Difpenfation to bold two Livings. John Griffith, M.A. Handfworth, R.Yorkshire. Eckington, R. Derbyshire. 2 Mapfhall, R. Bedfordshire. Wm Wetstone, Campden, V. Gloucestersh. B.D. B -KTS. Tho. Tucker of Pancras, bricklayer. 1. Mayo of St Geo. Han. fqu. cyder, mercht. John Blades of Darlington, grocer. William Forrefter of Hounslow, linen-draper. T W. Cox of Fenftanton, Huntingtonfh. inn-h., Walkington Kilbinton of Shadwell, fail-mak. HE late Dr Walker having purchased a manfion-house, with near five acres of garden-ground about it, at the expence of 1000l. generously granted the fame to the univerfity of Cambridge for the fole use and purpofe of a public botanic garden. This foundation, lo neceffary to the ftudy of natural biftory and phyfick, has been hitherto fupported and maintained by voluntary fubfcriptions. With thefe, befides a fmall ftove, a large and commodious green-house has been erected; great part of the ground laid out; and the curator, with two men under hims and all other expences have been paid. It is with the greater confidence that fresh fupplies are now follicited, because there is view of a permanent eftablishment, fufficient, if not to put the garden into fo flourishing a ftate as might be wifhed, yet at leaft to fupport it; and therefore fubfcribers cannot now be mortified with the imagination that their be nevolence is bestowed on a defign, which at laft may prove abortive. The greateft part, however, of this yearly fund being yet diftant, it seemed necessary in the mean time to apply to the friends of the univerfity and this defign, for an annual fubfcription, in order to fupport the garden, till the establishment takes place, or till it can o` ther wife be maintained. They who honour this defign with their approbation, may reft affured that the money which is collected will be expended with the utmost care and frugality under the direction of the trustees for the garden; and that a fair ftate of the account will be laid before them at the close of the year: They may likewife dspend upon it, that they will not be follicited for a continuance of their fubfcriptions any longer than they are abfolutely neceffary for the fupport of the botanic garden. Subfcriptions may be paid at Cambridge, to the Vice Chancellor of the university; and in London, to Robert Child, Efq; and Co. bankers at Temple-Bar; where alfo any fingle fums of money will be thankfully received. London Gazette Public Advert. Briñol 2 For MAY 1765. CONTAINING, More in Quantity and greater Pariety than any Book of the kind and Price. I. An account of the life of the celebrated V. Receipt for a family medicine. vil. Some account of the life and writings of Vill. Rife and progrefs of the phyfic-garden IX. Rules to be obferved by cathedral fingers. and for the recovery of it, by Dr Tyffet. XII. General obfervations on Polemical wri ters with fome ftrictures on a late poftfeript, in answer to Dr L-th, &c. XIII Narrative of a duel at Marfeilles besween Lord Kiimaurs, and a French officer. XIV. Narrative of the duel between Lord Byron, and Mr Charwerth. XV. An illuftration of a paffage in Shake [peare, attempted. XVI. POETRY. The Fryar of Orders Gray -Death's final conqueft. Character of XVII. L.ft of books with remarks.-An ef With an Accurate MAP of the Roads from LONDON to DOVER, RYE, HYTHE, MARGATE, RAMSGATE, and DEAL; meafured from the Royal Exchange; being the third Plate of this Series of Maps. By STL VANUS URBAN, Gent. LONDON: Printed by D. HENRY, at St JOHN's GATE. THE Gentleman's Magazine; For MAY 1765. Some Account of the Life of the celebrated Jean Baptift Foquelin, afterwards called Moliere now firft tranflated from the French of Voltaire, B OHN BAPTIST Po- A QUELIN, was born at Paris, in the year 1620. His father Jean Baptift Poquelin was Valet de Chambre to the king Louis the XIIIth, and a dealer in fecond hand cloaths; his mother's name was Anne Boutet, and they gave their fon fuch an education as was neceffary to qualify him" for their bufinefs in which they intended he fhould fucceed them. After having learnt to read and write, he was taken into the fhop, and continued there till he was fourteen years old; his father C in the mean time obtained for him the reverfion of his little place at court; but his genius foon called him to o. ther employments. It has been obferved that almost all thofe who have diftinguished themfelves in the polite arts, have done it by an irrefiftable impulfe of nature, oppofing the determination of parents, and furmounting the greateft difadvantages of educati on. Of this, Poquelin was a remark. able inftance. D He had a grandfather who was very fond of plays, and who ufed frequently to take him to the palace of the E Duke of Burgundy, where they were exhibited. This foon produced an invincible averfion to his bufinefs, and his tafte for study proportionably increafing, he earneftly folicited his grandfather to get him fent to college; his grandfather undertook it, and after much expoftulation and in- F treaty, at length, as it were extorted, his father's confent, who boarded him at a convenient houfe, and placed him as a day-fcholar at the Jefuit's College, with all the reluctance of an honest cit who thinks his boy undone, if he once he turns his head to books. Poquelin made fuch a progrefs at college, as might be expected from his nued a ftudent five years, and went impatience to get thither. He contithrough his claffes with Armand de Bourbon, the first Prince of Conty, who was afterwards the patron both of letters and Moliere. There were alfo two lads in the college at the fame time, who have fince Chapelle, and Berniere; Chapelle is well acquired confiderable reputation; known by his voyages to India, and Berniere is diftinguished by fome very natural and elegant verfes, which do him the greater honour, as he did not write them with a view to gain repu tation, as an author. L'Huillier, a man of large fortune, who Chapelle, was the natural fon of took great care of his education, and in order to ftimulate him by a fpirit of emulation, he brought up with him as a fellow ftudent, young Berniere, whose parents were rather in ftrait circumstances; L'Huillier alfo instead of putting his fon under the care of a tutor cafually recommended, or picked up by chance, which too frequently happens to young gentlemen who have every advantage of legitimate birth, and are to bear the name and maintain the honour of their family, he enpreceptor, who took charge of his egaged the celebrated Gafendi as his ducation. Gaffendi having very foon difcovered the genius of Poquelin, affociated him with his two pupils Chapelle, and Berniere; and perhaps the world never faw a more illustrious preceptor, or difciples more worthy of their matter. He taught them his fyftem of philo. fophy, which was that of Epicurus and though it was falfe, in common with all the other fyftems of the fchools, it had more method and probability, and was incomparably lefs barbarous. But Poquelin in the progrefs of his ftudies under Gaffendi, was taught a fyftem of Ethics much more useful than his philofophy; and from these excellent principles he very feldom A deviated in his walk through life. In the mean time, his father became old and infirm, and being unable to difcharge the duties of his office at court, Poquelin came from college, and being permitted to act as his deputy, attended upon the King's perfon at Paris in this fituation his paffion for B dramatic performances, which had determined him to become a fcholar, revived with double force. fpeak with popriety and eloquence before his fellow citizens. This was á piece of hiftery not likely to escape Poquelin, and he was more encouraged by the example of Athens, than deterred by the prejudices of his own age and country. He did not, however, appear in his own name, but wok that of Moliere, and in this he only adopted the practice of the Italian players, and thofe of Burgundy house. One of them, whole family name was le Grand, called himself Bellevill, when he was to play in tragedy, and Turlepin, when he had a part in a farce; and from this incident, the French derive their word Turlupinage,(buffoonery.) Hugues Gueret was known in ferious pieces by the name of Flechelles; and in farce he always performed a certain part called There was no regular company of C Gautier-Garguille; Harlequin and Scacomedians established at Paris before ramouche were also originally, theatrithe year 1625; but there were com- cal names affumed by performers, as panies of ftrollers that wandered from Moliere was by Poquelin, and had been town to town, as they do till in Italy, before by a performer who wrote a and exhibited the performances of tragedy called Polixenes. Hardy, de Moncretien, or Balthazar Baro; Authors who fold their works for ten crowns a peice. About this time the drama began to flourish, a species of the Belles Lettres, which, however contemptible in its mediocrity, is in its perfection, the glory of a flate. D But in the year 1630, the theatre was refcued from this itate of barbarity and contempt by Peter Corneille. Peter's first comedies, which with refpect to his time, were as good, as they are bad with respect to ours, procured the establishment of a regular com- E pany at Paris, and Cardinal Richlieus's paffion for dramatic performances made them very foon after a fashionable amusement. Poquelin, as foon as he came to Paris affociated himself with fome young people who had a talent for declamation, and they exhibited fome drania. tic pieces, both at St Germains, and in a diftrict called St Pauls. This company very foon eclipsed all the others, and their houfe was diftinguished by the name of the Illufirious Theatre; this appears by a tragedy called Artaxerxes, written by one Magnon, and printed in 1645, which in the title page is faid to have been performed at the Illufirious Theatre. Poquelin now feeling the force of his genius, refolved to give himfelf entirely up to it; to become at once a player and an author, and fo gain both auoney and reputation. F The new Moliere, however, conti, nued unknown during the civil war of France, which lafted till about the year 1658, this interval he employed in cultivating his mind, improving his dramatic talents, and preparing fome pieces for the ftage. He made a collection alfo of short pieces, fuch as was ufed to exhibit at the fairs under the name of drolls, from the Italian theatre; and these were performed in the country towns. They were indeed rude effays that partook much more of the imperfection and false taste of the Italian stage, whence they had been taken, than of the excellence of Moliere's genius, which they did not afford him fufficient opportunity to dif play. Among these provincial performances, were the Amorous Doctor, the Three Rival Docters, and the SchoolMafier, of which only the titles are remaining; but two other of the pieces, intitled, the Flying Doctor, and the Jealousy of Barbouille, have been preferved by fome curious collectors of worthless rareties, to whom, however, literary curiofity has been under fome obligations. Thefe pieces are in profe, and fome phrafes and incidents of the Flying Doctor are preferved in the medicine Malgre lui, the Doctor in spight of Himself, of which we have a loose tranflation, under the title of the Mock Doctor; and the Jealouly of Barbouille, contains a rude sketch of the third act of George Daudin. G It is well known to have been com- H mon at Athens for authors to perform a part in their own pieces, and that it was no difgrace there for a man to |