to pay Clerks in the Compting-Houfe of a very middling Merchant, let be for the vaft Expence (in that Trade especially) of Neceffaries in it. E And as for the exceeding great Burthen the Merchants muft feel in the Lofs and Expence by their Shipping, finking fo much of their Money, the vaft Credit F they are obliged to give the numerous Planters, the Rifques they run at Home and Abroad, the Trouble they are at, &c. Them truly muft all be borne, as an Encouragement to the brave fair Trader, to prevent his vying with the Nobility. Yours, A. C. G Free Briton, April 5. In Anfwer to the foregoing Letter. I am well acquainted, fays Walfingham, with the Perfon who fent me the State of the Cafe between the Planters and their Factors, he is intimately knowing in all mercantile Affairs. I am not fur. H prized that the inimitable Letter-Writer' Thould be angry at any Proposals for the Relief of the industrious Trader, fince he RIOTS in their Oppression, and about a Year fince, when this Affair was firit talk'd of, he gave it as a Reafon to divers honourable Members, why he must and fhould oppofe this Alteration of the Duties, namely, that it would curtail him of a Profit of more than 2000l. a Year. I leave every reasonable Man to judge, whether this is not a powerful Argument for the Alteration. As to the Comparisons to be drawn between that valuable Body the FACTORS and a SPECIES, meaning the NOBILITY, Walfingham fears, that if these valuable FACTORS proceed in this extraordinary manner, they will foon convince the HOUSE OF LORDS, and all reasonable Men, that they will not be hurt by being bumbled. It is unfair and abfurd to fay, what is proposed to relieve the Oppreffed, is done with an Intention meerly to humble, &c. No Oppreffion ever could be redreffed without fome Mortification to the Oppreffor; but then it is an Act of Justice, and fo far it is from being Infolence to interfere between the Planter and Factor in their Accounts, when the former complains against the latter, that the Planters have a Right to demand it from the Justice of Mankind. I cannot but think the Letter-Writer very unhappy in his applying the Word Hireling to me. I never was fufpected of converting the Favour of Great Men into JOBB-WORK, I always detefted the vile Trade of folliciting Minifters to espouse a mercenary Project, for the fake of any referved Profits, ftipulated to myfelf. When he can lay his Hand upon his Heart and fay the fame, he will be fafe from Recrimination. Walfingham then inferts his Friend's Anfwer, to this Effect---Let me tell A. C. he himself is a Hireling, in being a Factor to the Planters; but why does he not difpute the Facts (See p.144) inftead of calling Names? As to the Affertion in the Letter in the Daily Poft, of Commiffions being reduced to fcarce a Competency to pay Clerks, &c. Do this Gentleman's Clerks receive near 2 and half per Cent upon the grofs Produce of a Hogfhead of Tobacco fold for Exportation, the bonded Duties off? Vhat fecret Service are they to do for that Sum befides Writing? Doth a Barbadoes, a Jamaica, a Carolina, New England, or Newfoundland Factor charge more than 2 and half per Cent.. Commiffions upon the grofs Produce of any Goods configned to them? Why then must the Poor Planters, upon their Tobacco, be obliged, merely from Fiction, 170 Weekly ESSAYS in APRIL, 1733. in the Cafe of exported Tobacco, to B As to the Article of Shipping, which the Author of the Vindication of the Cafe of the Planters grants the Factors lofe Money by, it is not rightly stated. Four Hogfheads of Tobacco do not require more Room than 2 Tons of most other Goods; yet at the Rate of 71. per Ton it's a better Freight than Ships can make from Barbadoes, &c. It's well known, that these Factors may, and often do hire, or charter good Ships to bring home Tobacco at 71. per Ton, provided they are not to wait for their Lading above 40 G of 4 Days. Is it not then monstrous Affurance in thefe Factors to complain of lofing by their Shipping, when they need not fuffer fuch Lofs? Let them imitate the OEconomy of Those who let them their Ships, that is, pay their Tradefmen punctually, and not perfuade them to hold parts of Ships with them, and make them wait a long time for their Money, which will oblige Tradesmen to charge in Proportion to fuch Forbearance. In fine, if these Factors will not fend more Ships than they are fure of Lading for, in order to get Commiffions from each other, they will have no Rea. fon to complain on this Head. The Audito, April 3. No. 25. The following Letter complains of a pub lick Oppreffion. Mr AUDITOR, AM a Perriwig-maker; and it has D E N° XXVIII. they often buy Wigs from English Wigmakers, and pay more for them than a makes no Difficulty about the Price to the Nobleman would to the Maker; tho' he Foreigner. Yours, &c. ANDREW FULLBOTTOM. Far be it from me to difcourage the Ingenious and Industrious from whatfoever Nation they come; but the above Practice feems quite unnatural. Seignior Boccalini tells me, this Infatu ation for what is brought from foreign Countries, is only to be met with in England: Other Nations invite Strangers among them, and treat them courteoully, till they get Mafters of thofe Arts and Sciences, thofe Strangers excell in : But merely because he is an Engliman. He an Englifman is never employ'd abroad allerts with fome warmth, that the Name of an Englishman ought not to be conferred on thofe Admirers of Foreign Gew-gaws, who boaft all their Cloaths are made at Paris, all their Velvets or not wear a Lace for a Hat, or a KneeSilks in Italy and France, and who will Garter, if manufactur'd at Home. This fantaftick Tafte for foreign Things is further ridicul'd in the following Letter. Mr AUDITOR, IAM a fpruce dapper Spark, and, in Drefs, a very pretty Fellow. Thus accomplifld, I made my Addrelles to a young Lady, of a Size fuitable to my own: But met with a Repulfe; which I can impute to nothing but to her having juft before feen, The great SAXON. Ever fince the makes a jeft of me, and twitts me with a Saying of an impudent Iri Poet, The Man that is born to be fix foot F high, is born to be a great Man. In Oppofition to which I cite Q. Elizabeth's Judgment of a véry tall Amballador from France, that he was like a very high Houfe, in which the upper Apartments are worst furnished; I defire her to perufe tle Men, and tell her, I am as weil quathe GUARDIAN on the Perfections of litlified to perform all the Duties of a Husband, as the most affuming Munopolist of Manhood. pence to be inform'd of the newest Fashions, to oblige my Customers; but of what ufe all this has been to me, you may judge by the Sequel. Laft Week, a young Nobleman, whofe Father Í ferved many Years, fent for me, and G ask'd me If I had ever been in France ? I anfwer'd in the Negative, upon which his Honour gave me to understand, he had no farther Commands for me, being refolved to have no Wig-maker but a Frenchman, or one who had worked a great while there. Now, is not this a cruel Cafe, that a Tradefman fhall not be employed merely because he is an Englishman, and has never been out of England? Foreigners are fo confcious of this Fondness for their Work, that H Tours, TRIPPANT ERECT. The AUDITOR agrees; that Height or mote the Performance of the effential Lowness of Size neither obftruct nor proDuties of a married State: Good-nature, and Evennefs of Temper, Virtue and good Senfe, Love and Conftancy are independant of Stature, but fulpects Mr Trippant is one of those vain Creatures who |