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tion'd, must at laft be only look'd on as the Sallies of a great, and then angry Wit.

Another Epiftle of our Author's, which was exceedingly admir'd, was to Allen Lord Bathurst, of the Ufe of Riches: This Nobleman in another of the Epiftles, he takes the Liberty to call Philofopher and Rake, which Character had fo much Truth in it, and Mr. Pope fuch an unlimited Freedom with my Lord, that fo far from giving Offence, it was Matter of Mirth: This Gentleman truly Noble, has a more than common Regard for the Fair Sex, and having withal very great Vivacity, very fairly deferv'd the Name Mr. Pope has given him, there is none among the Nobility exceed him for Tafte, his is quite grand, he hates any Thing that's little, and not capable of filling the Mind, and spends whole Days in his Wood, which is impoffible to be known but by the Eye, no Description would do it Justice; it is just mentioned by Mr. Pope in a Letter to the Hon. Robert Digby, Efq; that Part relating to this Subject we have tranfcrib'd.

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and that Mrs. Mary Digby talks in a Letter to Lady Scudamore, of feeing my Lord Bathurst's Wood in her Way. How much I wish to be her Guide thro' that enchanted Foreft, is not to be expreft: I look upon myself as the Magician appropriated to the Place, without whom no Mortal can penetrate into the Receffes of thofe facred Shades. I could pass whole Days, in only defcribing to her the future, and yet vifionary Beauties, that are to rife in thofe Scenes: The Palace that is to be built, the Pavilions that are to glitter, the Colonades that are to adorn them: Nay more, the Meeting of the Thames and the Severn, which (when the noble

noble Owner has finer Dreams than ordinary) are to be led into each other's Embraces thro' fecret Caverns of not above twelve or fifteen Miles, till they rife and celebrate their Marriage in the Midst of an immenfe Amphitheatre, which is to be the Admiration of Pofterity a hundred Years hence. But till the deftin'd Time fhall arrive that is to manifest these Wonders, Mrs. Digby muft content herfelf with seeing what is at prefent no more than the fineft Wood in England.

There are few Virtues which do not attend this Nobleman, of his Foible we have fpoke; he is fo great an Oeconomist, that Mr. Pope thought fit to write this Epistle to him, where he afferts, and endeavours to prove that the true Ufe of Riches is known to few, most falling into one of the Extremes, Avarice or Profufion; he ranks Mankind under two Claffes.

But when, by Man's audacious Labour won, Flam'd forth this Rival to its Sire the Sun, Then, in plain Profe, were made two Sorts of Men, To fquander fome, and fome to hide agen. Like Doctors thus, when much Difpute has paft, We find our Tenets much the fame at last. Both fairly owning, Riches in Effect

No Grace of Heav'n, or Token of the Elect; Giv'n to thee Fool, the Mad, the Vain, the Evil, To Ward, to Waters, Chartres, or the Devil.

JOHN WARD of Hackney, Efq; Member of Parliament, being profecuted by the Dutchess of Buckingham, and convicted of Forgery, was firft expell'd the House, and then stood in the Pillory on the 17th of March 1727. He was fufpected of joining in a Conveyance

Conveyance with Sir John Blunt to fecrete fifty thousand Pounds of that Director's Eftate, forfeited to the South Sea Company by Act of Parliament. The Company recover'd the fifty thousand Pounds againft Ward, but he fet up prior Conveyances of his real Estate to his Brother and Son, and conceal'd all his perfonal, which was computed to be one hundred and fifty thoufand Pounds: Thefe Conveyances being fet afide by a Bill in Chancery, Ward was imprison'd, and hazarded the Forfeiture of his Life by not giving in his Effects till the laft Day, which was that of his Examination. During his Confinement, his Amusement was to give Poifon to Dogs and Cats, and fee them expire by flower or quicker Torments. To fum up the Worth of this Gentleman, at the feveral Æra's of his Life; at his ftanding in the Pillory he was worth above two hundred thousand Pounds; at his Commitment to Prison, he was worth one hundred and fifty thousand, but has been fince fo far diminish'd in his Reputation, as to be thought a worse Man by fifty or fixty thhufand.

FR. CHARTRES, a Man infamous for all manner of Vices. When he was an Enfign in the Army, he was drumm'd out of the Regiment for a Cheat; he was next banish'd Bruffels, and drumm'd out of Ghent on the fame Account. After a hundred Tricks at the Gaming Tables, he took to lending Money at exorbitant Intereft, and on great Penalties, accumulating Premium, Intereft, and Capital, into a new Capital, and feizing to a Minute when the Payments became due; in a Word, by a conftant Attention to the Vices, Wants, and Follies of Mankind, he acquir'd an immenfe Fortune. His House was a perpetual Bawdy-Houfe. He was twice condemn'd for Rapes, and pardon'd, but the Jaft Time not without Imprisonment in Newgate, and large Confifca

tions. He died in Scotland in 1731, aged 62. The Populace at his Funeral rais'd a great Riot, almost tore the Body out of the Coffin, and caft dead Dogs, &c. into the Grave along with it. The following Epitaph contains his Character very justly drawn by Dr. Arbuthnot.

HERE continueth to rot

The Body of FRANCIS CHARTRES,
Who with an Inflexible Conftancy, and
Inimitable Uniformity of Life,
Perfifted,

In fpite of Age and Infirmities,
In the Practice of Every Humane Vice;
Excepting Prodigality and Hypocrify:

His infatiable Avarice exempted him from the first,
His matchless Impudence from the second.

Nor was he more fingular in the un-deviating Pravity
Of his Manners, than fuccefsful in
Accumulating Wealth,

For, without Trade or Profeffion,
Without Truft of Publick Money,
And without Bribe-worthy Service,
He acquir'd, or more properly created,
A Minifterial Eftate.

He was the only Perfon of his Time,
Who cou'd Cheat without the Mafk of Honesty,
Retain his Primæval Meannefs when poffefs'd of
Ten Thousand a Year,

And having daily deferv'd the Gibbet for what he did, Was at laft condemn'd to it for what he could not do.

Oh Indignant Reader!

Think not his Life Ufelefs to Mankind!
Providence conniv'd at his execrable Designs,
To give to After-Ages a confpicuous

Proof

Proof and Example,

Of how fmall Eftimation is Exorbitant Wealth in the Sight of GOD, by his bestowing it on The most Unworthy of all Mortals.

This Gentleman was worth feven thousand Pounds a Year in Land, and about one hundred thousand in Money.

Mr. WATERS, the third of these Worthies, was a Man no way refembling the former in his military, but extremely fo in his civil Capacity; his great Fortune having been rais'd by the like diligent Attendance on the Neceffities of others. But this Gentleman's History must be deferred for a Time, when his Worth may be known more certainly.

Our Author thinks many Iconveniencies have arose from the Invention of Money, which could not have poffibly been, if there was no Conveyance of Property in fuch fmall Compafs; tho' this we think no Argument, as long as it can be transferr'd by Acknowledgements, and fmall Pieces of Paper, which he fenfible of, immediately confeffes:

His Grace will game: To White's a Bull be led, With spurning Heels, and with a butting Head; To White's be carry'd, as to antient Games, Fair Courfers, Vafes, and alluring Dames. Shall then Uxorio, if the Stakes he fweep, Bear home fix Whores, and make his Lady weep? Or foft Adonis, fo perfum'd and fine, Drive to St. James's a whole Herd of Swine? Oh filthy Check on all induftrious Skill,

To spoil the Nation's last great Trade, Quadrille!

Once,

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